Learn Tips to Increase Cultural Awareness and to Celebrate Diversity

January 22, 2010 by Jyl Johnson Pattee · 8 Comments 

You don’t need to travel the world to be culturally aware or to embrace diversity. In the same vein, you don’t need to take your kids out of the country to teach them about and how to appreciate other cultures.

Click here to join your fave #gno gals along with Putumayo Kids Music Tuesday, January 26 from 9-11 ET p.m. at the weekly #gno Twitter party to learn how to increase cultural awareness and celebrate diversity—for you and your kids!

  • What: Girls’ Night Out (#gno) Twitter party (Click here to learn about #gno!)
  • Who: Thanks to Putumayo Kids for sponsoring!
  • When: Tuesday, January 26, 9-11 p.m. EST (8CT, 7 MT, & 6 PT)
  • Where: Party with here us on our custom Tweetgrid. (Use hashtags #gno and #putumayokids.)
  • Topic: Cultural Awareness and Diversity
  • Who: @connectingmom @jessiev @lizstrauss @parentella @putumayokids @spanglishbaby
  • Party Favors: Click here to enter for a chance to win a Putumayo Kids CD collection of music from around the world ($180 value) Deadline: Wednesday, January 27 at midnight PT.
  • RSVP: Use Mr. Linky below (enter the twitter URL and your twitter ID (e.g., http://twitter.com/jyl_momIF). If you would like to include your blog, please enter it next to your name. Make sure to include your twitter URL in the URL line. Please do not enter your blog URL there.

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    Note: Mom It Forward accepts paid sponsorships for most #gno Twitter parties. During the parties, brand sponsors provide tips, techniques, expert advice, and information on party topics. Mom It Forward is grateful for the giveaway prizes, coupons, and discounts that sponsors also provide to the Mom It Forward community in conjunction with #gno Twitter parties.

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Giveaway! Putumayo Kids Music 12-CD Collection ($180 Value)

January 21, 2010 by Jyl Johnson Pattee · 206 Comments 

With the Olympics right around the corner, now is the perfect time, if you already haven’t, to begin raising cultural awareness and pointing out the beauty in diversity with your children.

This week’s #gno Twitter party provides excellent tips for how to help your kids celebrate the vast and diverse cultures in our world. And this week’s giveaway gives you a great start to help with that as well—with music!

Prizes

One winner will receive the Putumayo Kids Playground Collection, which includes 12 CDs with songs from around the world. ($180 Approximate Retail Value)

Putumayo Kids is the children’s and educational division of Putumayo World Music. The Putumayo Kids music team chooses songs with child-friendly lyrics and rhythms by both renowned and undiscovered international artists. The collections of songs are tested in schools and with families. An international music selection contributes to the education of future global citizens while holding true to Putumayo’s mission of sharing music that is “guaranteed to make you feel good”.

Entry Requirements

Please do the following three things to enter for a chance to win and leave a separate comment for each:

  1. Visit Putumayo Kids, check out the various CDs in the Playground Collection, and leave a comment here, sharing the culture’s music you’d most like to expose your children to.
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  2. Follow @putumayokids on Twitter.
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  3. Post these messages on Twitter and leave comments here with a link to your tweets:

GIVEAWAY! Enter 4 chance 2 win @putumayokids 12 CDs/kids’ songs from around world ($180 ARV) http://bit.ly/7KhrcI #gno PLS RT

Visit @putumayokids for awesome resources to raise culturally aware kids! http://putumayokids.com #gno PLS RT

Extra Entries

The following three entries are completely optional and will earn you one extra entry each. Leave a separate comment on this post for each completed optional entry.

  1. Follow @momitforward on Twitter.
  2. Become a Friend of Mom It Forward’s Google Friend Connect (see box in right sidebar).
  3. Subscribe to the Mom It Forward RSS feed (click on orange heart at the top of the right sidebar).

The Fine Print

No purchase necessary to enter. Winners will be selected randomly through http://random.org. Mom It Forward and Putumayo Kids employees are ineligible to participate. All entries received after Wednesday, January 27 at midnight PT will not be considered. Entries that do not follow all of the entry requirements will not be considered. Winners will be notified and will have 24 hours to confirm receipt of the e-mail. If they do not reply within 24 hours, another winner will be selected. Open to participants in the US and Canada 18 years and older. One entry per person.

For a complete listing of sweepstakes terms and conditions, please click here.

Putumayo Kids will provide for the Sweepstakes one set of 12 CDs from its Playground Collection with a retail value of $180.00. This prize is not transferable. It may not be redeemed for cash. The winner will be notified by e-mail and will have 24 hours to confirm receipt of the prize before another winner is selected.
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