Hillary Clinton at Sunday Services in Oakland

Hillary attended Sunday services at the Greater St. Paul Church in Oakland this morning.

Hillary Clinton and Barbara Boxer Rally Voters in Oakland

Woman power was at the fore as Senator Boxer introduced Hillary Clinton at an Oakland rally today.



 

Hillary Clinton Continues Her California Campaign

In front of a wall filled with handwritten reasons her supporters are committed to voting for her, Hillary Clinton continued her tour of California today.  Hillary's crafty staff and volunteers welcomed her at her Oakland CA headquarters with a wonderful array homemade signs.  One lovely loyalist gave Hillary a necklace.  The delegate-packed California primary is June 7.

From Hillary Clinton's Too Small to Fail: Why Color?

In case you wondered, when Hillary launched her Bay area Too Small to Fail campaign in July, why the posters, tee-shirts,  and logos prominently featured crayons and the word 'color,'  here is why the slogan was 'read, talk, sing, color.

How Art Encourages Creativity (And Other Development, Too)

If you’ve ever seen the look of delight or wonder that comes over a young child’s face when they first use a crayon to draw, then you’ve witnessed the effect that art can have on a child’s development. Art engages children on many different levels as it supports eye-hand coordination, creativity, and visual learning, among other developmental skills. And children often enjoy making art, even if it’s only for a few minutes at a time and using inexpensive items, like recycled food containers or homemade materials. By encouraging young children to engage in artistic activities, parents and caregivers can help their children’s brain development and provide a good source of stress relief, too.
According to several recent studies cited by the National Endowment for the Arts, art can also improve language development in young children. When parents talk with children about the art they are making, children learn how to describe visual elements like colors and shapes, and build their vocabularies even as they fine-tune their motor skills. Parents can help build language skills further by pointing out the art around them—a mural on the side of a building or a painting in a doctor’s office—and having a conversation with their children about what they see.
Making art also helps young children express their emotions and provides a good outlet for stress. When children finger-paint or mold shapes with age-appropriate clay, they build their self-esteem and learn how to find comfort in quiet activities. By finding creative ways to include art in a young child’s life, parents can encourage their children’s social and emotional well-being.

Resources for Sharing:

• This article from PBS.org explains why art is important to young children, and offers ideas for how to incorporate it into everyday life.
• These art activities from Sesame Street will encourage your child’s imagination, and her language skills, too!
• This recipe for homemade playdough from First 5 California is an easy and inexpensive way to encourage your child’s artistic expression.

Infographic This infographic from Too Small to Fail offers fun ideas for art activities of all kinds that children—and parents!—can enjoy. >>

Hillary Clinton Launches Bay Area 'Too Small to Fail' Campaign

You may remember that in June at CGI America, Hillary announced a partnership between her Too Small to Fail initiative and the American Academy of Pediatrics that would put information and tools in the hands of healthcare professionals to encourage and assist parents in increasing vocabulary exposure for the 0 - 5 age group.  In making that announcement,  she cited an upcoming alliance with the Oakland, California community.

Today, in Oakland, she launched that campaign at the Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) surrounded by parents and little ones. We see her with Oakland Mayor, Jean Quan, Bay Area Council President and CEO Jim Wunderman, and Jim Steyer encouraging parents to talk, read, sing, and color with their kids.

Hillary ClintonVerified account ‏@HillaryClinton

On my way to Oakland and excited to announce a new @2smalltofail campaign there. #LetsTalkOakland

Let’s Talk, Oakland!

We are so pleased to share with you the news about our second local campaign launch in Oakland, California! This week, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joined business, hospital and community leaders to announce the launch of “Talking is Teaching: Talk Read Sing,” a multi-media campaign that will help Oakland parents improve their babies’ ability to build vocabulary and set them up for brighter futures.
The campaign is being developed with the help of many wonderful local organizations and hospital partners in Oakland, including the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, Kaiser Permanente, and the Bay Area Council; and with generous support from Lynne and Marc Benioff, whose gift to Too Small to Fail will allow us to create a model program for how children’s hospitals can actively address the word gap as a health issue.
Oakland parents and caregivers will receive information and tool kits from pediatricians and community organizations about how engaging in simple activities from birth—like describing objects seen during a bus ride, singing songs, reading aloud, or telling stories—can significantly boost children’s brain development. Hundreds of Oakland families already got some beautiful kids’ clothing with this message at Children’s Fairyland yesterday as part of the campaign kick-off.
You can read more about our launch in Oakland here, and in local news stories here and here.

Video Check out this video of Jose-Luis Orozco, a talented children’s author and musician that helped us celebrate in Oakland this week. A great way to sing with your baby! >>

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Come On Oakland, Let's Do This - a great rallying cry from @urbanstratoak on why talking, reading, & singing matters. http://bit.ly/1zc4CDL

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