tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9926627194989443392024-02-18T23:49:13.640-05:00Just Keep RuminatingMy Thoughts On EverythingBeckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421052231143923530noreply@blogger.comBlogger392125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-992662719498944339.post-42180795754977883612020-12-28T00:30:00.004-05:002020-12-28T00:35:07.285-05:00Love Wins, Again! <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqiy6JuSIfGjj-A8IzB9KITdbbQp-MKRmj5iP-RujKir4fvBbemNlozua56nN9bzXkofIMx_kWqH9IFNiTyB5g7bgx7Q46O2DUyudt2NX-hxTXQ8gpDKLrUIBfL85FSNrw85hfhugSLz4/s1184/Screen+Shot+2020-12-27+at+11.23.39+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1184" data-original-width="1118" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqiy6JuSIfGjj-A8IzB9KITdbbQp-MKRmj5iP-RujKir4fvBbemNlozua56nN9bzXkofIMx_kWqH9IFNiTyB5g7bgx7Q46O2DUyudt2NX-hxTXQ8gpDKLrUIBfL85FSNrw85hfhugSLz4/s320/Screen+Shot+2020-12-27+at+11.23.39+PM.png" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Yesterday, I posted about Matthew and Paul and how their joint <a href="https://www.instagram.com/matthewandpaul/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> account was taken down due to homophobia on the platform. Well, I am happy to announce, after 130K shares of the article linked in the last post, they are back up and running! Love wins, again! I guess Instagram will learn next time they try to mess with someone who haw an entire army of people behind them! </p><p>They were also featured in one of my favorite publications, <a href="https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/27/matthew-olshefski-paul-castle-instagram-shirtless-violinist-account-removed/" target="_blank">Pink News</a>, as well as <a href="https://instinctmagazine.com/gay-influencer-couple-scrambling-after-instagram-deleted-their-account/" target="_blank">Instinct</a>. We are all so happy the guys got their amazing account back. Now, they can get back to posting about love, relationships and being true to yourself. </p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><u>Here is what they posted on their Instagram, after it was restored! </u></b></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">We’re back!! One week ago, our account was disabled for violating Instagram’s terms. What was our violation? “Pretending to be someone else”. Obviously, this is untrue — but it was alarming to see how easily trolls can have an account disabled. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">We work hard to bring quality content to the internet. Not just with our Instagram posts, but the podcast we produce each week. I’m not gonna lie, it’s disheartening to be targeted by hateful people. They’re not just attacking the two of us, but our entire community.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">As gay men, we are often left wondering “was this an act of homophobia?” And, unfortunately, I think that’s a question gay people confront all the time. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Did that cop pull us over because of the rainbow bumpersticker? Was the laughter from that passing car preceded by a gay joke? Was that picture or video removed because it featured same-sex affection?</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">And in our case: Was our entire account disabled because it promotes a healthy, loving gay relationship? Are there people out there who fear positive gay role models? This week, we have learned the answer is an unequivocal “Yes”. This is not the first time we have had to deal with this, and it certainly wont be the last. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">That’s because homophobia is alive and well. In fact, it’s thriving. Which really only bolsters our desire to create more positive gay content. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">In the week since this happened, we have learned that thousands of LGBTQ+ creators were targeted just like we were. And, sadly, many of them don’t have the platform we have, nor the ability to contact journalists and reporters (and get a response.)</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Thank you, Trolls, for reminding us why we continue to fight for the rights and visibility of LGBTQIA+ people. We are a strong and resilient community. Your light will slowly dim, and ours will burn ever-brighter. You will never outlast us. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Love. Always. Wins. -Matthew and Paul xx</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Lets make sure thisi never happens again! Whether to Matthew and Paul or any other LGBTQ content creator on any platform! </span></p>Beckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421052231143923530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-992662719498944339.post-58426256305255008872020-12-26T18:23:00.012-05:002020-12-26T21:02:09.942-05:00Instagram Is Targeting LGBTQ Accounts...And It Needs To Stop! <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTPgGnWIx7NTKqyUVPRsNUvUBCrJ_qSTDAKNm_Q486vILZ7rSj6o1dUgIhuhWvRZkzcRCfo3EAiaFAZSFjRrDCwboTAZKCL-gBh6ktDVKUjy7TPgPOTVP6e7-lXv4i-o3ch5jGEotUWA/s1190/Screen+Shot+2020-12-26+at+4.43.35+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1190" data-original-width="822" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTPgGnWIx7NTKqyUVPRsNUvUBCrJ_qSTDAKNm_Q486vILZ7rSj6o1dUgIhuhWvRZkzcRCfo3EAiaFAZSFjRrDCwboTAZKCL-gBh6ktDVKUjy7TPgPOTVP6e7-lXv4i-o3ch5jGEotUWA/w276-h400/Screen+Shot+2020-12-26+at+4.43.35+PM.png" width="276" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"><span> </span>At the start of this pandemic, I discovered two of the most real, sincere and amazing men. Their names are Matthew Olshefski and Paul Castle. Matthew is a classically trained violinist, who you can find on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCus8m2tLgpp1-yw6Rcpgoew" target="_blank">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/shirtlessviolinist/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, and on your music apps as The Shirtless Violinist. Paul is an astounding artist, who happens to have just 15% of his vision left, as a result of a rare eye condition. You can see and purchase his adorable and whimsical art on <a href="www.paulcastlestudioi.com" target="_blank">Etsy</a>! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"><span> In April, they launched their podcast, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/his-and-his/id1503957688" target="_blank">His & His Podcast</a>. Their podcast has reached all corners of the world and has </span></span><span style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville";">even helped a lot of people in their own personal lives. As well as this, they have created a community of friends, who may otherwise had never met. Along with the podcast, they created a joint Instagram account, entitled Matthew And Paul. In this account, they posted their own stories, asked questions and posted fun stories during their every day lives. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmI_fJtDNFZ0hj4gVLMyxL6p7oW7s_9Y5scsB6hYTzLltJjVC0L9r79gBqYz2XoH2Tzcf1zD-5Pnp-6YqaQcAc3KC2iiI2vc5yPXmlX9UjUThPFdeO28kPkFJcVlZGp0CdR9-tNEYbKWM/s1280/maxresdefault.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmI_fJtDNFZ0hj4gVLMyxL6p7oW7s_9Y5scsB6hYTzLltJjVC0L9r79gBqYz2XoH2Tzcf1zD-5Pnp-6YqaQcAc3KC2iiI2vc5yPXmlX9UjUThPFdeO28kPkFJcVlZGp0CdR9-tNEYbKWM/s320/maxresdefault.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"><span> Sadly, in a recent targeting of the LGBTQ community on Instagram, their account was flagged as "pretending to be someone else" and suspended. This has not just happened to them, but many other LGBTQ content creators. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"><span><span> These creators have spend months, and even years, creating content that reaches out to diverse audiences and has the potential to help millions of people. </span><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"><span><span> Please share this post, or this <a href="https://tinyurl.com/y8ljzgzk" target="_blank">article</a>, to bring awareness to this! Instagram needs to cease targeting LGBTQ and being homophobic. This is should not be their agenda. They leave posts and accounts that are racist, homophobic, </span>misogynist<span>, and downright disgusting, and target those that create wholesome content. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville";">Along with this article, here are some useful hashtags you can use, to make sure your post reaches as many people as it possibly can! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a class="xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/lgbtq/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#lgbtq</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/gaylife/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#gaylife</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/gaylove/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#gaylove</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/gaycouple/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#gaycouple</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class="xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/gay/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#gay</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/gayhusbands/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#gayhusbands</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/paulcastlestudio/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#paulcastlestudio</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class="xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/theshirtlessviolinist/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#TheShirtlessViolinist</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class="xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/matthewolshefski/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#MatthewOlshefski</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/hisandhispodcast/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#hisandhispodcast</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class="xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/gaystagram/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#gaystagram</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/lovewins/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#lovewins</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class="xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/lovewinsrainbow/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#lovewinsrainbow</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/instagram/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#Instagram</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class="xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/matthewandpaul/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#matthewandpaul</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/stophate/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#stophate</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/lovehim/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#lovehim</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class="xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/husbandandhusband/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#husbandandhusband</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/loveislove/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#loveislove</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class="xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/gaystagram/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#gaystagram</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/husbands/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#husbands</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/queerlove/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#queerlove</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class="xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/gaycouple/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#gaycouple</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/gayhusbands/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#gayhusbands</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class="xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/gaylovestories/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; 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color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#instagood</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class="xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/gayguy/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#gayguy</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/marriageequality/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#marriageequality</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/gaylove/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#gaylove</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class="xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/gaylife/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#gaylife</a><span style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville";"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"><b><u>Along with this, you can reach Matthew and Paul on these social media sites: </u></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hisandhispodcast" target="_blank">Matthew And Paul Facebook</a></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewandpaul" target="_blank">Matthew And Paul Twitter</a></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/shirtlessviolinist/" target="_blank">Matthew Instagram</a></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"><a href="https://twitter.com/shirtlessviolin" target="_blank">Matthew Twitter</a> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ShirtlessViolinist" target="_blank">Matthew Facebook</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/paulcastlestudio/" target="_blank">Paul Instagram</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"><a href="https://twitter.com/PCastleStudio" target="_blank">Paul Twitter</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/paulcastlestudio" target="_blank">Paul Facebook</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@matthewandpaul?source=h5_m" target="_blank">Matthew And Paul Tik Tok</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/his-and-his/id1503957688" target="_blank">His & His Podcast</a></span></p>Beckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421052231143923530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-992662719498944339.post-2931010007189024662020-12-22T17:55:00.006-05:002020-12-22T18:04:37.416-05:00My Year Of iTunes<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<iframe src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/37i9dQZF1EM7FF7z7kxY7v" width="300" height="380" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allow="encrypted-media"></iframe>Beckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421052231143923530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-992662719498944339.post-41689073064094749402020-12-22T17:28:00.003-05:002020-12-22T17:57:24.644-05:00My Year Of Tik Tk<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-VwwUW-cbNzHIbe-7Qpi7UUeRy0BYZAprSYvFz7Xoxzz4X7TEU9I7KGKE9WZ44bw8RBxEOmdUwYYUzwzksr-rxgICVDfKx-N-XTUOSHdSJUd-96WNrJBJX_VJG_-It-2sVL32BscMOQU/s640/8e1d1cee4879db1796c87f0a620afe6a.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-VwwUW-cbNzHIbe-7Qpi7UUeRy0BYZAprSYvFz7Xoxzz4X7TEU9I7KGKE9WZ44bw8RBxEOmdUwYYUzwzksr-rxgICVDfKx-N-XTUOSHdSJUd-96WNrJBJX_VJG_-It-2sVL32BscMOQU/s320/8e1d1cee4879db1796c87f0a620afe6a.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><b>My year in Tik Tok: </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /></p><p> </p> <script async="" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script>
<blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@beckaaiello/video/6909135924844629253" data-video-id="6909135924844629253" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;" > <section> <a target="_blank" title="@beckaaiello" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@beckaaiello">@beckaaiello</a> <p><a title="yearontiktok" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/yearontiktok">#YearOnTikTok</a></p> <a target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Becka" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-6909135980692146950">♬ original sound - Becka</a> </section> </blockquote> <script async src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script>Beckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421052231143923530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-992662719498944339.post-45628906234059272232020-12-22T14:20:00.000-05:002020-12-22T14:20:27.637-05:00When Your New Book Purchase Says A Lot...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEyihrsvtJlaGOKIUXjBG0amm8HQ_xhgmwU9gvlBW2JuGCHTDpwftjCYfZBQUnycxAiJnm-nePlmwjZN67VzEgYBhmBCFTMtBLob7-KIxNDu3zshWwULE4iLOx8xQ2LpWVfmSh3doWdZw/s1440/131619945_3728185747227457_2405567733551800212_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="982" data-original-width="1440" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEyihrsvtJlaGOKIUXjBG0amm8HQ_xhgmwU9gvlBW2JuGCHTDpwftjCYfZBQUnycxAiJnm-nePlmwjZN67VzEgYBhmBCFTMtBLob7-KIxNDu3zshWwULE4iLOx8xQ2LpWVfmSh3doWdZw/w400-h272/131619945_3728185747227457_2405567733551800212_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #242526; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">You know your a social media manager/content strategist, when this is your newest book purchase.</span></span></p>Beckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421052231143923530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-992662719498944339.post-50416695908347209212020-12-18T19:04:00.002-05:002020-12-18T19:22:35.131-05:00When You Stop Learning, That Is When You Start Dying<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_4GhmOF_OTC_xlB9ICgThyg7nAenGrnt1hVvm6FKssr8iAn3oQiI7KpQktA4-YF73wIyxXwR0nMyMgZyH5OfqwZYh68dSOnlw1G0CrHtL398ZTInHbVHsnLw5sCFh4cUzhX-MTLRWdg/s1024/google-analytics-seo-9976a545.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="538" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_4GhmOF_OTC_xlB9ICgThyg7nAenGrnt1hVvm6FKssr8iAn3oQiI7KpQktA4-YF73wIyxXwR0nMyMgZyH5OfqwZYh68dSOnlw1G0CrHtL398ZTInHbVHsnLw5sCFh4cUzhX-MTLRWdg/s320/google-analytics-seo-9976a545.jpeg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWqj9OJIqHHqI_Y422yjmeyOyFkR12GmLTIx3lnSypyvAbe9hn8ZyOVpU_2qbiFm2dwSH-698KembU2-MlkYvUspw8hqNt61SjelNUGABd0j68VLUJpYKU7fs6j-Dw2plgv7oSqa7fgA8/s1920/hubspot-logo-1920.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWqj9OJIqHHqI_Y422yjmeyOyFkR12GmLTIx3lnSypyvAbe9hn8ZyOVpU_2qbiFm2dwSH-698KembU2-MlkYvUspw8hqNt61SjelNUGABd0j68VLUJpYKU7fs6j-Dw2plgv7oSqa7fgA8/w320-h180/hubspot-logo-1920.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span> </span>This was a quote my friend, Rebecca, in Canada said to me, on a Facebook post I made about looking for a PhD program in Communications. That hit me. I have been like this since I was little. I was the one that always had books in her hands. But not just novels. I would buy old textbooks from garage sales, or take out books from the library on subjects that were probably considered way above my head. (I did an extra credit report on espionage in 6th grade). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> I have even beeb made fun of, for my veracious appetite for learning. Even questioned, when I decided to start my Master of Science of Digital Audience Strategy at <a href="https://asuonline.asu.edu/online-degree-programs/graduate/digital-audience-strategy-ms/" target="_blank">Arizona State University</a>. I even kept it under wraps, which schools I applied to, because I didn't want to deal with negative feedback. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> Which brings me to this. Through ASU, I have been able to take multiple certifications and non-certification courses, through <a href="https://www.hubspot.com" target="_blank">HubSpot Academy</a> and <a href="https://analytics.google.com/analytics/academy/" target="_blank">Google Analytics</a>. And the best part? The certifications required for my classes, are not the only ones I am allowed to take. I plan on getting in as many as I can, before May 2021 graduation! </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqPP2Ng0bxRFcd8069W7c9JpnfWoiRxNULeb25TGPOcXYmBMHN4cdZ4h4UxGB230nMuHQll0i8HhE3642exkiUGBap85Ermw3tFNQc-C6ZyHOwDm-gfR3pwBs4lHhiqNXtcQR_mDSxuog/s718/Screen+Shot+2020-12-18+at+6.03.07+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="718" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqPP2Ng0bxRFcd8069W7c9JpnfWoiRxNULeb25TGPOcXYmBMHN4cdZ4h4UxGB230nMuHQll0i8HhE3642exkiUGBap85Ermw3tFNQc-C6ZyHOwDm-gfR3pwBs4lHhiqNXtcQR_mDSxuog/s320/Screen+Shot+2020-12-18+at+6.03.07+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> After 24 years, 5 colleges, and multiple people telling me that I couldn't do it, especially as I got older (there is a whole group for students my age at ASU, which is amazing!) I am finally going to graduate with a higher education degree. This may not be important to some, but to me, it is. I am a lifelong learner and I finally do not feel ashamed about it! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span> </span>And starting now, I am researching schools, some in the UK, for my PhD. Thanks to a friend of mine and fellow <a href="https://www.isfoundation.com" target="_blank">Ian Somerhalder Foundation</a> volunteer, who is also getting her higher education degree from a school in London, from the comfort of her home in California, for telling me about these options!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiWENm89VS_3GDqB6a-kAybiplFYkBzfdoD1Yy_yyaUeaS3wAY19_XTgda_AmowD9G7QJyT-VXr8_WmkwPpxqXjnsijnEHFh25GCMMbmzPIW0gwTRWQBKhyphenhyphengSStS_iAjAiuUxPLyiHdbg/s1354/Screen+Shot+2020-12-18+at+5.53.12+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1038" data-original-width="1354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiWENm89VS_3GDqB6a-kAybiplFYkBzfdoD1Yy_yyaUeaS3wAY19_XTgda_AmowD9G7QJyT-VXr8_WmkwPpxqXjnsijnEHFh25GCMMbmzPIW0gwTRWQBKhyphenhyphengSStS_iAjAiuUxPLyiHdbg/s320/Screen+Shot+2020-12-18+at+5.53.12+PM.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-saqM8OiBVcOcHxWWBZtHExHoloujDVgM9Epd9dYLl10SL2hTvEx2M6efTxtgu33cgrN-gzOCJVOxmvy_xdzH5VCHytGcigDFZ6T1sA8-gMLcQTCy5B5imSQclPBDeydutdc9pzRHzCM/s1098/Screen+Shot+2020-12-18+at+5.57.55+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="1098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-saqM8OiBVcOcHxWWBZtHExHoloujDVgM9Epd9dYLl10SL2hTvEx2M6efTxtgu33cgrN-gzOCJVOxmvy_xdzH5VCHytGcigDFZ6T1sA8-gMLcQTCy5B5imSQclPBDeydutdc9pzRHzCM/s320/Screen+Shot+2020-12-18+at+5.57.55+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUsKUBGqb0j2Sh_7iSaN8krSzyWBjqm1_9zHLdn2OJK0qujKdoIvP9bGoBsxhXh8sqN9rQdkgXB5pYDiXuKwxT9T80bgjx6ZHh_MCQOcQfn39yo9ttuX2RO6C0kACRp1OMSIC9TdMewJc/s1078/Screen+Shot+2020-12-18+at+5.58.14+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="814" data-original-width="1078" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUsKUBGqb0j2Sh_7iSaN8krSzyWBjqm1_9zHLdn2OJK0qujKdoIvP9bGoBsxhXh8sqN9rQdkgXB5pYDiXuKwxT9T80bgjx6ZHh_MCQOcQfn39yo9ttuX2RO6C0kACRp1OMSIC9TdMewJc/s320/Screen+Shot+2020-12-18+at+5.58.14+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijElidw-vPDJRSij5bbk7f1hx6dztrFHaHEjx3LJlzOeAVPCoVLiYZilVTRxau8nPlIEl_qwtFoED-IJF9GduKvEvLAIReFcr5yaGzagqyw7Yigq0bkHnrvngonHA8TrBaGaF7M2_Bcjc/s1092/Screen+Shot+2020-12-18+at+5.59.05+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="826" data-original-width="1092" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijElidw-vPDJRSij5bbk7f1hx6dztrFHaHEjx3LJlzOeAVPCoVLiYZilVTRxau8nPlIEl_qwtFoED-IJF9GduKvEvLAIReFcr5yaGzagqyw7Yigq0bkHnrvngonHA8TrBaGaF7M2_Bcjc/s320/Screen+Shot+2020-12-18+at+5.59.05+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span> </span><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>
<!--End: HubSpot Academy - Social Media Marketing Certification Course Badge-->Beckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421052231143923530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-992662719498944339.post-25876279124309831602020-12-07T12:33:00.001-05:002020-12-07T12:33:17.024-05:00Guest Bloggers Wanted!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7QHF1U0dGUpqOKuhWNUyWrTsHkSGy6gvaf6jjZMFiC6zNxQd7wK9QZQZncjdRuCGBj0xOknWR4A2kpnHF2bNqdOzjEK5xeSEafpfA_IRB2-trNABAUP-NgqSBbLAC1idndgKGmBb3xHU/s1024/guest-bloggers-wanted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7QHF1U0dGUpqOKuhWNUyWrTsHkSGy6gvaf6jjZMFiC6zNxQd7wK9QZQZncjdRuCGBj0xOknWR4A2kpnHF2bNqdOzjEK5xeSEafpfA_IRB2-trNABAUP-NgqSBbLAC1idndgKGmBb3xHU/w400-h300/guest-bloggers-wanted.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> I've had a few amazing guest bloggers in the past and I would love more! If you want to bee featured on my blog, please <a href="mailto:becka@justkeepruminating.com"> EMAIL ME! </a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Beckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421052231143923530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-992662719498944339.post-81436308594788757152020-12-07T12:12:00.000-05:002020-12-07T12:12:05.359-05:00Six Down, Four To Go! <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJpKdq15Rrpv4DbiJ3QsGjNQ3A1YKlVZnSO5N8DGyzhgjSmhcIbAdU-jA2siG1UZi3pdYKnBW3oPm4U93dEF6pGba6c4fb6fmsfBlAj0DHIVNwUNu-E57AwsOUUhLIA5yt2F-xJgNFnIs/s1000/ee78886526d4a0769c55a42245fbca16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="1000" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJpKdq15Rrpv4DbiJ3QsGjNQ3A1YKlVZnSO5N8DGyzhgjSmhcIbAdU-jA2siG1UZi3pdYKnBW3oPm4U93dEF6pGba6c4fb6fmsfBlAj0DHIVNwUNu-E57AwsOUUhLIA5yt2F-xJgNFnIs/w473-h166/ee78886526d4a0769c55a42245fbca16.jpg" width="473" /></a></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">As the end of the year comes to a close, so does my first year in the Master of Digital Audience Strategy program at Arizona State University! In the last 28 weeks, I have over come every obstacle thrown my way and I can see that finish line approaching! Six classes down and four more to go. </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I have had a lot of self doubt, one class that I swore I would not pass (sometimes you have to self teach) and people telling me I couldn't do it or mocking me for wanting to continue my education. </span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">So here is to a much needed five week break and a quiet 2021 to focus on me and my degree! </span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlijnELgkDkQfh5SAG8ybhyphenhyphendlbd9O6WMDtrtz7qVXWMyi87JsfuZZmIsba8azrTbN1bk0l7j0X9oEkqQA7j9CoMt2i3heWrkkm0EG1CsRYRilxv7Q5rXB4GXA44F-TZ8drncLsohDqm00/s1535/130007569_1504278069962879_6968496785946084150_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="1079" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlijnELgkDkQfh5SAG8ybhyphenhyphendlbd9O6WMDtrtz7qVXWMyi87JsfuZZmIsba8azrTbN1bk0l7j0X9oEkqQA7j9CoMt2i3heWrkkm0EG1CsRYRilxv7Q5rXB4GXA44F-TZ8drncLsohDqm00/w281-h400/130007569_1504278069962879_6968496785946084150_n.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">GO DEVILS! </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTEZr_VMQ4DKwW5EpkI_5O9N0STtFoIHM2DeuxJqUiStm0SMNbeF01Hvt4GFA70ts0mYUi8gqqfB5xOdSsKvbESWxRss8YcBWddtYjdLyQTzE-A-CfdhXWqDDcnnGtkieNjo9qZkeQP1w/s400/0jSDMtCe_400x400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTEZr_VMQ4DKwW5EpkI_5O9N0STtFoIHM2DeuxJqUiStm0SMNbeF01Hvt4GFA70ts0mYUi8gqqfB5xOdSsKvbESWxRss8YcBWddtYjdLyQTzE-A-CfdhXWqDDcnnGtkieNjo9qZkeQP1w/s320/0jSDMtCe_400x400.jpg" /></a></span></div><p></p>Beckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421052231143923530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-992662719498944339.post-73132588284977045682020-09-07T18:29:00.000-04:002020-09-07T18:29:01.727-04:00Meet Paul Castle, Seattle Blind Artist<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnJK5sPnqFblD_sGJCO6Xx5olvKug_SlYtLsNwPP6D6uaZGA2hDo-NjED_wP1o2BZPWJNwwRGmJuFoc9Tk2Fy3wIgn6NlvTQKCTwvIdJ-QgKwbhPKhYwJ5iYjigJwnUPB4gXSCv0EJCTY/s1357/IMG_0013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1357" data-original-width="828" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnJK5sPnqFblD_sGJCO6Xx5olvKug_SlYtLsNwPP6D6uaZGA2hDo-NjED_wP1o2BZPWJNwwRGmJuFoc9Tk2Fy3wIgn6NlvTQKCTwvIdJ-QgKwbhPKhYwJ5iYjigJwnUPB4gXSCv0EJCTY/w244-h400/IMG_0013.jpg" width="244" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Whitney, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: break-spaces;"><b><a href="https://twitter.com/PCastleStudio/status/1295806872457379840 " target="_blank">Paul Castle</a> is an artist living in Seattle. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Whitney, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: break-spaces;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: break-spaces;"><span style="font-family: Whitney, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">At age 16, he was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa, a rare genetic eye disease. He currently works with 15% of his eyesight and will eventually go blind. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: break-spaces;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: break-spaces;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span> </span>Paul has an array of amazing artwork, from cute drawings to whimsical paintings, which have been bought by people all over the world. This book is a dream project for Paul and this <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pengrooms/the-pengrooms/description" target="_blank">Kickstarter</a> will help him achieve that.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: break-spaces;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: break-spaces;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span> </span>The Pengrooms will be a 32-page children’s picture book about two penguins, Pringle and Finn, who own a specialty cake shop. Through the course of the story, Pringle and Finn deliver colorful cakes to different LGBTQ weddings across the animal kingdom. With each delivery comes an unexpected surprise that reveals how Pringle and Finn work as a team, and ultimately make an unforgettable duo.
