Learning and Laughter with Louise Podcasts

Two moms- two award winning ideas- two amazing stories. Meet Lori Sawyer of the New Jersey based Mommy Moves and Carolyn Carter of Cling Cord. Both Moms are winners of the Momentrepreneur group by Tracci Bisson!

Special Education Best Products: Intel Reader® and Project NADINE Idioms DVD. Also, best special education service- ABCTeach.com Karen Breslow and Sandy Kemsley chatted with Louise about their wonderful associations with Intel Reader® and ABCTeach

CANSON has developed the amazing Papershow- digital and wireless device for businesses and classrooms! Lane Sutton gave his top picks for Back to School

We dedicated a whole show discussing the value of a great education! Whether it is preschool or high school and college, perhaps! Three guests joined Louise- Sue Adair from Goddard Systems (www.GoddardSchools.com), Rick Lyons from Honor Student Magazine (www.HonorStudentMagazine.com) and Reecy Aresty from How to Pay for College without Going Broke (www.paylessforcollege.com) Learn about scholarships, admissions, and the value of ongoing education!

Louise with guest co-host, Beth Engleman (Mommyonashoestring.com) chatted the hour with Kat Eden from Education.com and Wendy Holliday from the National Association for College Stores (NACS.org) What are the new trends for Middle and High Schoolers? How are students accessorizing their college dorms? What can parents do to ease transitions? Prevent bullying?

Lori Lite is a successful mom who turned an idea out of family necessity in to an amazing company- STRESS FREE KIDS. She even caught the attention of Mark Burnett from SHARK TANK. How did she do it? Why? Where is here company going now? Listen, Learn, Laugh with Lori and Louise!

Which best products won the A+ award from our student reviewers and Louise Sattler? CANSON (Eric Carle drawing paper)CAROLINA PAD School- notepads, carry case, computer bag; MASTER LOCK (Precision and speed dial locks-);Texas Instrument TI-Nspire calculator; Scholastic StoryBook DVD with ASL; Protect a Bed dorm mattress cover- premium addition; ZEBRA Pens; TARGUS laptop backpack, Porta Pocket (Kendra Kroll- a guest, too), KIMOCHIS (Wendy Young guest endorser), Reece Arestry, Honor Student Magazine ; YUBO lunch boxes, Grasshopper Preschool Kits; ROSETTA STONE; OFFICE DEPOT (Ativa flashdrives;Gamer Calculators, Project Backpack), and much more

Rebecca Branstetter and Louise talked about the "nuts and bolts" of the general topic of Special Education. What is an IEP? What should you do if you feel that your child has atypical development? What can you do if you disagree with school recommendations? What if your child is a "cutter"? And much more. NOTE: Information provided today were recommendations and generic in nature and by no means substitute professional advice at your local level.

This show was the 411 about babies. Swaddling, sleeping issues, safety recalls on cribs, how to make sure the car seat is secure, baby names and resources/ assistance for families with deaf babies.

Louise was joined by experts who work with visually impaired individuals. The 411 about learning to live with partial sightedness or blindness. Also, Ros Guererro from FICKLETS- eyeglass charms for children!

Who would YOU invited to a dinner party? Louise Sattler of Learning and Laughter with Louise! posed this question to guests who called in! Answers were as varied as the guests- from Princess Diana, Sigmund Freud, Mother Teresa and even the Real Housewives of New York! Who would you invite? Join the fun and listen to this great episode of casual conversation.

Louise and her guest Nicki Meleney, Robin Rettstatt O'Hearn and Carmen Sanchez Wright discussed the POSITIVE aspects of Greek Life! How Sorority builds a sense of community. How ALL sororities in the US and Canada have a philanthropic arm of their organization. And how lifetime friendships can be made and preserved.

Learning and Laughter with Louise had three distinguished women who all advocate for bilingual literacy within our classrooms. Jennifer Jones works with Volunteer USA's Deaf Family Literacy Academy in Florida. Karen Nemeth owns Language Castle and is the author of Many Languages, One Classroom and Stacey Kannenberg is the owner of Cedar Valley Publishing and the author of the very well known and respected, Let's Get Ready to Learn series.

Wendy Young, owner of Kidlutions knows how to help families and children through very difficult situations. Anger management, divorce, grief, and much more are all Wendy's forte! Louise and Wendy chat it up for an hour of information about helping children, with a few laughs, of course!

HerInsight media and Toginet Radio celebrate the success of former American Idol top 10 contestants- Scott MacIntyre and John Stevens on Learning and Laughter with Louise! Look for other shows with American Idols on Toginet.com , too!

