ONE Mums #Letsthrive Twitter party

by melitsa on April 10, 2012
in Learning

Today you can make a difference by joining a grassroots organisation called ONE. You’ve probably heard of them on the TV and radio. Here’s a little introductory post about why I believe this is something we should be part of with our children. Part of Raising a Playful Tot is about sharing and showing our passions; leading by example and walking the walk of our values. After all, children learn what we do not what we say.

Getting involved is easier than you think. We can’t help everyone. We can’t give to everyone.

Infact ONE isn’t asking for our money at all but our voice.

Today is the start of a new initiative: Thrive.

Here’s what you can do

1. Sign up to ONE.org and lend your voice

2. Join the #ONEMum Twitter party at 12:30 on Tuesday 10 Apr to support #Letsthrive – Come to learn about why we need to support anti-poverty programmes and what they actually achieve! Find out more

3. Write a blog post about it or share on facebook. Come back and share your post here on the linky.

4. Tweet with the hashtag #LetsThrive

5. Keep an eye on the ONE Mum ambassadors blogs for something exciting ….

Join the ONE Mums today with ONE.org

Let’s see what we can do together as one voice. See you at the Twitter Party.

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by melitsa on April 9, 2012
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Today I’ve written a personal post about an organisation that doesn’t ask for our money just our voice. Pop on over to The voice of #ONEMums to find out more and come back here tomorrow to hear about the Tuesday Twitter Party.

Meet the ONE Mums

Jennifer from BritMums :: @jhowze

Michelle from Mummy from the heart :: @michelletwinmum

Alex from Doing It All For Aleyna :: @allforaleyna

Melitsa from Raising Playful Tots + Play Activities :: @playactivities

Kate from Kate on Thin Ice :: @kateonthinice

Michelle from The American Resident :: @Michelloui

Laura from Chez Mummy :: @Chez_Mummy

The Mads awards- nominations

by melitsa on April 7, 2011
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What are The Mads awards?

The MAD Blog Awards celebrate great British families and their blogs. It’s open to those living in the UK or expats. Last year I was an expat but this year I’m here!

One of the things I love about the Internet is interacting with like-minded fun people all over the world. Being a military family we’ve had our fair share of moving and upheavals so having online friends has really been amazing.

We also a family that lives in more than one culture. Like lots of military families we just get to making friends and we’re off again. Making new friends in a new area is no different from when you were 5 in school.

There are a whole heap of categories to nominate your favourite blogs.( 15 actually)

Since collating 100 playful blogs in one place for the Raising Playful Tots index I’ve had the fun task of looking at 100s of play blogs. During the show I’ve had the opportunity to speak to a few of these amazing people, listed below, and share their ideas with more people who like them are hungry for quality fun play activities to do with their children.

So here is my entirely subjective list…… there are lots more but I could only choose one for each category.

Here are ones I would love you to check out – because they offer so much in way of inspiration, encouragement, simplicity and the owners are just cool!These should be on your list anyway to read, visit and comment. Drop them a line, if you can.

You can vote for them yourself, like I did in the Mads. I’m sure from wherever you are in the world

Nominate

Nominations

Best MAD Blog for Family Life

Kelly Ireland

Best MAD Baby Blog

Best MAD Craft Blog

Best MAD Blog for Family Fun

@playingbythebook

Best Pre-School Fun MAD Blog

@ImaginationTree

Oh and…..

one last category.

Most Innovative MAD Blog

This award recognises the blog that best encapsulates the spirit of innovation in blogging, whether that’s using video, audio or creating new ways to share and discover great content.

Just click over to the MAD Awards website and nominate http://raisingplayfultots.com in the Most Innovative MAD Blog

Thanks for your support.

Who would you nominate?

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Ella Jenkins: Life of song review

by melitsa on February 21, 2011
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Here is a woman offering stories and songs from her African American heritage and memories as a child. I loved how they blend her singing with the after school program singers in the beginning songs but there’s parts where she tells stories or reads a poem. Her voice is strong and many of the tunes familiar. There were 21 tracks in the short 36 minutes CD. In a bid to widen the musical experience of our tots I would certainly recommend this cd as it really shows a range of songs and ones that the children can join in with . The songs and tunes are great without being jarring or very different from track to track. The words provide a vivid picture in mind. I like how Ella explains stories and experiences to the children. Ella brings a new take on “He’s got the whole world in his hands”, with including names of famous people from the past.

{ taken from review on Raising Playful Tots show 48}