<span> </span>The final pages of the book will include an unexpected twist that will delight readers of all ages.
This story was born out of a desire to see more LGBTQ representation in children’s literature. It’s time to see an array of gay characters making a positive impact on the hearts and minds of future generations.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: break-spaces;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: break-spaces;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> Paul is extremely talented! You can see his work <a href="www.paulcastlestudio.com." target="_blank">HERE</a>. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: break-spaces;"><span> </span><br /></span><span> </span>Paul’s dream has always been to create a children’s book, with LGBTQ characters, that doesn’t just entertain children, but also prompts them to ask questions and learn life lessons.<span> </span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span> </span>That is what his current Kickstarter campaign is all about! Paul created the Pengrooms, when he was creating his and his wonderful husband, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCus8m2tLgpp1-yw6Rcpgoew" target="_blank">Matthew’s</a> wedding invitations last year. They, and many of his adorable characters, will be featured in this 32 page, 250 word children’s book. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Ar7Q6Wd2TaN5-3OJLohm6pi5Sskrern6daYHsr76qKUIbTqmGrx81vmCGooZf1MCcd-BqZiuEVrXTyAKAgNC2Qh6zuNhEYhLIFWaHC8Xgtoyxz9BZaRaHpFuPlATojGJ30qdZ8reCGU/s828/118566543_3391319297580772_8909522459458440946_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="828" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Ar7Q6Wd2TaN5-3OJLohm6pi5Sskrern6daYHsr76qKUIbTqmGrx81vmCGooZf1MCcd-BqZiuEVrXTyAKAgNC2Qh6zuNhEYhLIFWaHC8Xgtoyxz9BZaRaHpFuPlATojGJ30qdZ8reCGU/s320/118566543_3391319297580772_8909522459458440946_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU6cjZA7hBLEvu8_unl2oIXnBhLwvK9Q8E4Kooy-vKS1wtR2Yh4IUe1vGa5nbOp7vMGobnVceLMIP5tPoyO0sqzQjafvXdYNCDhihJ4B8IxJmmiaKX6YmLLL2PQBwVEH41zJC69iZXcNc/s828/118615678_3391319490914086_2221041106943335144_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="828" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU6cjZA7hBLEvu8_unl2oIXnBhLwvK9Q8E4Kooy-vKS1wtR2Yh4IUe1vGa5nbOp7vMGobnVceLMIP5tPoyO0sqzQjafvXdYNCDhihJ4B8IxJmmiaKX6YmLLL2PQBwVEH41zJC69iZXcNc/s320/118615678_3391319490914086_2221041106943335144_n.jpg" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span> </span>Recently, the Kickstarter reached a very important stretch goal: The ability to get Paul's books into bookstores, libraries and into the hands of children's publishers, all over the world! But we still need help! If you can, please share this blog post, or just the Kickstarter link (linked above), to everyone and anyone you can think of. That includes local or national news stations, LGBTQ organizations, or even just Twitter, Instagram or Facebook groups you are a part of. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span> Let's help this amazing artist, make his dreams come true! </span></span></div></div><p></p>Beckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421052231143923530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-992662719498944339.post-7693871894557521452020-03-29T11:54:00.000-04:002020-03-29T11:54:22.139-04:00Some Rambling Thoughts About What Social Media Management Really Is<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In the last 7 years, I have curated content, run ads and just posted for people/organizations/bands, etc... so they could continue to attract their market audiences and draw revenue. This has been my passion for the last 7 years and continues to be. This is the future. More people will be looking to social media, usually by the suggestion of their peers, for what to buy, who to listen to, what to watch, and so on.<br />
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In implementing a more professional persona for my goals in media marketing and communications, I am trying to <span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">develop a more outlined plan: (these are just thoughts, forgive me if they ramble in areas) AKA What I have learned in 7 years of social media marketing and content curation <span class="_47e3 _5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle;" title="smile emoticon"><img alt="" class="img" height="16" role="presentation" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/teb/2/16/1f642.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: -3px;" width="16" /><span aria-hidden="true" class="_7oe" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0px; width: 0px;">:)</span></span></span></div>
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defining high market values--> what markets do I want to cater to, do I want to dabble in whatever come into my inbox, or do I want to be specific?</div>
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I feel that being versatile is key, but not to spread myself too thin. In the last 7 years, my clients have been travel agencies, entertainment and professional development.</div>
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Content curation for each of these varies and is dependent on what the client/organization/person needs at that specific time.</div>
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What areas have helped each market I have taken on grow and what has been detrimental to them.</div>
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The content that gets the most attention, is colorful, fun and relevant.</div>
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Are the markets using one specific type of media (are they primarily on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter --> do they use InkedIn to connect to like minded professionals, do they use docial media platforms such as HootSuite or Loomly and what works best/doesn't work for them</div>
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Are they keeping up with trends and expanding their market when necessary? Are they being TOO broad (are they marketing to too many audiences, when they should be engaging with a certain age bracket/social bracket/etc)<br />
What can they improve on, what do they need to focus less on?</div>
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There is more...but this is the summary of the basics of what I am trying to accomplish, when I work with a client.<br />
Do the clients prefer social networking or virtual communities, in pursuing their target markets? (not everyone uses Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, even though they are the major platforms)</div>
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Now, to find a website platform, that will suit everyone's needs.</div>
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Why do you want to be a social media manager? You just post on social media. How does that do anything?</div>
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You just see a post. When I see posts, I see how they utilized Ad campaigns, what their target audiences are and if they are marketing to their audience in the right ways. How they can optimize their audience reach. What they did right, what they could do better. And if their posts are eye catching, fun and appealing to diverse audiences.</div>
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What I see, is a trend in the utilization of social media, more than any other media (newspapers, websites, etc...) to attract audiences, sales and more. </div>
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I see an Instagram Ad Campaign, from an Instagram account with 1M followers, that could potentially bring in 2M revenue. </div>
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I see a Twitter Ad Campaign from a Twitter start up business, that has only 5000 followers, that has the potential to quadruple that within months, with the right analytics and the right target marketing campaigns. </div>
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I see a Facebook Ad for a new music festival, that could generate such a large audience and interest, that the next year, they not only need a bigger venue, but every musical artist out there, wants to be a part of it. (See Life Is Beautiful!) </div>
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Beckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421052231143923530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-992662719498944339.post-15417974242314100152019-09-17T08:32:00.000-04:002019-09-17T09:16:52.270-04:00Let's Change The World, Together! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There is a global initiative, for the most past, to end disease, extreme poverty and more, to help make our world a better place for not just humans, but all living creatures, great and small. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">With everyone that volunteers and works with/at <a href="https://www.one.org/us/about/" target="_blank"><b>ONE</b></a>, <a href="https://www.red.org/" target="_blank"><b>RED</b></a> and <a href="https://www.theglobalfund.org/en/" target="_blank"><b>The Global Fund</b></a>, we are banding together to end AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria and Extreme Poverty, just to name a few. By. 2030, we want these issues eradicated from our planet so we can all have a better future. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Let's start with ending Extreme Poverty! Every man, woman and child, should have access to clean, safe water and nutritious food around the world. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Where you live, should never determine IF you live! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At <a href="http://one.org.s3.amazonaws.com/pdfs/ONE_2018_Progress_Update.pdf" target="_blank"><b>ONE</b></a> <span style="background-color: white;">We believe the fight against poverty isn’t about charity, but about justice and equality.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ONE is a global movement campaigning to end extreme poverty and preventable disease by 2030, so that everyone, everywhere can lead a life of dignity and opportunity.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Co-founded by Bono and other activists, ONE is strictly nonpartisan. ONE is not a grant-making organisation and does not solicit funding from the public or receive government funds. ONE is funded almost entirely by foundations, individual philanthropists and corporate partners.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.one.org/us/about/" target="_blank"><b>Join the fight</b></a> against extreme poverty now! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Introducing <a href="https://www.theglobalfund.org/en/" target="_blank"><b>The Global Fund</b></a> To Fight AIDS, Malaria And Tuberculosis. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Together with ONE and RED, we are going to Step Up The Fight to end AIDS, Malaria, TB and Extreme Poverty. Our promise to all 7 year olds today: We will end these issues, so you don't have to! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Over 27 million lives have been saved. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Over 17 million people have access to live saving AIDS/HIV medication.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In 2000, AIDS, TB and malaria appeared to be unstoppable. In many countries, AIDS devastated an entire generation, leaving countless orphans and shattered communities. Malaria killed young children and pregnant women unable to protect themselves from mosquitoes or access life-saving medicine. TB unfairly afflicted the poor, as it had for millennia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The world fought back. As a partnership of governments, civil society, technical agencies, the private sector and people affected by the diseases, the Global Fund pools the world’s resources to invest strategically in programs to end AIDS, TB and malaria as epidemics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Read more <a href="https://www.theglobalfund.org/en/overview/" target="_blank"><b>HERE</b></a>! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Today, over 23 million people living with HIV have access to life-saving medication. AIDS-related deaths have been cut in half since their peak in 2004 and the number of babies born each day with HIV has declined by two thirds since 2000.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Medication is a key piece of winning this fight, but it’s not the only piece. (RED)-funded grants support a diverse range of life-saving HIV/AIDS programs, including prevention, testing, counseling, and treatment services, sexual reproductive health education, peer mentorship programs and much <a href="https://www.red.org/our-impact-areas" target="_blank"><b>more</b></a>. <b>(<--- click here to learn more about RED's impact!) </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.red.org/partners/apple" target="_blank"><b>APPLE</b></a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Check out their website and <a href="https://www.red.org/partners" target="_blank">SHOP RED NOW</a> and on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/EC58E2D3-3499-4CAC-9813-9E8625ED4ADF?ingress=0&visitId=d185db96-c831-44c0-af67-07807a82aaec" target="_blank">AMAZON</a></b></span></div>
