Syndicated columnist, former teacher and mother of three, Donna Erickson is recognized nationally for her creative ideas, activities, games and projects geared toward today's parents and families. With her creative demonstrations, Donna has appeared on national television shows including Today, CBS This Morning, CNN, The Home Show, Everyday with Joan Lunden and Oprah. She is also the author of the award-winning activity books Prime Time Together... with Kids and More Prime Time Activities with Kids (over half a million copies sold).
Donna's career highlights include:
Author
- "Prime Time Together... with Kids" (Augsburg 1989) Parent's Choice Gold Award
- "More
Prime Time Activities with Kids" (Augsburg 1992) Silver Angel Award Best How-To
Book, Midwest Booksellers
Columnist
- Contributing Editor and writer of "Do it Together" pages for Parents magazine, the largest circulation magazine in the parenting field, with readership of 11,000,000.
- Nationally syndicated columnist for King Features Syndicate: weekly column in more than 50 newspapers (including the Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer and the Houston Chronicle).
- Columnist for the St. Paul Pioneer Press since 1989.
Producer
Producer and presenter for past 5 years of daily "Prime Time Together" radio program on National Children's RADIO AAHS. Producer and presenter for 8 years running of a "Creative Parenting" weekly segment on Good Company, a top-rated daily television talk show on the ABC affiliate in Minneapolis/St. Paul.
Guest Segments and Host
Multiple national appearances on Oprah; NBC's Today; CBS This Morning; CNN; CNBC; ABC's Home Show; currently appears bi-weekly on Lifetime's Our Home and Discovery Channel's Start to Finish.
National Spokesperson
Target Stores, Crayola, Quilted Northern, Nintendo and Revlon.
Educator
- B.A. North Park College, Chicago, IL.
- M.A. in Second Languages and Cultures and Education from the University of Minnesota, and has taught at the elementary, secondary and college levels in the United States, Sweden and Africa (Zaire, Zambia).
- Taught French at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, MN.
