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Thank You David Newell and John Masiulionis for reviewing my books, Keys To My Heart and Garage Sale Goldmine, and having me as your guest on the 5th Anniversary of your Neighborly Reviews Bookcast during Financial Literacy Month.

I was honored to be in the midst of such an icon and legend from the long running (33 years) Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood who was awarded the Children’s & Family Emmy Gold Circle award for his enduring contribution to children’s television—a true milestone for me. He helped generations grow with kindness, curiosity, and practical life lessons through children’s programming.

Fun fact: The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History houses the outfit worn by Mr. McFeely (David Newell) along with Mr. Rogers’ famous red cardigan.

Check out their review and my interview with them at https://youtu.be/Xht4khqfQzw?feature=shared

Happy National Financial Literacy Month and thanks for your continued support!

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@prfromtheheart
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In the quiet spaces where childhood meets challenge, one thing still holds steady. ✨

A story. 📖

When the world feels unfamiliar, when emotions feel too big to name, when families are navigating more than any child should have to understand—stories don’t just fill silence. They bring it into focus. They soften the edges. 🫶

For children. For parents. For families in the middle of uncertainty. 👪🏻🙏🏻👪🏿

Stories become connection when words fall short. 🫂

Some open the door to understanding the world ahead—building early confidence around choice, value, & responsibility in simple, human ways. 🔑

Others help children move through the world they’re already in—offering comfort in grief, clarity in loss, and the reminder that love doesn’t disappear. ❤️‍🩹

Different stories. One purpose. To help children feel less alone in what they’re learning—and what they’re carrying. 💛

As part of the 5-Year Anniversary Celebration of @PRFromTheHeart's Neighborly Reviews Bookcast and our recent trolley stop in Pittsburgh, our @JohnMasiulionis visited@ChildrensPGH and donating copies of @SproutingSparks' award-winning FinTale$ series (Keys to My Heart, published by @Bear_With_Us_Productions, and Garage Sale Goldmine, published by @MiriamLaundryPublishing), along with his award-winning children's book, Walking Each Other Home–Zachary’s Mission: A Hospice for Children), to the hospital's Adopt-A-Book program—placing these resources of care directly into the hands of children & families who need them most. 🏥

Because sometimes, everything begins the same way—with a story finding its way in. 💫📚💫

We encourage you to subscribe to our official @YouTube channel (via our bio link above) and enjoy the first installment of The Neighborly Reviews Bookcast 5-Year Anniversary Celebration—co-hosted by John & David Newell (who played the beloved Mr. McFeely on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood)—featuring heartfelt reviews of Keys to My Heart & Garage Sale Goldmine and our exclusive sit-down interview—the next trolley stop of our Spring season. 🚋

Thank you for helping us walk home the children of Pittsburgh and o

Mother’s Day will always carry both immense love and longing for me.

This photo was from my last Mother’s Day with my mom. I was blessed to have such a loving, devoted, and faith-filled mother. She was a second mom to my husband and the most affectionate and adoring grandmother to our boys. Her love, grace, and guidance was a constant and still shapes who we are today.

The other photo is me with my two wonderful sons. They gave me the greatest title and position I’ll ever hold. Watching them grow into such thoughtful, loving, and hardworking young men reminds me that my mom’s greatest gift wasn’t just how she loved me, but what she taught me to pass on. I’m so grateful to God for them all!

Happy Mother’s Day! Today we celebrate your endless love, strength, and sacrifices that you make daily. Whether near or in heaven, you deserve to be remembered today and every day! 🤍💚💛🧡❤️💗

Mother’s Day will always carry both immense love and longing for me.

This photo was from my last Mother’s Day with my mom. I was blessed to have such a loving, devoted, and faith-filled mother. She was a second mom to my husband and the most affectionate and adoring grandmother to our boys. Her love, grace, and guidance was a constant and still shapes who we are today.

The other photo is me with my two wonderful sons. They gave me the greatest title and position I’ll ever hold. Watching them grow into such thoughtful, loving, and hardworking young men reminds me that my mom’s greatest gift wasn’t just how she loved me, but what she taught me to pass on. I’m so grateful to God for them all!

Happy Mother’s Day! Today we celebrate your endless love, strength, and sacrifices that you make daily. Whether near or in heaven, you deserve to be remembered today and every day! 🤍💚💛🧡❤️💗

Mother’s Day will always carry both immense love and longing for me.