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I checked the SC Pete event calendar, and saw that his 3pm round table event had been moved to Moncks Corner, which was easy enough to hit on our way if we took the rural route, and the GPS put us there around 2:15. We got there a bit after 2, and waited for about two hours. Max was so good, and we were able to keep him sitting (we had no idea when the entourage was going to get there because of the previous event and the torrential thunderstorms) until Pete walked through the door with:<br />
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Of course, then everyone started talking about healthcare and Max was done. <span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf2/2/16/1f605.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">😅</span></span> Poor Duncan got to hear the first five minutes and then took Max for a walkabout in the kids' library. </div>
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As for the round table itself, Pete did not disappoint. From the moment he walked in the room you could tell he was there to listen and let people know their personal concerns mattered to him and would hone and shape his campaign moving forward. There was no pretentiousness, no grandstanding, no talking points, and he looked people in the eye when they spoke and when he answered them. </div>
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There were several hard-hitting questions and experiences. One attendee, the bearded gentleman to Pete's left, explained how he pays $1000/mo for his insulin. Several others in the room voiced concern about this, and asked how Pete planned to lower the cost of these essential prescription drugs. He didn't skip a beat, and explained (among other things) that he wants the Medicare system to have the power to negotiate drug prices way down so that insulin, and other life-saving prescription drugs, are available and affordable to everyone who needs them. </div>
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When I had the chance to ask him a question about the gap between Medicaid and the ACA for states that don't take the Medicaid expansion, he immediately started nodding and I could tell it was already something he was concerned about and had given a great deal of thought. While he wishes, as many of us do, that all states would take the Medicaid expansion in the short term, his M4A who want it plan would fill that gap. </div>
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After he was finished -- even though he was late for his next event and I'm sure bone-tired -- he took time to talk with us personally, and to talk with every person in the room who stayed (which was everyone). He listened intently, took photos, and graciously signed books. Then, with honey badger stealth and tenacity, he sprinted to his motorcade and was off to his next event faster than you can say South Bend.</div>
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After meeting him, I can safely say that Pete is all he seems to be and then some; an outlier in the best sense because he's giving his dedication and hard work back to us, to this country. He's a true public servant. </div>
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If you want to know more about where Pete stands on the issues, check out his policy page <a href="https://peteforamerica.com/issues" target="_blank">HERE</a>. </div>
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*Video of that event, and the <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/teampete?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCmHIKgtwsOYu1F9flvUO338QtUxO_7KJ_-vSm9HJOgtzzcTPofC_Dea1lvcUz11p4R-NOm7x5hnTSGjAciFdQMx9b5uW7o_NPa9xKxDnEU8LkRI6wwI_LQSBrwg7XnTi0ZRZA6cmgR3_unNr88G2XRKuozXpukk3nEH13Ft-FtfwuNfrNv0U6XUnXNvCeHdR5_G4ZaRxemjo2SDA&__tn__=%2ANK-R" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">TeamPete</span></span></a> itinerary of that entire day, is <a href="https://thepetechannel.com/tpc-blog/south-caroliina-beaufort-aug-17-2018?fbclid=IwAR1YuN_aHXII-jaoCwkkmIo0LqVtDk6UIhAl9ka5qg0pJnbimvPTlxKZ6ZM" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</div>
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<b>Thank you, Meg, for allowing me to post about this weekend! It was great meeting you!! </b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With this being <span style="color: red;">P</span><span style="color: orange;">r</span><span style="color: yellow;">i</span><span style="color: lime;">d</span><span style="color: blue;">e</span> Month, I wanted to do something a little special. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When we first found out about <span style="color: red;">AIDS</span> in this country, little to nothing was known about it. People had many misconceptions and irrationalized fears about this disease. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Many people, at that time mostly men, were ostracized, kicked out of their houses, even refused medical treatment, because people were ignorant about <span style="color: red;">AIDS</span> and <span style="color: red;">HIV</span>. (You can have <span style="color: red;">HIV</span> without developing <span style="color: red;">AIDS</span> itself) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When Freddie Mercury passed away from <span style="color: red;">AIDS</span> in 1991, it was still a few years, before any advancement in <span style="color: red;">AIDS</span> and <span style="color: red;">HIV</span> research, would come about. Magic Johnson was lucky, that he had access to the medical treatment, that would have been available to Freddie, in just a few years. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was also believed to exclusively be a "gay man's" health issue. Today, we know that it can be contracted by anyone, male, female, gay or straight. But <span style="color: red;">AIDS</span> education still has a long was to go. And every two minutes, a teenager is infected with <span style="color: red;">HIV</span>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Even with so much medical advancement and <span style="color: red;">AIDS</span> education, there are still many people that do not understand the disease or how it is passed, or not passed, from one person to the other. It has always been intriguing to me, as to why <span style="color: red;">AIDS</span> is not including as a speaking point, in most, if any, sex education classes, in the United States. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In many countries, including the United States, many babies are born with <span style="color: red;">HIV</span>. It is no longer a death sentence for them, just like for adults infected. This will only get better, providing drug companies keep improving, as well as still making the drugs accessible to the general population. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">An amazing man that I follow, Javier Munoz, is a huge advocate for <span style="color: red;">RED</span> and the fight against <span style="color: red;">HIV</span> and <span style="color: red;">AIDS</span>. And now, he has his own <span style="color: red;">RED</span> merch, with 100% proceeds going to <span style="color: red;">RED</span>! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I got mine and I will be wearing it on June 21, which has officially been declared Javier Munoz day in New York City! Congrats Javier! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma;"> We </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma;">have seen some disturbing instances,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma;">such as a mother kidnapping her children </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma;"><span class="apple-style-span">and taking them out of the country,</span> <span class="apple-style-span">mothers and fathers leaving their </span><span class="apple-style-span">children in cars reaching over 100</span> <span class="apple-style-span">degrees so they can go gamble or to the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma;"><span class="apple-style-span">mall and newborns being beaten because</span> <span class="apple-style-span">they are crying too much. </span><span class="apple-style-span">Most of us think that being a parent</span><span class="apple-style-span">comes instinctually and that as soon as </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma;"><span class="apple-style-span">our baby is born we will know what to </span><span class="apple-style-span">do. But once we get that little bundle home and we see how much he or she depends </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma;"><span class="apple-style-span">on us and puts trust in us to be a proper caregiver, many parents become overwhelmed </span><span class="apple-style-span">and many are pushed beyond lines they swore they would never cross. </span><span class="apple-style-span">Parental frustration leads to child abuse. The most common form of infant abuse is </span><span class="apple-style-span">Shaken Baby Syndrome. The violent movement pitches the infant’s brain back and forth </span><span class="apple-style-span">within the skull, rupturing blood vessels and nerves throughout the brain and tearing </span><span class="apple-style-span">the brain tissue. The brain strikes the inside of the skull, causing bruising and bleeding </span><span class="apple-style-span">to the brain. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma;"><span class="apple-style-span"> Of these tiny victims, 20-25 (or more) percent die as a result of their injuries. Most </span><span class="apple-style-span">of the rest suffer permanent damage. </span><span class="apple-style-span">Shaking of babies respects no boundaries. It occurs in rich and poor families and in </span><span class="apple-style-span">families of all colors. </span><span class="apple-style-span">In the </span></span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma;">United States</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma;"> there are over 1,500 cases of Shaken Baby Syndrome per year. It </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma;"><span class="apple-style-span">is likely that many more babies suffer from the effects of SBS yet no one knows </span><span class="apple-style-span">because SBS victims rarely have any external evidence of trauma. A </span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma;">University</span></span></st1:placetype><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma;"> of </span></span><st1:placename><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma;">North </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma;"><span class="apple-style-span">Carolina</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma;"> study estimates that we may only be diagnosing 1 percent of all babies who </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma;"><span class="apple-style-span">are shaken. </span><span class="apple-style-span">Reducing just these incidents, by educating more parents on how to calm a crying and </span><span class="apple-style-span">colicky baby and how to take a break and ask for help, would save almost $2 million in </span><span class="apple-style-span">medical and legal costs. </span><span class="apple-style-span">That prevention just may be possible with a new approach to baby calming. There are </span><span class="apple-style-span">some cultures around the world where babies rarely ever cry. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma;"><span class="apple-style-span"> One should wonder how, </span><span class="apple-style-span">in a sophisticated society such as ours, we do not have the proper education and </span><span class="apple-style-span">training to take care of a fussy baby, yet others in underdeveloped countries have the </span><span class="apple-style-span">knowledge to keep their babies safe and calm for nearly 23 of 24 hours in the day. In </span><span class="apple-style-span">the nationally certified program The Happiest Baby on the Block, developed by </span><span class="apple-style-span">renowned pediatrician Dr. Harvey Karp, hundreds of certified educators all over the </span></span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma;">United States</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma;"> have been trained to help parents before and after the birth of their </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma;"><span class="apple-style-span">babies. In this program, parents are taught age-old techniques that have been long </span><span class="apple-style-span">abandoned and replaced by wives’ tales, which tell us we will spoil our young infants if </span><span class="apple-style-span">we love them too much. </span><span class="apple-style-span">The core of this program is to teach parents five calming techniques that when put </span><span class="apple-style-span">together correctly trigger an inborn calming reflex in their babies. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma;"><span class="apple-style-span"> Parents learn that in </span><span class="apple-style-span">the first six months after birth babies still need that comfort they had for nine months </span><span class="apple-style-span">in the womb. When given this extra comfort, babies are less likely to be colicky, there </span><span class="apple-style-span">will be less crying and fewer incidences of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Shaken Baby </span><span class="apple-style-span">Syndrome, marital stress and breastfeeding failure as well as increases in father </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma;"><span class="apple-style-span">involvement. This is something Dr. Karp calls the “missing fourth trimester,” and it has </span><span class="apple-style-span">been proven to work with thousands of babies across the country.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma;"><span class="apple-style-span"> In order to stop these innocent babies from dying, being abandoned, neglected or other </span><span class="apple-style-span">forms of abuse, parents need to be trained on how to care for their precious newborns. </span><span class="apple-style-span">It is time we petitioned to have mandatory parent-education classes implemented in our </span><span class="apple-style-span">hospitals, birthing centers and child-care facilities in order to prevent the deaths of any </span><span class="apple-style-span">more babies. Asking for help will not make anyone think less of you, in fact, you will be </span><span class="apple-style-span">thanked by your baby in the future!</span></span></div>