Sandy Lygren has started a new Facebook website called, "We Want My Deaf Family". Thousands are joining her campaign to get this YouTube phenomenon and project spearheaded by Marlee Matlin on primetime television. We wanted the Learning and Laughter with Louise audience to find out about this great program, too! The second guest was Alison Rhodes. Louise and Alison talked SIDS, grief, heartbreak, special education and resiliency. A true story of how a mother's love can conquer all. Through adversity, Alison changed her executive PR life to owning the succesful SafetyMom.com company.

Hilary Bilbrey is an amazing person- who works diligently to keep teens safe and empowered. She also wants to educate all people about simple dangers, such as fire hazards in the home.

Annie Fox is the acclaimed author of the MIDDLE SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL series for tweens and teens. She also is serious about helping this demographic to stop bullying, learn self-confidence and be safe!

Maimah Karmo is an amazing woman. How did she survive and thrive after being diagnosed with breast cancer in her early thirties? What gave her the strength to start the TigerLily Foundation? Learn, laugh and most of all be aware of your own health.... here on Learning and Laughter with Louise and Maimah!

Women with amazing careers- Author Bryna Paston and travel go-getter- Caroline Shafer of Moms On Vacation!

KnoweldgeSafari.com was spotlighted on this segment. Marci Hersh has put together a support website chocked full of important and practical information for people within the special education community. The beauty is that others can post their information, too! Especially great to find businesses that cater to the Down Syndrome or Autism communities. Robert Marshall knows kids. He has created KidsQuest.TV for kids to be front and center on video segments which highlight their individuality and cool hobbies or jobs. There is a falcon trainer, a rodeo gal and much more!

CallVRS.com, Nannies4Hire.com and MotherhoodIncorporated.com are ALL HIRING. Listen to who they are looking for to employ. Work and stay at home moms, certified interpreters and much more!

Yourspehere.com is one of those websites that helps to ensure that kids are safe by providing great online and tween friendly activities and social media facets. Developed by Mary Kay Hoal and top notch.

Great women- Ilana Morrison Schwartz and Jan Morrison discussed "commuter grandparenting". Judy Templeton chimed in about the Healthy Families Program of Howard County, Maryland.

A must listen show about being a successful MomEntrepreneur with Traci Bisson!

Brenda Nixon and Louise Sattler fielded questions about child development. Hear what they had to say!

Kids can do amazing things! And adults can learn from young dynamos. Meet Jaylen Arnold who has Tourettes Syndrome and wants to stop bullying! He brought his mom, Robin and Dash Mihok to help spread his message. Lane Sutton is the Kid Critic USA and he knows his stuff. Hear him chat about his fave products, places to eat and the new iPAD!

Professional skier, media personality, and the producter of a recent teen film to help talk about sexuality, Lisa Densmore joined Louise for the hour! Great fun!

Autism awareness was the theme of this show. Louise chatted with Julie Co and Sondra Brassel about their new book- the Friendship Puzzle. A great book with a story about acceptance and inclusion.

Denise Graab and Louise chat about multiculturalism and bilingual/bicultural homes.

Louise and her actor daugher, Natasha Sattler, interviewed Ben Hickernell about is latest film- LEBANON- PA. This movie stars Josh Hopkins, Samantha Mathis, Rachel Kitson and Natasha! What is it like to be the writer and director of an acclaimed movie? How do you finance a large independent film? We asked Ben all these questions and more!

Jeni Stepanek was our very special guest on Learning and Laughter. She recently authored a beautiful book about her son, Mattie Stepanek- who was a champion for peace, love and harmony among all. Hear his words through Jeni. Enjoy the many callers who contacted us to pay homage to Mattie and kudos to Jeni. And learn how YOU can learn to "play after every storm" and work towards "Just peace". And go read MESSENGER- you'll be glad you did!

Keith Wann joined Louise on Learning and Laughter! Be prepared to laugh as he is hysterically funny. And watching his ASL videos too! Keith Wann is known for his great sense of humor, however he also now engages children with sign language and runs the CallVRS.org company. Keith Wann is a good friend to HerInsight and Learning and Laughter- hear the show and you'll know why----

Kat Eden knows educational topics and helps others to learn too- from Education.com! And over two million people read Education.com- so that is a lot of people learning!

MommyPerks owner- Shara Lawrence- Weiss discusses her journey of becoming a mom entrepreneur. Hear how she found success during a time of adversity. Also, check out Personalchildstories.com too!

Mary Gardner- Ruch tells the perfect Christmas time story. And she owns a Christmas Tree farm.

Sue Scheff has an amazing story to tell about cyber safety. Hear her recount the events that led to the book- GOOGLE BOMB

Ann Calamia and Catherine Miller joined Louise Sattler on her debut show. They discussed the new movie- Universal Signs! You will love the story