Feb 07 2008
About
Stacey Kannenberg, “Let’s Get Ready to Learn” Mom
Stacey Kannenberg is an author, publisher, motivator, consultant, spokesperson and MOM. As the “Get Ready to Learn Mom”, Stacey is a nationally renowned education expert and award winning author with an expertise in children’s education, and “Mom-entrepreneurship”. She is the co-author of the award winning and state approved, Let’s Get Ready series with Let’s Get Ready For Kindergarten! and Let’s Get Ready For First Grade!
Stacey is the Founder/CEO of two publishing companies: Cedar Valley Publishing and Stacey Kannenberg Unlimited, an imprint of Cedar Valley Publishing. Stacey will be releasing the highly anticipated Spanish/English Bilingual Edition of Let’s Get Ready For Kindergarten! in April.
Stacey is a media favorite with numerous television appearances along with hundreds of radio, magazine and newspaper stories to her credit from Radio Disney to Toy Tips Magazine to the Dallas Daily News. During Back to School, she was featured in 22 Parenting Magazines from Indy Parent to Houston Parent to OC Parent to Metro Parent as well as numerous television shows from FOX 6 News to Milwaukee’s Morning Blend to WEAUTV to the WB’s Daily Buzz.
Stacey is a frequent presenter at Early Learning and Head Start Conferences where she holds workshops for teachers and educators entitled: Empowering Parents 101. Stacey is a favorite presenter at schools where she helps parents, kids and teachers get ready for Kindergarten. She also presents at Book Publishing Conferences with her sessions on Book Publishing 101 & Book Marketing 101. Stacey also presents Empowering Mom 101 and Mom-entrepreneurship to mom groups, playgroups, MOPS and book clubs.
Stacey is a successful blogger and many of her blog posts have lead to television segments. An October blog post entitled: Tips on Getting Kids Ready for Kindergarten lead to a national segment on Better TV/Parents TV.
Another October blog post on Let’s Get Ready For Parent Teacher Conferences lead to a Milwaukee’s Morning Blend and Fox 6 News television segments. A November blog post entitled, Let’s Get Ready For Cold and Flu Season: Tips to Motivate Your Kids to Wash Those Hands, was quoted in an AP story and lead to a television segment on Milwaukee’s Morning Blend that was later syndicated and picked up by the Meredith’s National Television show, Better TV/Parents TV. Stacey’s blog success was highlighted in a Milwaukee Journal Story in January. A sampling of Stacey’s blogs for 2008 includes tips to make mom’s life easier:
- Let’s Get Ready for Spring Cleaning: tips to spring into cleaning action
- Let’s Get Ready to Rid Clutter: tips to downsize our problems areas
- Let’s Get Ready for Breakfast: tips to make a healthy “on the go” choice
- Let’s Get Ready for Snack Time: tips to help kids make healthy snack choices
- Let’s Get Ready for Internet Safety 101
- Let’s Get Ready for Kindergarten Roundup: 5 things kids need to know for that first day of school
- Let’s Get Ready for Birthday Time: tips to make it a blast, including great gift ideas by age
- Let’s Get Ready for Exercise: tips to work out with the kids without feeling like its work
Stacey is a Principal in Mom Central Consulting were she helps brands reach mom through a viral grassroots approach. Some of her clients include: PBS’s Word World, Frooze, Cranium Bloom, Mamasource, Cozi, Airborne, Kellogg’s, General Mills, East Side Entrees Breakfast Breaks, Scholastic Bob Books, Imbee and Mattel Barbie, We Believe in Girls.
Stacey is wife to Michael and Mom to Heidi, 8 and Megan, 6.
Cedar Valley Kids™ is a trademark of Cedar Valley Publishing.
3 a.m. and I’m awake, wondering why I haven’t heard from Stacey for awhile. Now I see. She’s busy. She’s always been wonderfully busy fulfilling her dreams as she fulfills the lives of others — young and old. Hm. How about the old, Stacey? Mom’s are busy and need you. One of these days, perhaps there will be a reason for all those other mother who help to raise the children in our village — the aunts, the (so called) childless best friends.
Believe it or not, that’s not what I meant to suggest when I started this. All I meant to suggest is: you are grand and as always, an inspiration.
But now that I think of the Aunt idea, I realize I like it. I probably have a personal reason for this!
Best to you, Stacey. Keep it up.
Hi Stacey,
A mutual friend, Karen K from Mom Central, recommended I connect with you. (She calls you the ‘great connector’!)
And, now that I’ve found out some about you, I see why!
First, I started GIRLFRIENDOLOGY - the online community for women based on female friendship a few years ago and do semi-weekly podcast interview with inspiring women with a girlfriend angle. We also do videos, contests, shopping and more.
After reading about you, I think you would make a great guest for the podcast with all the info you can offer moms (and girlfriends) on raising children, education, etc.
There might be even more ways to work together?!
Let me know if you’re interested. Thanks for your time and consideration - Debba / http://girlfriendology.com
Absolutely Debba!! I would love to connect! I will email you from your site!
Smiles - Stacey
Hi Stacey,
I received copies of your ‘getting ready for kinder and 1st grade books” and wasn’t sure whether I was to do a review on them on my blog or if you plan to be a future guest speaker on the MamasTimeOut© show? Strangely, I can’t find any e-mails from you, only an email I received from Francine that mentions you.
Please contact me and advise.
Thank you,
Patty
Patty -
My emails to you were bouncing so I had my husband forward them to you and per an email I got from you, you invited me to be a guest on your show on August 17 at 4:30 CST/5:30 EST. Per your request I sent a bio and photo again via my husband’s email address and you asked me to send you the books to an address listed in your email. If you are interested in having me on the show, just call me at 920-994-9906 to confirm or try to email me at Stacey@cedarvalleypublishing.com or leave me a comment on my blog! Or if you have already booked the show, no worries just let me know!!!
Smiles - Stacey