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Beckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421052231143923530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-992662719498944339.post-40900460593166655892019-03-23T06:00:00.000-04:002019-03-23T09:23:57.956-04:00We Love Mystic Falls! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In 2012, my daughter and I, late to the game, discovered a little show called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thevampirediaries/" target="_blank">The Vampire Diaries</a>. From this show, we not only got to see where the magic was made in Covington Georgia, AKA Mystic Falls, VA, we made a ton of amazing friends, who are now family.<br />
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My daughter joined the Ian Somhalder Foundation Kids Army and, through that, go to meet kids from all over the world.<br />
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It had been 6 years, since we were able to make it to Covington. So, in February, for her 16th birthday, I decided to bring her there.<br />
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Of course, we had to go to the <a href="http://mysticgrill.restaurant/" target="_blank">Mystic Grill</a>. The last time we where there, in March 2013, it was not yet open to the public.<br />
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Not only was it beautiful, there were amazing displays of autographs, plaques and pictures form the cast and crew of The Vampire Diaries, as well as other famous people that have visited. </div>
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We had to go to the beautiful square and get pictures of the houses we loved in the show. Including Ten Oaks, also used in other TV shows, such as Dukes of Hazard and movies, such as Gone With The Wind. We also got pictures of the Lockwood Mansion and Elena's house, which I aways LOVED! </div>
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I wish it weren't raining, or else we could have walked around, instead of driving. But there will be a next time!<br />
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Oh and, since we were in the area (if you count being na hour away in the area) I also HAD to drive to the Love, Simon house, that they used for Simon's family's house. This house could be yours, for only $1.4 Million! Totally with it, I think! the entire neighborhood is absolutely beautiful!<br />
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A couple years ago, there was a discussion about taking your child out of school for a trip to</div>
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didn't seem like a valid excuse. Then one mom actually said that Disney was NOT</div>
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I have to 110% disatgree with Disney not being a learning</div>
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Let's see, what can a child learn about at Disney...</div>
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American history (hall of presidents)</div>
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Waiting turns (you KNOW how LONG those lines are!!!)</div>
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Science (Epcot, etc..)</div>
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And I came upon this a few years ago... <a data-lynx-mode="origin" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.disneyyouth.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0njWZR8edTY7rkWfMtXC2SJPjjlDT8c3eQhjVVaNPw1q_isbIhrah9Gf0&h=AT2vv86qa2uWXgcHW8cD6G__4DUye8aN4M19zKHupGUjzItNBl57YBk18uJOOPJyXTVkWmR-K41f-X-NEKJfYfU1rxhxuroY4dhpP8GoG1UQ9dSUwhtFN9aLv9Hev_NDnu_qiatNlT7cnj0UFG2ANfhw7vU" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.disneyyouth.com</a></div>
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This holds so true! </div>
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Don't forget the Disney College of Knowledge! There is also Disney Traditions, that every cast member goes though. </div>
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than a zoo...schools take field trips to zoos all of the time. And if you have</div>
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slightly older kids there's lots to talk about at Hollywood Studios with the</div>
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history of filmaking (art). You could get really deep and talk about the</div>
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There are SO many learning experiences at Disney, and the</div>
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park itself is SOOOO rich with history and stories, that I can no see how you</div>
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And that concludes my presentation on why Disney is educational! :) There are more, and hopefully some of my friends will list them. But if you ever get ridiculed for taking your child out of school for a Disney vacation, use this in rebuttal!</div>
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Not to mention The Man himself, Mr. Walter Elias Disney was HUGE on education.</div>
Beckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421052231143923530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-992662719498944339.post-70407876862713117592019-03-21T22:18:00.004-04:002019-03-21T22:52:55.395-04:00Folly Beach! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have always loved the ocean. Ever since, well, birth, my parents took me to the ocean, Narragansett Bay to be exact, in Rhode Island. My grandfather's family is from there and we would visit every summer. Sometimes I would stay with my aunt for two or three weeks. <br />
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I have always loved the smell of the salt air. The rush of the waves. The way it feels, when you stand on the beach and the waves go out from under you.<br />
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So, even though I didn't want to leave Spring Hill, the thought of being close to the beach made moving here a little better. Even more so, that I could drive up, spend the day and drive back anytime I want to.<br />
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The first thing I did, was take my kids to the beach. It had been a while since they had seen the ocean.<br />
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In September, I brought my daughter and the boys. In November, when my oldest came to visit, we went again. I also walked the beach, when I had a day there by myself. And, of course, when my daughter's friend came to visit from Spring Hill, we went again.<br />
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I will just leave these here. I hope to go soon, as soon as it can stay above 60 for more than a day!<br />
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<br />Beckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421052231143923530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-992662719498944339.post-10351132995457975092019-03-21T11:14:00.000-04:002019-03-21T12:25:02.925-04:00Take The Child Safety Pledge! End Child Sexual Abuse!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Nothing is more important, than the safety of the next generation. With everything we see in the media, we all know our #1 priority, should not be just to protect our children, but every child out there. </b><br />
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<b>I have written about this in the past. April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and, as I have stated, every month should be this way! </b><br />
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<b>I came across this Child Safety Pledge on<span style="background-color: white;"> <a href="https://twitter.com/ChildPledge" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Twitter</span></a></span> and immediately shared, signed and wanted to write a blog post about this. </b><br />
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<b>After contacting them, I received links to do just that. </b><br />
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<b>Passion For A Purpose <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.pfapnyc.com/" target="_blank">Website</a></span></b><br />
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In November, 2007, a year after I started my business for Parenting Classes, I was asked to do a pre-recorded podcast, called <a href="https://www.pediacast.org/pediacast-087/?fbclid=IwAR0B4sjv4H5jjtynmOvh7IJlmrY4fI3hfipBxhPpb-U_B8YPHhrv_4dbVwE" target="_blank">PediaCast</a>. (<---Click here to listen)<br />
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PediaCast is <b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px;">A Pediatric Podcast for Parents, </b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 14px;">by Dr. Mike Patrick. </span><br />
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Join Dr. Mike in the PediaCast Studio for the latest news parents can use, answers to listener questions, and interviews with pediatric and parenting experts. PediaCast has been an evidence-based award-winning educational podcast since 2006. And with over 300 episodes, 2 million downloads, and listeners in all 50 states and more than 100 countries around the world, more parents trust PediaCast than any other audio source.</div>
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<b>About PediaCast</b></div>
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Parents have questions. PediaCast has answers.</div>
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Each episode of our award-winning audio program provides trustworthy, detailed and up-to-date answers to your questions. How do we do it? We start by searching the latest peer-reviewed journals. We find current evidence-based answers. Then we work a little translation magic, turning scientist-talk into parent-talk. The result is an entertaining listen that’s not elementary.</div>
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Of course, your child's doctor is the best source of information for specific questions regarding your child's health. We believe in keeping the practice of medicine in the examination room. But we also know parents have many questions that don't get answered. Why do kids get so many ear infections? Is a fever dangerous? When should tonsils come out? Many parents think about these questions AFTER leaving the doctor's office. Others remember to ask, but get the short answer instead of details.</div>
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Enter PediaCast–a supplemental source of educational information you can trust. We also provide a healthy dose of news parents can use and lively interviews with pediatric and parenting experts.</div>
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<b>About Dr. Mike</b></div>
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Dr. Mike Patrick is a board-certified pediatrician and Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He is also an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and an Attending Physician with the Section of Emergency Medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.</div>
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He has more than 20 years of experience helping kids in a variety of settings, including primary care offices, summer camps, emergency departments and urgent care centers.</div>
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Dr Mike also has a background in broadcasting, serving as a skating rink and radio DJ before heading off to medical school. He started PediaCast in 2006 as a supplemental source of pediatric information for his patients. Today, with more than 2 million downloads and listeners in all 50 states and more than 100 countries, PediaCast has grown into the most-listened-to pediatric audio program in the world.</div>
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At <a href="http://www.nationwidechildrens.org/"><span style="color: #dca10d;">Nationwide Children’s</span></a>, we are creating the future of pediatric health care. We are more than a hospital. We are one of America’s largest pediatric health care and research centers delivering care to more than one million patients each year. Families travel from across the nation and around the globe to access life-saving treatments – many unavailable anywhere else. We are 68 facilities extending out across Ohio and beyond. We have the pediatric expertise every child needs. Here, the future health and potential of all children, is being shaped. Here, our doctors and researchers are revolutionizing your child’s health and the health of future generations.</div>
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Daycares, Preschools, Schools Partner With Parents To Teach Reinforce Character</h2>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;">It's never too early to begin teaching children how to be caring, confident, self-aware and respectful of those around them. Of course, parents are a child's first teacher in teaching character lessons, but moms and dads should be pleased and confident in knowing that many schools across America as well as pre-schools and daycare settings are teaching and reinforcing these efforts as well. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;"> Following are five tips La Petite Academy shares with parents on how to raise “Kids of Character”: </span></span><br />
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><b>Volunteer with your child.</b></li>
By making community service a regular part of your child’s life, you reinforce the importance of giving to others/sharing and help him or her develop a greater awareness of the world and the diversity of people in it. Volunteer outings together also provide great opportunities to spend quality time together as a family. At La Petite, kids are asked to join with parents in two annual fundraising events per year for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The events are not only fun family activities, but also raise considerable money for a worthy cause.