This photo was from my last Mother’s Day with my mom. I was blessed to have such a loving, devoted, and faith-filled mother. She was a second mom to my husband and the most affectionate and adoring grandmother to our boys. Her love, grace, and guidance was a constant and still shapes who we are today.

The other photo is me with my two wonderful sons. They gave me the greatest title and position I’ll ever hold. Watching them grow into such thoughtful, loving, and hardworking young men reminds me that my mom’s greatest gift wasn’t just how she loved me, but what she taught me to pass on. I’m so grateful to God for them all!

Happy Mother’s Day! Today we celebrate your endless love, strength, and sacrifices that you make daily. Whether near or in heaven, you deserve to be remembered today and every day! 🤍💚💛🧡❤️💗

Today I volunteered with ACEE’s (Arizona Council on Economic Education) Financial Fitness in Action program alongside volunteers from @charlesschwab @wellsfargo and @bankofamerica at Jack L Kuban Elementary School, guiding nearly a hundred 7th and 8th graders through real-life budgeting scenarios.

ACEE does outstanding work across Arizona, helping students become financially and economically responsible in work and life through its diverse programs. Proud to support an organization that empowers the next generation with practical money skills.

Thanks @azcouncileconed for all you do for our students, teachers, and community!

#financialliteracyforkids #financiallyfit
#arizonaeducation #sproutingsparks

Today I volunteered with ACEE’s (Arizona Council on Economic Education) Financial Fitness in Action program alongside volunteers from @charlesschwab @wellsfargo and @bankofamerica at Jack L Kuban Elementary School, guiding nearly a hundred 7th and 8th graders through real-life budgeting scenarios.

ACEE does outstanding work across Arizona, helping students become financially and economically responsible in work and life through its diverse programs. Proud to support an organization that empowers the next generation with practical money skills.

Thanks @azcouncileconed for all you do for our students, teachers, and community!

#financialliteracyforkids #financiallyfit
#arizonaeducation #sproutingsparks

Today I volunteered with ACEE’s (Arizona Council on Economic Education) Financial Fitness in Action program alongside volunteers from @charlesschwab @wellsfargo and @bankofamerica at Jack L Kuban Elementary School, guiding nearly a hundred 7th and 8th graders through real-life budgeting scenarios.

ACEE does outstanding work across Arizona, helping students become financially and economically responsible in work and life through its diverse programs. Proud to support an organization that empowers the next generation with practical money skills.

Thanks @azcouncileconed for all you do for our students, teachers, and community!

#financialliteracyforkids #financiallyfit
#arizonaeducation #sproutingsparks

In recognition of Financial Literacy Month and National Library Week, we’re turning attention to stories that teach skills beyond the page… 💸📖🏛️

We're counting down the days until the kickoff of the 5-Year Anniversary Celebration of @PRFromTheHeart's Neighborly Reviews Bookcast from @PointParkUs @PointParkCMI, where our @JohnMasiulionis and David Newell (the beloved Mr. McFeely from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood) will be featuring @SproutingSparks' award-winning Fintale$ Series—an engaging storytelling experience designed to introduce children to foundational financial literacy, including concepts like saving, spending, and understanding value within themselves and in the world around them. 🪙

A valuable investment in early education for libraries, classrooms, financial institutions, and other learning environments—supporting practical, real-world development for little learners. 👦🏿👦🏽👦🏻✨👧🏻👧🏽👧🏿

Stay connected to @PRFromTheHeart as the first installment in the 5-Year Anniversary Celebration of The Neighborly Reviews Bookcast (featuring @SproutingSparks' Keys to My Heart and Garage Sale Goldmine—published by @Bear_With_UsProductions and @MiriamLaundryPublishing) premieres this Wednesday on @PRFromTheHeart's official @YouTube channel (accessible via our bio link above). 🔑📚🏷️

Children’s Authors: Let’s spotlight your story! If you're interested in joining the @PRFromTheHeart family and having your new book featured on The Neighborly Reviews Bookcast, contact us (via our bio link above) for more information. 🚋

Thank you for helping us walk home the children of Pittsburgh and our little neighbors around the world. 👦🏿👦🏽👦🏻🙏🏻👧🏻👧🏽👧🏿

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#FinancialLiteracyMonth #NationalLibraryWeek #SproutingSparks #AmReading #KeysToMyHeart #GarageSaleGoldmine #FinancialLiteracyForKids

#PR #Publicity #ChildrensAuthors #ChildrensBooks #KidLit #BookReviews

MONDAY MATH QUESTION:
Would you rather get $10,000 every day for a month, or one penny that doubles each day for a month? (Hint: it’s a trick question)

Pennies for the win!
After a month, the doubling penny grows to about $10,737,418.
The daily $10,000 adds up to about $310,000. So, the doubling penny earns about 35 times more.

