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Book Nooks For Tots: Best Storytimes In Nashville

by Meredith Pelham

Wed
21
2008

Nashville is rich with musicians and performers. Even our preschool storytimes reflect that talent. I dare you to find any storytime better than Nashville's Public Library. Park in the garage off 7th Avenue downtown and make your way through the marbled lobby. The Children's Collection is upstairs, a sunny space overlooking a garden courtyard. (Bring post-storytime snacks, and meet some ... Read more >

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Summer Read Alouds: Audio Books From The Nashville Public Library

by Meredith Pelham

Tue
15
2008

Is anyone else's voice getting raspy from all this summer reading? Thanks to the Nashville Public Library, audio books can save your sound--and your sanity--this summer. You can check out free audio books for kids in 4 different formats: 1. Easy-reader sets come with a handheld book and tape/CD. Preschoolers who follow along the pages gain higher print awareness. 2. Books on CD pack hours ... Read more >

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The World On A String: Puppets In Nashville

by Meredith Pelham

Fri
29
2008

I just discovered this fantastic new book published by the Nashville Public Library foundation. I think it's the perfect parent resource guide for the puppet shows produced at the downtown library. The World On A String begins with 15-year-old Tichenor and his first library show. It includes uniquely local photographs: major productions, library performers, and archival images from the old ... Read more >

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Meredith Pelham

Meredith is a near-native Nashvillian, but she never really knew the city's secrets until becoming a parent. Now she operates with a mental map of every cool playground, musical story hour, and changing table bathroom across Nashville. Her family of backyard tourists are passionate about living well on one income....Read more >

A Great Book Rhymes!

by BeingSavvy

November
22
2008

Kids are a funny bunch. They are often loath to change and anything new. But still, our little ones are open to so much -- and so much more than we more ossified parents are! Think of poetry: preschoolers happily read and repeat poems with ease and ...Read more >

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Top Ten Anywhere Anytime Activities on Savvy Source

  1. Give Me a Hard One to Guess
  2. Wacky Day
  3. Feelings Journal
  4. Simple Scavenger Hunt
  5. Picture a Good Choice Being Made
  6. Helping Game
  7. Spinning a Spiderweb
  8. Bowl-O-Fun
  9. Fruit Shapes
  10. Clean Up by Color

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