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		<title>Where are all the kids?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunflower blogger Jaime won 1st place in KaBOOM!’s recent guest blogging contest. Check it out below and on KaBOOM!’s Play Today blog. Then read more great Sunflower posts by Jaime here. Victoria won 4th place in the same contest! Check out her winning entry here. When my husband and I found our new neighborhood, it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sunflowercreativearts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19579073&amp;post=2733&amp;subd=sunflowercreativearts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Talking with kids about sex</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victoria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you talked with your children about sex? Maybe you’re thinking, “No, they’re way too young,” or “I’m dreading that moment.” I recently spoke with Susan about this important topic, which she will be discussing at Parent Toolbox on Friday, from 9:30-11 am. She said that many people are uncomfortable talking with their kids about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sunflowercreativearts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19579073&amp;post=2993&amp;subd=sunflowercreativearts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>One Day at Sunflower: Through the eyes of Mihai</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some days are more challenging than others, even when you&#8217;re three years old. Maybe especially when you&#8217;re three years old. My assignment, a companion to Haidor&#8217;s recent photo essay, was to follow Mihai through one whole day at our Seedlings &#8220;alternative to preschool&#8221; program. It ended up being quite an eye-opening experience for me. As [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sunflowercreativearts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19579073&amp;post=2903&amp;subd=sunflowercreativearts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Priming the Pump</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Sunflower we have an old metal groundwater pump. The pump is attached to a large bin which, when filled, can spout water when hand pumped. Unfortunately somehow over the summer our pump broke and has sat unused. Luckily our Jack-of-all-Trades father, Haidor, recently fixed up the old pump. Immediately there was a new interest [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sunflowercreativearts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19579073&amp;post=2223&amp;subd=sunflowercreativearts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Play and Trust</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sitting at a train crossing tonight, I looked up expecting to see freight cars zooming by. Only flat cars carrying huge dull looking container boxes flashed in front of me. I was sad to realize that the freight cars I loved as a kid might not exist anymore. Growing up in South Jersey farmland, my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sunflowercreativearts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19579073&amp;post=2870&amp;subd=sunflowercreativearts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where are all the kids? &#124; KaBOOM!</title>
		<link>http://sunflowercreativearts.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/where-are-all-the-kids-kaboom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sunflower</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Sunflower blogger Jaime Greenberg, 1st place winner in KaBOOM!‘s national guest blogging contest! In her outstanding winning entry, Jaime writes about one of the ways she is keeping play alive &#8212; for her children and herself. You can read her post on KaBOOM!’s Play Today blog here:  Where are all the kids? A [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sunflowercreativearts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19579073&amp;post=2849&amp;subd=sunflowercreativearts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I call it tiny. My kids call it nature.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victoria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunflower blogger Victoria won 4th place in KaBOOM!&#8217;s recent guest blogging contest. For those of you who missed it, check it out below and on KaBOOM!&#8217;s Play Today blog. Then read more great Sunflower posts by Victoria here. Also&#8211;read Jaime&#8217;s winning entry in the KaBOOM! contest here! You know that stereotypical childhood spent outdoors that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sunflowercreativearts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19579073&amp;post=2726&amp;subd=sunflowercreativearts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A playful evening for grown-ups</title>
		<link>http://sunflowercreativearts.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/sunflower-creative-arts-playful-yoga-moms-night-out-fundraiser/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Sunflower we&#8217;re all about advocating for the right to play for all children. But we also know parents need to stop and play a little too! After all, the benefits of play apply to all people&#8211;adults included. That was the idea behind our recent fundraiser, which combined a &#8220;Playful&#8221; Yoga class with a relaxing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sunflowercreativearts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19579073&amp;post=2697&amp;subd=sunflowercreativearts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>One Day at Sunflower: Through the eyes of Meadow</title>
		<link>http://sunflowercreativearts.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/photo-essay-one-day-at-sunflower-through-the-eyes-of-one-preschool-child/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sunflower</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are 25 children in our Seedlings &#8220;alternative to preschool&#8221; program. That&#8217;s lots of opportunities each day for play, creativity, problem-solving, learning conflict resolution&#8211;and, of course, having fun. We love watching the children learn and play all together, but we wondered what we might discover if we focused in on just one child. So last [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sunflowercreativearts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19579073&amp;post=2648&amp;subd=sunflowercreativearts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Meet the teacher: Whitney</title>
		<link>http://sunflowercreativearts.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/meet-the-teacher-whitney/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victoria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are very pleased to announce a new addition to the Sunflower Creative Arts staff! Welcome to our new theatre teacher, Whitney Stange. Whitney teaches Storytime Drama and Theatre Workshop, and she is the We Love Shakespeare! assistant. She will also serve as the Roots and Shoots &#8211; Shooting Stars facilitator. &#8220;I&#8217;m looking forward to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sunflowercreativearts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19579073&amp;post=2614&amp;subd=sunflowercreativearts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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