What’s happening?
It’s compounding: you earn interest on the interest you’ve already earned.

What is compounding?
It’s money earning money over time.
The more you reinvest what you earn, the faster your money grows.

Tips to grow your savings (and investments) faster:

💰Reinvest what you earn instead of spending it all.
💵 Save more money to begin with.
📊 Let your money grow for a longer time.
📶 Look for good, steady return rates (the kind that keep growing over time).

💚 Bottom line for kids
Start small, be patient, and reinvest. Over time, compounding turns little savings into big growth.

💛 Bottom line for parents
Compound interest means you earn money on the money you’ve already earned. It’s often called the eighth wonder of the world because it can turn small amounts into substantial wealth. In practice, you boost growth by saving more, giving your money more time to grow, and seeking better investment options with higher returns.

As Albert Einstein said, “The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest.”

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#personalfinance
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Today is Tax Day and also the 1-year anniversary of the launch of my very first FinTale$ series book, Keys To My Heart! 🎉

Through my FinTale$ series, we’ve already reached so many little hands, and we’re so thankful for the support that’s helping us reach even more. Here’s to planting more seeds of financial literacy, one child at a time.

Tax Day is a great time to expose kids to the concept of taxes and how we all help pay for the roads, schools, and services our communities need by having to pay taxes. Little learners can think of it as everyone pitching in to keep the neighborhood running.

Age-appropriate ways to explain Tax Day:
• Ages 4–6: “Taxes are when grown-ups give a little money to help take care of everyone’s neighborhood.”
• Ages 7–9: “Taxes help pay for things people in the community use, like schools, roads, libraries, and firefighters.”
• Ages 10–12: “Tax Day is the day adults file forms and send in money they owe to the government to help support public services.”
• Teens: “Taxes are part of how communities fund shared services and programs that benefit everyone.”

Happy Tax Day and thanks again for your continued support in spreading financial education to our youth! I’m so grateful for every read, share, review, and words of encouragement! Our goal is to keep growing so even more children can learn money lessons in a fun, simple way. 📚💰

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#keystomyheart
#sproutingsparks

Mr. McFeely and @prfromtheheart celebrated 5 years of their Neighborly Reviews Bookcast at Point Park! Nico Rich sat down with Mr. McFeely and John Masiulionis to discuss the anniversary. Check our the full interview on our channel now!

📸 Brie Cupp @briezy_cupp55
📚@rdschildrensbooks

Mr. McFeely and @prfromtheheart celebrated 5 years of their Neighborly Reviews Bookcast at Point Park! Nico Rich sat down with Mr. McFeely and John Masiulionis to discuss the anniversary. Check our the full interview on our channel now!

📸 Brie Cupp @briezy_cupp55
📚@rdschildrensbooks

Mr. McFeely and @prfromtheheart celebrated 5 years of their Neighborly Reviews Bookcast at Point Park! Nico Rich sat down with Mr. McFeely and John Masiulionis to discuss the anniversary. Check our the full interview on our channel now!

📸 Brie Cupp @briezy_cupp55
📚@rdschildrensbooks

Mr. McFeely and @prfromtheheart celebrated 5 years of their Neighborly Reviews Bookcast at Point Park! Nico Rich sat down with Mr. McFeely and John Masiulionis to discuss the anniversary. Check our the full interview on our channel now!

📸 Brie Cupp @briezy_cupp55
📚@rdschildrensbooks

Mr. McFeely and @prfromtheheart celebrated 5 years of their Neighborly Reviews Bookcast at Point Park! Nico Rich sat down with Mr. McFeely and John Masiulionis to discuss the anniversary. Check our the full interview on our channel now!