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><b>Treat others as you’d like your child to treat them.</b> You are your child’s first and most influential teacher and they are always watching you. “Modeling” your own kind and caring behavior towards friends and relatives is an effective way to teach your children how to be good to others. Show what being a good friend is about and tell your children how to treat people with kindness and respect.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><b>Be your child’s problem “helper” versus problem solver.</b> Guide and support your children as they work through conflicts or struggles, but avoid doing for them what they have the skills to accomplish on their own. Rather than anticipating and dissolving potential struggles for your child before they happen, become a partner and join his/her efforts to work through them together.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><b>Encourage your child to be truthful, but focus on correcting behavior versus pressuring them into “confessing.”</b> Children often stretch the truth or make up stories to avoid getting in trouble after misbehaving. By rationally focusing on a behavior problem rather than showing disappointment about you child’s cover-up/lie, you send a direct message that he or she shouldn’t fear being disciplined and thus telling a story is not necessary.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><b>Engage and involve your child in everyday tasks.</b> Asking for their help makes children feel useful and important. By regularly involving your child in age-appropriate jobs with you, you’re helping him/her develop a sense of responsibility and familiarity working with others.</li>
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I have used several types of cloths, wipes and so on, to clean my MacBook screen, but they all seemed to leave smudges, streaks or those oil-slick looking spots on my screen. </div>
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The second I sprayed this plant-based solution, containing almost 100% natural ingredients on my MacBook screen and wiped it with their surprisingly soft cloth, my screen looked like it did the day I took my computer out of the box! </div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> American children don't score as well on mathematics tests as their peers in many other parts of the world. Find out how to help your little ones build up their math skills. </span></div>
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In the 2003 TIMSS study, US fourth graders scored above average on the math test but were 12th overall out of 25, placing behind countries such as </span><st1:country-region style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;">Japan</st1:country-region><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;">, </span><st1:country-region style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;">England</st1:country-region><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;">, and the </span><st1:country-region style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;">Russian Federation</st1:country-region><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;">. 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Children as young as seven months may already be developing abstract mathematical concepts—much earlier than once thought, according to a recent </span><st1:place style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;"><st1:placename>Duke</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>University</st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;"> study by Kerry Jordan and Elizabeth Brannon published in the February 2006 </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;">Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;">. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;">Wondering how you can help? Take a look at the following list of concepts and activities that are sure to make learning math fun for your toddler—before he even starts school.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Encourage using the shapes to create both concrete objects (people, trees, cars) and abstract objects (those that do not represent any known object).</span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 12pt; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Cut cardstock into smaller pieces to resemble a deck of cards. On one side of each card write a number. On the other side place stickers to match. Have the child count the stickers, then flip the card to see if the correct number was guessed.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Write numbers on the inside bottoms of paper or plastic cups. Have the child count and place objects equal to the written number into the cup. Cheerios make tasty counters. </span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/u/1/blogger.g?blogID=992662719498944339" name="bm8" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;"></a>Graphing</span></h3>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 12pt; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Make a floor graph. Use colored pieces of paper or blocks to represent one unit. Have the child place a sheet of paper on the floor for each girl in the family. Select a different colored paper to represent the number of boys in the family. Place the lines beside one another. Discuss concepts of more and less, tall and short. Or: Collect a pile of toys. Graph the different toys (dolls, cars, and blocks) within the pile.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Create or purchase a large piece of graph paper. Label with sunny, rainy, cloudy, snowy. Have the child color in one block for each day during the month that corresponds with the appropriate weather. Each label should be represented by a different color. Complete one graph for each month. Discuss concepts of most and fewest. This is an opportunity to also discuss that zero is a number. Or: Graph the different types of clothing included in one pile of laundry (socks, shirts, pants).</span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white;">From Beethoven to Van Gogh, your toddler can learn a variety of cognitive and creative skills from the great masterworks.</span></div>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;">Two-year-old Junie sticks both fingers in her ears and closes her eyes. Then she makes noises with her tongue. </span><st1:place style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;">Devon</st1:place><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;">, a three-year-old boy, steps into a puddle and watches mud ooze over his white tennis shoes. Then he jumps. Mud splashes onto his clothes and face. Immature? Yes. However, as these children explore the world around them, they soak up information at an unbelievable rate. Did you know that a child's brain has two times the neural circuits of an adult's brain? Junie discovers new sounds with her experiment, and </span><st1:place style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;">Devon</st1:place><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;"> learns how mud feels and moves. This is exploration; this is creative learning.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;">"No longer do we consider the first five years of life to be a vast cognitive wasteland during which [the] brain undergoes an arrested development. The neural networks by which all future complex learning will be based are forged during this crucial early period and by a specific series of vitally important brain processes." This excerpt, taken from the article "Early Brain Development and Learning," by Kenneth A. Wesson, Education Consultant for </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;">Neuroscience,</i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;"> explains that toddlers and preschoolers are capable of learning more than parents sometimes think possible.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/u/1/blogger.g?blogID=992662719498944339" name="bm3" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;"></a>Meet the Masters</span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;">The Masters, all those famous artists whose works deck the walls of prestigious museums, and the composers whose music graces the air in theatres around the globe, have much to share with youngsters. If we limit children to modern art depicted in cartoons and picture books, or expose them only to early childhood music with easily memorized lyrics, we withhold the greatest works (and at a crucial time, when our children's brains are most active). The art of Monet, Van Gogh, da Vinci, and the music of Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and Mozart are not too complex for youngsters.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;">"[Toddlers] are new to the planet," says Bette Setter, founder of the mobile art education program Young Rembrandts. "They have a big responsibility in decoding everything. Art and art images help children develop in their natural quest for knowledge."</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;">With her students as well as with her own children, Setter notices that exposure to the arts at a young age makes children more aware of details. "They become whole thinkers," she explains. "And they keep the art images for life."</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;">Sarah Herbert, early childhood teacher at The Center of Creative Arts in </span><st1:state style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;">Missouri</st1:state><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;">, explains that teaching children art and music through the works of the Masters encourages development of many skills. "When they are painting, they're becoming more autonomous." Herbert recognizes </span><a 12pt="" a="" also="" and="" are="" bodies.="" c="" ca="" child="" dance="" don="" drawn="" e="" ever="" for="" have="" helps="" herbert.="" href="http://www.babyzone.com/glossary/default.asp?TermID=635%3Efine%20motor%20skill%3C/a%3E%20development%20from%20working%20with%20paints%20and%20other%20media.%20The%20scribble%20of%20a%20two-year-old%20is%20actually%20pre-reading%20and%20writing%20development%20because%20of%20the%20symbolism%20created.%20%3Cp%3EHerbert%20suggests%20questioning%20what%20your%20child%20wants%20to%20say%20with%20his%20creation%20instead%20of%20asking%20what%20the%20creation%20is.%20By%20asking%20your%20child%20what%20he%20wants%20to%20tell%20you%20about%20his%20artwork,%20you%20present%20the%20concept%20that%20what%20he%20created%20stands%20for%20an%20idea.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EChildren%20who%20are%20encouraged%20to%20play%20percussion%20instruments%20begin%20to%20understand%20rhythm,%20which%20is%20a%20precursor%20to%20language%20development.%20Free%20movement%20to%20music%20encourages%20individuality%20and%20self-confidence.%20" logical="" margin-bottom:="" math="" music.="" music="" name="></a></p>
<h3>Master Lessons</h3>
<p style=" need="" of="" often="" p="" people="" proclivity="" promotes="" reading.="" says="" style="color: #993322; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px; text-decoration: none;" syntax="" t="" teach="" the="" their="" they="" thinking="" to="" which="" wiggle="" with="" you="">How can parents apply works of the Masters to early childhood education? </a></span><br />
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<h3>Master Lessons</h3>
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<h3>Master Lessons</h3>
<p style=" need="" of="" often="" p="" people="" proclivity="" promotes="" reading.="" says="" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" syntax="" t="" teach="" the="" their="" they="" thinking="" to="" which="" wiggle="" with="" you=""> </a><a 12pt="" a="" also="" and="" are="" bodies.="" c="" ca="" child="" dance="" don="" drawn="" e="" ever="" for="" have="" helps="" herbert.="" href="http://www.babyzone.com/glossary/default.asp?TermID=635%3Efine%20motor%20skill%3C/a%3E%20development%20from%20working%20with%20paints%20and%20other%20media.%20The%20scribble%20of%20a%20two-year-old%20is%20actually%20pre-reading%20and%20writing%20development%20because%20of%20the%20symbolism%20created.%20%3Cp%3EHerbert%20suggests%20questioning%20what%20your%20child%20wants%20to%20say%20with%20his%20creation%20instead%20of%20asking%20what%20the%20creation%20is.%20By%20asking%20your%20child%20what%20he%20wants%20to%20tell%20you%20about%20his%20artwork,%20you%20present%20the%20concept%20that%20what%20he%20created%20stands%20for%20an%20idea.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EChildren%20who%20are%20encouraged%20to%20play%20percussion%20instruments%20begin%20to%20understand%20rhythm,%20which%20is%20a%20precursor%20to%20language%20development.%20Free%20movement%20to%20music%20encourages%20individuality%20and%20self-confidence.%20" logical="" margin-bottom:="" math="" music.="" music="" name="></a></p>
<h3>Master Lessons</h3>
<p style=" need="" of="" often="" p="" people="" proclivity="" promotes="" reading.="" says="" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" syntax="" t="" teach="" the="" their="" they="" thinking="" to="" which="" wiggle="" with="" you="">Hang prints on the wall at eye level so children can study famous paintings up close. Prints can be purchased in art stores, online, or checked out from the library. You can also find magnets, coffee mugs, and calendars that feature artwork by the Masters.</a></span></div>
