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Education

Named to the Ziggity Zoom Advisory Board

SheKnows.com: 8 Tips to help you monitor your child’s education and progress

As your child matures, add a regular time each week to discuss accomplishments and set goals for the next week. Make these discussions a positive experience. “Begin and end with your child’s achievements,” suggests Candace Lindemann, an Educational Consultant and former teacher. “Praise any effort in the right direction.”

Hot Chalk: Professional Development: The Landscape

“I found that while online and other virtual professional opportunities are great for building content knowledge, I prefer conferences,” says educational consultant Candace Lindemann of Suffolk County, Long Island. “Nothing beats networking with other educators in person when this is possible.  You not only find yourself trading tips, resources, and ideas, you also emerge reinvigorated from this face-to-face contact and concentrated discussion of education.  Off-site conferences have the added advantage of encountering fresh perspectives, although building a project with your team at your school also has its merits.”

Parenting

SheKnows.com: Basics of babywearing

Once you select a carrier, make sure you know how to properly position it and your baby inside. If your baby carrier is hurting your back or if baby seems uncomfortable, then that might not be the right carrier for you. “If babywearing hurts, you either are not wearing the carrier properly or the carrier is not a good one for you. If you put your baby in and he or she starts crying, get moving, walk around. If your baby is still crying, again, you may not have the right carrier for you or your baby’s stage,” says Candace Lindemann of Mamanista.com.

Philanthropy & Volunteerism

NY Volunteerism Examiner: Bloggers’ charitable organization brightens the holidays for children in local hospitals

Teams of bloggers in Philadelphia and on Long Island, led by Debbie Bookstaber and Candace Lindemann, co-founders of Bloganthropy.org, brought toy donations to two children’s hospitals today.

Blogging

PR Mama: Five Things I Learned from Mom Bloggers Last Week. June 1, 2009.

Mom Market Trends: Blogger Profile: Candace Lindemann and Debbie Bookstaber of Mamanista. May 1, 2009.

1-800-Flowers: From the Life of a New Mom (Mamanista was spotted by 1-800-Flowers as part of their “Spot A Mom”campaign)

Playthings Magazine: “When Consumers Report: Mommy blogging your way to success”. February 2009. Featured as one of six “Influential Mommy Blogs.”