📸 Brie Cupp @briezy_cupp55
📚@rdschildrensbooks

In the neighborly spirit of Mister Rogers, @prfromtheheart John Masiulionis and beloved friend David Newell (Mr. McFeely from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood) visited with @elenalaquatra at @wtaetv Pittsburgh studios and the 4 The Record team this weekend for a heartfelt celebration of the 5-Year Anniversary of their Neighborly Reviews Bookcast. 💗

Among the stories shared were a few close to my heart — Keys to My Heart and Garage Sale Goldmine — reminding us how stories can connect, uplift, and inspire children and families everywhere, especially this month during Financial Literacy Month. 📚💫

Congratulations on this beautiful milestone and thank you for continuing to spread the magic of meaningful storytelling and sharing my stories along with you! I was thrilled to be apart of it! 💚

Stay tuned for this special feature and for the 5-year anniversary celebration of The Neighborly Reviews Bookcast, premiering Tuesday, April 21st on their YouTube channel. 💜

#neighborlyreviewsbookcast #misterrogersneighborhood #childrensbooks
#financialliteracymonth
@animationwalayogi
#sproutingsparks

This Financial Literacy Month, the National Financial Educators Council @nfec_finedu is introducing a national objective: Make Financial Education a Core Subject.

Until now, there has been no unifying objective guiding financial education policy across the country. State mandates vary widely; and all fall well below the academic standards applied to core subjects such as math, science, English, and social studies.

OBJECTIVES:
• Financial literacy should have the same standards, rigor, and accountability as math, science, English, and social studies.

• Elevating financial education would ensure students graduate ready to manage debt, save, compare education costs, achieve stability, and build financial independence.

• Create a framework where students would graduate only after demonstrating that they are capable of making informed financial decisions needed for their adult life.

Financial Literacy Month is the perfect time to raise the standards! Join Sprouting Sparks and others so that financial education is treated with the same seriousness as other core subjects!

#MakeFinEdCore
#financialliteracymonth
#financialeducation
#sproutingsparks
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Long before a child earns their first dollar, they’re already shaping their beliefs about money—whether it’s something to chase, fear, spend, or use with purpose. 💵

But when we guide those beliefs with intention—through everyday conversations and real-life moments—we begin to show kids how money truly works… not just what it can buy, but what it represents. 🧭

And so, one Wall Street–savvy mom is redefining how children understand money—transforming financial literacy into something they don’t just learn, but carry with them for life. 👦🏿👦🏽💸🙏🏻👧🏻👧🏽👧🏿

Join us in welcoming Shireen Eddleblute as the newest member of the @PRFromTheHeart family. 🤗

Having been raised by Indian immigrants, Shireen learned early on from her father that smart money choices can lead to a life of possibilities. His lessons inspired her to embark on a 20-year career in the world of investments, where she had some pretty exciting moments—like ringing the @NYSE bell not once, but twice! 👩🏾💰🛎️

As the founder of @SproutingSparks, Shireen mixes financial wisdom with a dash of motherly love to create engaging children’s books about financial literacy. ✨📚✨

In Keys to My Heart, the first book in Shireen's award-winning Fintale$ Series (published by @BearWithUsProductions), young readers follow Sahana, a determined young girl with a dream of owning a piano. When her family can’t afford it, she takes matters into her own hands—saving diligently and learning to give thoughtfully. Along the way, Sahana discovers that money is a tool that mirrors both discipline & heart. 🔑💗🔑

In Garage Sale Goldmine, the second installment of Shireen’s FinTale$ Series (published by @MiriamLaundryPublishing), brothers Benny & Eddy set their sights on a toy robot they can’t afford—and quickly learn that wanting something isn’t enough. Achieving it takes smart choices, careful trade-offs, and intentional action. As they solve problems, make wise decisions, and let go, they realize that the greatest reward goes far beyond the toy itself. 🤖

We encourage to support Shireen by getting your copies of Keys to My Heart and Garage Sale Goldmine via her official website (SproutingSparks.com) @Amazon. 📚

What percent of U.S. public high school students are currently required to take a personal finance course to graduate?

Answer: 34.7%

That number has doubled in the last 7 years and once all 30 states have implemented their requirements, an additional 45% of public high school students in the U.S. will be required to take a standalone Personal Finance course to graduate. That means by 2031, 76.3% of all high school students will have financial education access by the time they graduate. That’s making progress!

*Note: Actual numbers will vary based on the timing of implementation in individual
schools in each state.

A shoutout to Next Gen Personal Finance who is the #1 provider of personal finance curriculum and professional development for educators in the U.S.

@nextgenpf
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#sproutingsparkseducation
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