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Being Savvy: Activities, things to do with your preschoolers, toddlers and kids in San Antonio, TX

Lions, Tigers and Bears Oh, My! Discovering the Wilderness of the Urban Jungle

by Colleen Pence

Tue
20
2008

The San Antonio Zoo: The New Africa Live ExhibitGoing to the San Antonio Zoo is always a treat, whether it's to see the grizzly bear, monkeys, elephants, Sumatran tiger or the colorful, charming lorikeets. But the Africa Live exhibit, open since January, can give you and your child the chance to get up close and personal with hippos, crocodiles, cobras and dung beetles. The zoo's old hippo area ... Read more >

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How to Cultivate the Tiniest Green Thumb

by Colleen Pence

Wed
21
2008

Little Sprout Mondays at the San Antonio Botanical GardensI find it difficult to interest my three-year-old daughter in anything involving dirt. It's probably because I've lectured her one too many times on the many benefits of hand washing. She's now a bit of a clean freak (Good going, germaphobe mom!) who can't stand to have dirty hands. Thank goodness the San Antonio Botanical Garden hosts ... Read more >

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The five best day trips within an hour (or so!) of San Antonio

by Colleen Pence

Wed
14
2008

Living in San Antonio is great but sometimes you just gotta get away. Check out the five best day trips to make with your child that are within an hour (or so!) of SA:1. McKenna Children's Museum, New Braunfels, TX (about 20 minutes from SA)A child's dream-come-true, the McKenna Children's Museum offers hands-on exhibits (ranch, grocery store, train station, hospital, to name a few), story ... Read more >

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Room to Run: Best places to tire out your preschooler

by Colleen Pence

Wed
28
2008

The Quadrangle on Ft. Sam HoustonImagine a place, a magical place, where kids roam among friendly deer and peacocks, rabbits and ducks. A place where a mythical-looking clock tower stands tall above tiny children and dwarfs even adults. A place so spacious that your child could run, back and forth across it, for hours at a time, while you sit leisurely on a blanket, able to see them from any ... Read more >

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Colleen Pence

An Army brat who's lived in more than a couple of these lovely United States, Colleen now calls San Antonio home (She even says, "ya'll," without smirking and passes quite convincingly as a native Texan.). In her past life Colleen managed marketing campaigns for the San Antonio Symphony, a 60-year-old architecture firm and an international software company but she left all that in 2005 to stay...Read more >

Emily

Emily has called San Antonio home for over 15 years. She lives here with her husband and two sweet and beautiful children. Until recently, Emily was an elementary school teacher but now is excited she is able to educate her own children and watch their every move! She enjoys scrapbooking, traveling, reading and anything that has to do with her family. You can find Emily usually with her...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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