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<h3>Master Lessons</h3>
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<h3>Master Lessons</h3>
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<h3>Master Lessons</h3>
<p style=" need="" of="" often="" p="" people="" proclivity="" promotes="" reading.="" says="" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" syntax="" t="" teach="" the="" their="" they="" thinking="" to="" which="" wiggle="" with="" you="">Discuss colors and shapes in the art. Can your child name the color or shape? Can he or she find another object of the same color or shape?</a></span></div>
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<h3>Master Lessons</h3>
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<h3>Master Lessons</h3>
<p style=" need="" of="" often="" p="" people="" proclivity="" promotes="" reading.="" says="" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" syntax="" t="" teach="" the="" their="" they="" thinking="" to="" which="" wiggle="" with="" you=""> </a><a 12pt="" a="" also="" and="" are="" bodies.="" c="" ca="" child="" dance="" don="" drawn="" e="" ever="" for="" have="" helps="" herbert.="" href="http://www.babyzone.com/glossary/default.asp?TermID=635%3Efine%20motor%20skill%3C/a%3E%20development%20from%20working%20with%20paints%20and%20other%20media.%20The%20scribble%20of%20a%20two-year-old%20is%20actually%20pre-reading%20and%20writing%20development%20because%20of%20the%20symbolism%20created.%20%3Cp%3EHerbert%20suggests%20questioning%20what%20your%20child%20wants%20to%20say%20with%20his%20creation%20instead%20of%20asking%20what%20the%20creation%20is.%20By%20asking%20your%20child%20what%20he%20wants%20to%20tell%20you%20about%20his%20artwork,%20you%20present%20the%20concept%20that%20what%20he%20created%20stands%20for%20an%20idea.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EChildren%20who%20are%20encouraged%20to%20play%20percussion%20instruments%20begin%20to%20understand%20rhythm,%20which%20is%20a%20precursor%20to%20language%20development.%20Free%20movement%20to%20music%20encourages%20individuality%20and%20self-confidence.%20" logical="" margin-bottom:="" math="" music.="" music="" name="></a></p>
<h3>Master Lessons</h3>
<p style=" need="" of="" often="" p="" people="" proclivity="" promotes="" reading.="" says="" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" syntax="" t="" teach="" the="" their="" they="" thinking="" to="" which="" wiggle="" with="" you="">Talk about the distance of items in the print. Close-up items are larger than ones far away. Look out the window to see how this same concept is true in reality.</a></span></div>
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<p style=" need="" of="" often="" p="" people="" proclivity="" promotes="" reading.="" says="" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" syntax="" t="" teach="" the="" their="" they="" thinking="" to="" which="" wiggle="" with="" you="">·</a></span><a 12pt="" a="" also="" and="" are="" bodies.="" c="" ca="" child="" dance="" don="" drawn="" e="" ever="" for="" have="" helps="" herbert.="" href="http://www.babyzone.com/glossary/default.asp?TermID=635%3Efine%20motor%20skill%3C/a%3E%20development%20from%20working%20with%20paints%20and%20other%20media.%20The%20scribble%20of%20a%20two-year-old%20is%20actually%20pre-reading%20and%20writing%20development%20because%20of%20the%20symbolism%20created.%20%3Cp%3EHerbert%20suggests%20questioning%20what%20your%20child%20wants%20to%20say%20with%20his%20creation%20instead%20of%20asking%20what%20the%20creation%20is.%20By%20asking%20your%20child%20what%20he%20wants%20to%20tell%20you%20about%20his%20artwork,%20you%20present%20the%20concept%20that%20what%20he%20created%20stands%20for%20an%20idea.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EChildren%20who%20are%20encouraged%20to%20play%20percussion%20instruments%20begin%20to%20understand%20rhythm,%20which%20is%20a%20precursor%20to%20language%20development.%20Free%20movement%20to%20music%20encourages%20individuality%20and%20self-confidence.%20" logical="" margin-bottom:="" math="" music.="" music="" name="></a></p>
<h3>Master Lessons</h3>
<p style=" need="" of="" often="" p="" people="" proclivity="" promotes="" reading.="" says="" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" syntax="" t="" teach="" the="" their="" they="" thinking="" to="" which="" wiggle="" with="" you=""> </a><a 12pt="" a="" also="" and="" are="" bodies.="" c="" ca="" child="" dance="" don="" drawn="" e="" ever="" for="" have="" helps="" herbert.="" href="http://www.babyzone.com/glossary/default.asp?TermID=635%3Efine%20motor%20skill%3C/a%3E%20development%20from%20working%20with%20paints%20and%20other%20media.%20The%20scribble%20of%20a%20two-year-old%20is%20actually%20pre-reading%20and%20writing%20development%20because%20of%20the%20symbolism%20created.%20%3Cp%3EHerbert%20suggests%20questioning%20what%20your%20child%20wants%20to%20say%20with%20his%20creation%20instead%20of%20asking%20what%20the%20creation%20is.%20By%20asking%20your%20child%20what%20he%20wants%20to%20tell%20you%20about%20his%20artwork,%20you%20present%20the%20concept%20that%20what%20he%20created%20stands%20for%20an%20idea.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EChildren%20who%20are%20encouraged%20to%20play%20percussion%20instruments%20begin%20to%20understand%20rhythm,%20which%20is%20a%20precursor%20to%20language%20development.%20Free%20movement%20to%20music%20encourages%20individuality%20and%20self-confidence.%20" logical="" margin-bottom:="" math="" music.="" music="" name="></a></p>
<h3>Master Lessons</h3>
<p style=" need="" of="" often="" p="" people="" proclivity="" promotes="" reading.="" says="" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" syntax="" t="" teach="" the="" their="" they="" thinking="" to="" which="" wiggle="" with="" you="">Identify items in the print. For instance, in <i>Starry Night</i> by Vincent Van Gogh, a child can identify the stars, houses, trees, darkness, and even the wind.</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "symbol";"><a 12pt="" a="" also="" and="" are="" bodies.="" c="" ca="" child="" dance="" don="" drawn="" e="" ever="" for="" have="" helps="" herbert.="" href="http://www.babyzone.com/glossary/default.asp?TermID=635%3Efine%20motor%20skill%3C/a%3E%20development%20from%20working%20with%20paints%20and%20other%20media.%20The%20scribble%20of%20a%20two-year-old%20is%20actually%20pre-reading%20and%20writing%20development%20because%20of%20the%20symbolism%20created.%20%3Cp%3EHerbert%20suggests%20questioning%20what%20your%20child%20wants%20to%20say%20with%20his%20creation%20instead%20of%20asking%20what%20the%20creation%20is.%20By%20asking%20your%20child%20what%20he%20wants%20to%20tell%20you%20about%20his%20artwork,%20you%20present%20the%20concept%20that%20what%20he%20created%20stands%20for%20an%20idea.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EChildren%20who%20are%20encouraged%20to%20play%20percussion%20instruments%20begin%20to%20understand%20rhythm,%20which%20is%20a%20precursor%20to%20language%20development.%20Free%20movement%20to%20music%20encourages%20individuality%20and%20self-confidence.%20" logical="" margin-bottom:="" math="" music.="" music="" name="></a></p>
<h3>Master Lessons</h3>
<p style=" need="" of="" often="" p="" people="" proclivity="" promotes="" reading.="" says="" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" syntax="" t="" teach="" the="" their="" they="" thinking="" to="" which="" wiggle="" with="" you="">·</a></span><a 12pt="" a="" also="" and="" are="" bodies.="" c="" ca="" child="" dance="" don="" drawn="" e="" ever="" for="" have="" helps="" herbert.="" href="http://www.babyzone.com/glossary/default.asp?TermID=635%3Efine%20motor%20skill%3C/a%3E%20development%20from%20working%20with%20paints%20and%20other%20media.%20The%20scribble%20of%20a%20two-year-old%20is%20actually%20pre-reading%20and%20writing%20development%20because%20of%20the%20symbolism%20created.%20%3Cp%3EHerbert%20suggests%20questioning%20what%20your%20child%20wants%20to%20say%20with%20his%20creation%20instead%20of%20asking%20what%20the%20creation%20is.%20By%20asking%20your%20child%20what%20he%20wants%20to%20tell%20you%20about%20his%20artwork,%20you%20present%20the%20concept%20that%20what%20he%20created%20stands%20for%20an%20idea.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EChildren%20who%20are%20encouraged%20to%20play%20percussion%20instruments%20begin%20to%20understand%20rhythm,%20which%20is%20a%20precursor%20to%20language%20development.%20Free%20movement%20to%20music%20encourages%20individuality%20and%20self-confidence.%20" logical="" margin-bottom:="" math="" music.="" music="" name="></a></p>
<h3>Master Lessons</h3>
<p style=" need="" of="" often="" p="" people="" proclivity="" promotes="" reading.="" says="" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" syntax="" t="" teach="" the="" their="" they="" thinking="" to="" which="" wiggle="" with="" you=""> </a><a 12pt="" a="" also="" and="" are="" bodies.="" c="" ca="" child="" dance="" don="" drawn="" e="" ever="" for="" have="" helps="" herbert.="" href="http://www.babyzone.com/glossary/default.asp?TermID=635%3Efine%20motor%20skill%3C/a%3E%20development%20from%20working%20with%20paints%20and%20other%20media.%20The%20scribble%20of%20a%20two-year-old%20is%20actually%20pre-reading%20and%20writing%20development%20because%20of%20the%20symbolism%20created.%20%3Cp%3EHerbert%20suggests%20questioning%20what%20your%20child%20wants%20to%20say%20with%20his%20creation%20instead%20of%20asking%20what%20the%20creation%20is.%20By%20asking%20your%20child%20what%20he%20wants%20to%20tell%20you%20about%20his%20artwork,%20you%20present%20the%20concept%20that%20what%20he%20created%20stands%20for%20an%20idea.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EChildren%20who%20are%20encouraged%20to%20play%20percussion%20instruments%20begin%20to%20understand%20rhythm,%20which%20is%20a%20precursor%20to%20language%20development.%20Free%20movement%20to%20music%20encourages%20individuality%20and%20self-confidence.%20" logical="" margin-bottom:="" math="" music.="" music="" name="></a></p>
<h3>Master Lessons</h3>
<p style=" need="" of="" often="" p="" people="" proclivity="" promotes="" reading.="" says="" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" syntax="" t="" teach="" the="" their="" they="" thinking="" to="" which="" wiggle="" with="" you="">Use descriptive words to discuss the prints. Help your child learn how to describe items with words.</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "symbol";"><a 12pt="" a="" also="" and="" are="" bodies.="" c="" ca="" child="" dance="" don="" drawn="" e="" ever="" for="" have="" helps="" herbert.="" href="http://www.babyzone.com/glossary/default.asp?TermID=635%3Efine%20motor%20skill%3C/a%3E%20development%20from%20working%20with%20paints%20and%20other%20media.%20The%20scribble%20of%20a%20two-year-old%20is%20actually%20pre-reading%20and%20writing%20development%20because%20of%20the%20symbolism%20created.%20%3Cp%3EHerbert%20suggests%20questioning%20what%20your%20child%20wants%20to%20say%20with%20his%20creation%20instead%20of%20asking%20what%20the%20creation%20is.%20By%20asking%20your%20child%20what%20he%20wants%20to%20tell%20you%20about%20his%20artwork,%20you%20present%20the%20concept%20that%20what%20he%20created%20stands%20for%20an%20idea.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EChildren%20who%20are%20encouraged%20to%20play%20percussion%20instruments%20begin%20to%20understand%20rhythm,%20which%20is%20a%20precursor%20to%20language%20development.%20Free%20movement%20to%20music%20encourages%20individuality%20and%20self-confidence.%20" logical="" margin-bottom:="" math="" music.="" music="" name="></a></p>
<h3>Master Lessons</h3>
<p style=" need="" of="" often="" p="" people="" proclivity="" promotes="" reading.="" says="" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" syntax="" t="" teach="" the="" their="" they="" thinking="" to="" which="" wiggle="" with="" you="">·</a></span><a 12pt="" a="" also="" and="" are="" bodies.="" c="" ca="" child="" dance="" don="" drawn="" e="" ever="" for="" have="" helps="" herbert.="" href="http://www.babyzone.com/glossary/default.asp?TermID=635%3Efine%20motor%20skill%3C/a%3E%20development%20from%20working%20with%20paints%20and%20other%20media.%20The%20scribble%20of%20a%20two-year-old%20is%20actually%20pre-reading%20and%20writing%20development%20because%20of%20the%20symbolism%20created.%20%3Cp%3EHerbert%20suggests%20questioning%20what%20your%20child%20wants%20to%20say%20with%20his%20creation%20instead%20of%20asking%20what%20the%20creation%20is.%20By%20asking%20your%20child%20what%20he%20wants%20to%20tell%20you%20about%20his%20artwork,%20you%20present%20the%20concept%20that%20what%20he%20created%20stands%20for%20an%20idea.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EChildren%20who%20are%20encouraged%20to%20play%20percussion%20instruments%20begin%20to%20understand%20rhythm,%20which%20is%20a%20precursor%20to%20language%20development.%20Free%20movement%20to%20music%20encourages%20individuality%20and%20self-confidence.%20" logical="" margin-bottom:="" math="" music.="" music="" name="></a></p>
<h3>Master Lessons</h3>
