Marble Jar App Creates Effortless Collaboration Between Parents and Kids

BURLINGTON, Vt. and LOS ANGELES, July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Marble Jar, a mobile application that bridges education and fun by empowering families to meaningfully collaborate with their children, launched today. By breaking everyday tasks into small, achievable steps, Marble Jar allows parents to track progress, instill confidence, and recognize a child's accomplishment as a family.

Marble Jar eliminates counterproductive negotiations and reinforces independence and responsibility in children ages 2-12 by letting them add marbles to a jar every time they practice positive routines.  Once the jar is full, the goal is achieved and the celebration is unlocked.

Inspired by parenting expert, Vicki Hoefle and her parenting program, Parenting On Track™, that has helped more than 30,000 families over the past 20 years, Marble Jar allows families to set clear expectations and keep acknowledgments consistent and top-of-mind.

"After taking a parenting class with Vicki Hoefle, it was clear her parenting techniques could be used by parents nationwide," says Anna Palmer, mom of two, founder and chief executive officer Marble Jar. "I created Marble Jar as an interactive, on-the-go tool to help parents get through the struggles of simple daily routines. The application serves as a platform for families to communicate about what is working, and help kids learn invaluable lessons that serve as building blocks for their personal development."

Parents using Marble Jar can customize a jar with a picture and assign any goal or expectation. A goal may include simple routines like earning a later bedtime, or larger expectations such as taking responsibility for a given task or learning manners. With each positive routine accomplished, a marble is earned, allowing parents and children to recognize improvements, and achieve long term personal growth.

"As a mother of five children and parenting educator for the past 20 years, one of the most powerful things I have learned is that we need to get out of our own way when we parent," says Vicki Hoefle, parenting expert and creator of Parenting On Track. "Many parents tends to focus on what kids are doing wrong instead what they are doing right, and Marble Jar makes it convenient and easy for parents to do just the opposite."

Beyond helping children, Marble Jar's user-friendly tools can also help parents stay on track for simple checklists, sticking to a diet or even saving money for a family vacation. The Marble Jar app is available for download at the Apple store for $2.99. It can be used on iPhone and iPad devices.

For more information on Marble Jar, please visit http://marblejar.winwinapps.com/.

About Marble Jar

Marble Jar is a mobile application developed by WinWin Apps software that bridges education and fun empowering families to meaningfully collaborate with their children. This iPhone and iPad application enables families to establish clear, measurable goals for children ages 2-12. By breaking everyday life tasks into small, achievable steps, Marble Jar allows parents to track progress and instill confidence in their child. Marble Jar eliminates counterproductive negotiations and reinforces independence, collaboration, and responsibility by letting them add marbles to a jar every time they practice positive routines.  Founded by a mom of two and creator of WinWin Apps, Anna Palmer, and inspired by parenting expert Vicki Hoefle, Marble Jar keeps expectations and acknowledgments consistent and top-of-mind, and provides structure and clarity to parenting. The Marble Jar app is available for download at the Apple app store for $2.99. Please visit WinWin Apps online at http://marblejar.winwinapps.com/.

About WinWin

WinWin Apps is a Vermont based software development and micro Venture Capital company that creates software to "help you help them." In restaurants, school systems, nonprofit organizations, families, and groups of friends, WinWin Apps studies behavior and seeks technological solutions to increase efficiency in what people are already doing. http://blog.winwinapps.com/

About FullCourtPress, LLC

FullCourtPress acts as an incubator for digital start-ups and original programming for TV, Web and Mobile, and serves as a marketing agency specializing in branded entertainment, social media, app development and e-commerce solutions. Partners and clients include: Baby Genius, General Motors, MTV, Aegis Media, Alevy Productions, McDonald's, MySpace, American Family Insurance, J&J, Accuvue, Gatorade, HTC, Herbalife, Random House and others. Recent series work includes: "Road to the Woodies," "Artist on Artist," "Fanswers," "The MySpace Music Feed," and "The Fit."

About Parenting on Track

Parenting On Track™ developed by professional parent educator, Vicki Hoefle, is a proactive, sustainable parenting strategy based on Adlerian Psychology. From eliminating "useless" behaviors such as whining and power struggles, to showing children that they are capable and important members of the family, the Parenting On Track™ program provides parents with tools to create a respectful and peaceful family life. The program was recently awarded "Seals of Approval" from both PTPA (Parent Tested, Parent Approved) Media Inc., and from The Baby Planners. www.parentingontrack.com.

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