<p style=" need="" of="" often="" p="" people="" proclivity="" promotes="" reading.="" says="" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" syntax="" t="" teach="" the="" their="" they="" thinking="" to="" which="" wiggle="" with="" you=""> </a><a 12pt="" a="" also="" and="" are="" bodies.="" c="" ca="" child="" dance="" don="" drawn="" e="" ever="" for="" have="" helps="" herbert.="" href="http://www.babyzone.com/glossary/default.asp?TermID=635%3Efine%20motor%20skill%3C/a%3E%20development%20from%20working%20with%20paints%20and%20other%20media.%20The%20scribble%20of%20a%20two-year-old%20is%20actually%20pre-reading%20and%20writing%20development%20because%20of%20the%20symbolism%20created.%20%3Cp%3EHerbert%20suggests%20questioning%20what%20your%20child%20wants%20to%20say%20with%20his%20creation%20instead%20of%20asking%20what%20the%20creation%20is.%20By%20asking%20your%20child%20what%20he%20wants%20to%20tell%20you%20about%20his%20artwork,%20you%20present%20the%20concept%20that%20what%20he%20created%20stands%20for%20an%20idea.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EChildren%20who%20are%20encouraged%20to%20play%20percussion%20instruments%20begin%20to%20understand%20rhythm,%20which%20is%20a%20precursor%20to%20language%20development.%20Free%20movement%20to%20music%20encourages%20individuality%20and%20self-confidence.%20" logical="" margin-bottom:="" math="" music.="" music="" name="></a></p>
<h3>Master Lessons</h3>
<p style=" need="" of="" often="" p="" people="" proclivity="" promotes="" reading.="" says="" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" syntax="" t="" teach="" the="" their="" they="" thinking="" to="" which="" wiggle="" with="" you="">Link art and life through literature. For example, read <i>Where the Wild Things Are</i> by Maurice Sendak. Discuss the emotion on Max's face when he is angry. Look at some of Rembrandt's sketches. What emotions do the subjects express? Ask your child how he expresses emotion.</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "symbol";"><a 12pt="" a="" also="" and="" are="" bodies.="" c="" ca="" child="" dance="" don="" drawn="" e="" ever="" for="" have="" helps="" herbert.="" href="http://www.babyzone.com/glossary/default.asp?TermID=635%3Efine%20motor%20skill%3C/a%3E%20development%20from%20working%20with%20paints%20and%20other%20media.%20The%20scribble%20of%20a%20two-year-old%20is%20actually%20pre-reading%20and%20writing%20development%20because%20of%20the%20symbolism%20created.%20%3Cp%3EHerbert%20suggests%20questioning%20what%20your%20child%20wants%20to%20say%20with%20his%20creation%20instead%20of%20asking%20what%20the%20creation%20is.%20By%20asking%20your%20child%20what%20he%20wants%20to%20tell%20you%20about%20his%20artwork,%20you%20present%20the%20concept%20that%20what%20he%20created%20stands%20for%20an%20idea.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EChildren%20who%20are%20encouraged%20to%20play%20percussion%20instruments%20begin%20to%20understand%20rhythm,%20which%20is%20a%20precursor%20to%20language%20development.%20Free%20movement%20to%20music%20encourages%20individuality%20and%20self-confidence.%20" logical="" margin-bottom:="" math="" music.="" music="" name="></a></p>
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<p style=" need="" of="" often="" p="" people="" proclivity="" promotes="" reading.="" says="" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" syntax="" t="" teach="" the="" their="" they="" thinking="" to="" which="" wiggle="" with="" you="">·</a></span><a 12pt="" a="" also="" and="" are="" bodies.="" c="" ca="" child="" dance="" don="" drawn="" e="" ever="" for="" have="" helps="" herbert.="" href="http://www.babyzone.com/glossary/default.asp?TermID=635%3Efine%20motor%20skill%3C/a%3E%20development%20from%20working%20with%20paints%20and%20other%20media.%20The%20scribble%20of%20a%20two-year-old%20is%20actually%20pre-reading%20and%20writing%20development%20because%20of%20the%20symbolism%20created.%20%3Cp%3EHerbert%20suggests%20questioning%20what%20your%20child%20wants%20to%20say%20with%20his%20creation%20instead%20of%20asking%20what%20the%20creation%20is.%20By%20asking%20your%20child%20what%20he%20wants%20to%20tell%20you%20about%20his%20artwork,%20you%20present%20the%20concept%20that%20what%20he%20created%20stands%20for%20an%20idea.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EChildren%20who%20are%20encouraged%20to%20play%20percussion%20instruments%20begin%20to%20understand%20rhythm,%20which%20is%20a%20precursor%20to%20language%20development.%20Free%20movement%20to%20music%20encourages%20individuality%20and%20self-confidence.%20" logical="" margin-bottom:="" math="" music.="" music="" name="></a></p>
<h3>Master Lessons</h3>
<p style=" need="" of="" often="" p="" people="" proclivity="" promotes="" reading.="" says="" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" syntax="" t="" teach="" the="" their="" they="" thinking="" to="" which="" wiggle="" with="" you=""> </a><a 12pt="" a="" also="" and="" are="" bodies.="" c="" ca="" child="" dance="" don="" drawn="" e="" ever="" for="" have="" helps="" herbert.="" href="http://www.babyzone.com/glossary/default.asp?TermID=635%3Efine%20motor%20skill%3C/a%3E%20development%20from%20working%20with%20paints%20and%20other%20media.%20The%20scribble%20of%20a%20two-year-old%20is%20actually%20pre-reading%20and%20writing%20development%20because%20of%20the%20symbolism%20created.%20%3Cp%3EHerbert%20suggests%20questioning%20what%20your%20child%20wants%20to%20say%20with%20his%20creation%20instead%20of%20asking%20what%20the%20creation%20is.%20By%20asking%20your%20child%20what%20he%20wants%20to%20tell%20you%20about%20his%20artwork,%20you%20present%20the%20concept%20that%20what%20he%20created%20stands%20for%20an%20idea.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EChildren%20who%20are%20encouraged%20to%20play%20percussion%20instruments%20begin%20to%20understand%20rhythm,%20which%20is%20a%20precursor%20to%20language%20development.%20Free%20movement%20to%20music%20encourages%20individuality%20and%20self-confidence.%20" logical="" margin-bottom:="" math="" music.="" music="" name="></a></p>
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<p style=" need="" of="" often="" p="" people="" proclivity="" promotes="" reading.="" says="" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" syntax="" t="" teach="" the="" their="" they="" thinking="" to="" which="" wiggle="" with="" you="">For an easy-to-clean, finger-painting center, tape newspaper over a low windowsill, lay a drop cloth on the floor, and tape a piece of white paper to the window. A child can paint on the paper and the window. The natural backdrop, as seen through the window, may provide inspiration for your budding artist.</a></span></div>
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<p style=" need="" of="" often="" p="" people="" proclivity="" promotes="" reading.="" says="" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" syntax="" t="" teach="" the="" their="" they="" thinking="" to="" which="" wiggle="" with="" you="">Dance to classical music with your child. Let him explore whole-body movement in any way he chooses. Encourage him with applause and supportive words.</a></span></div>
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<p style=" need="" of="" often="" p="" people="" proclivity="" promotes="" reading.="" says="" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" syntax="" t="" teach="" the="" their="" they="" thinking="" to="" which="" wiggle="" with="" you="">Provide instruments for your child to mimic the syntax of music. Instruments can be as simple as a coffee can filled with dry beans or a wooden spoon and a pan.</a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/u/1/blogger.g?blogID=992662719498944339" name="bm10" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;"></a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;">"The way a child thinks about her art is more important than the way you think about it," says Herbert. "Never impose limitations and never say, 'I'm not good at this.' It introduces fear. Never evaluate a preschooler's music, art, or dance. Make observations from fact. Say, 'there is a red circle,' or 'see these three red lines.' Evaluating may inhibit creativity or discourage a child." </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;">The concept of children understanding art in their own way is not new. Charlotte Mason, a liberal-thinking educator in the late 1800s, wrote in her book </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;">Home Education,</i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;"> "We cannot measure the influence that </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;">one or another artist has upon the children's sense of beauty, upon his power of seeing, as in a picture, the common sights of life; he is enriched more than we know in having really looked at a single picture."</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;">Parents cannot travel inside their child's brain and ensure that all the educational efforts they make are learned, stored, and applied appropriately. They can be certain, though, that introducing art and music, which have struck emotional chords in humans worldwide for centuries, will enrich an education. The developing mind of a child will soak up whatever it is surrounded with, so why not provide the best history and culture we have to offer?</span>Beckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421052231143923530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-992662719498944339.post-50637700309069725152019-03-18T09:22:00.000-04:002019-03-18T09:22:15.231-04:00Mom Bloggers Club Posts <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another community I have been a part of for quite some time, is Mom Bloggers Club. </span><br />
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<a _snid="988554:BlogPost:1836119" href="https://www.mombloggersclub.com/profiles/blogs/bullying-what-you-can-do-to-keep-your-kids-safe" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #d11e86; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bullying: What You Can Do to Keep Your Kids Safe</a></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16.799999237060547px;">Everyone recognizes physical forms of bullying, but relational bullying (spreading rumors, social exclusion, cyber bullying, etc.) can be even more destructive because it is more subtle and harder to identify, said Sandra McLeod Humphrey. Humphrey, author of </span><i style="border: 0px; font-size: 16.799999237060547px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hot Issues, Cool Choices: Facing Bullies, Peer Pressure Popularity, and Put-Downs</i><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16.799999237060547px;">, said this type of bullying is difficult to cope with because it can be devastating to the victim's…</span></div>
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The desire for enrichment classes geared towards babies and toddlers have become very popular in the United States. Teaching sign language to children as young as 6 months, and in some cases younger, is a growing industry, and the demand for baby-signing videos and classes have gone up a over 200 percent over the last few years.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">In 2018, from January to September, the total number of movies I saw, totaled about 35. I could do a complete list of them, but I am sure it would be anything but, because I always forget one or 3!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">So I will just do My Ten Favorite Movies of 2018.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Besides Love, Simon, which most definitely tops the 2018 most loved list, these movies are not in any real order:…</span><br /><br /><b><a href="https://www.mombloggersclub.com/profiles/blogs/my-ten-favorite-movies-of-2018" target="_blank">KEEP READING</a></b><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I recently got back into a few blogging communities. One, being MamaPedia, where I have answered questions in this blog, in the past. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My latest can be read <a href="https://www.mamapedia.com/voices/how-signing-can-make-toddlers-happier?utm_source=organic&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-digest-2019-03-18&utm_content=voices" target="_blank">HERE</a> on the MamaPedia Page. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">On the subject of biting, which is a normal toddler behavior, there were several questions posed from several frustrated mamas over the years. So I decided to give my own advice on the subject, having dealt with it for quite a long time!</span><span class="ezoic-adpicker-ad" id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-199" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Biting, hitting, yelling: all of these behaviors can be seen in any toddler classroom, playdate, or other extracurricular activity involving young children who are not yet verbally expressive. Most teachers and parents try their hardest to avoid these instances, but when you have eight to ten 18-month to 2-year-olds in one room, it can be pretty hard to avoid every instance.</span><span class="ezoic-adpicker-ad" id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-680" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></div>
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