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04
2011

Educational Insights $50 Gift Card Giveaway!

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Welcome to Day 10 of my 10,000 Subscriber Celebration of giveaways! Today is our final giveaway and the super cool people at Educational Insights offered to do a $50 Gift Card giveaway to close the celebration! Isn’t that cool!   If you missed the other giveaways over the last 10 days, don’t fear! You can still enter them all through August 12, 2011! Click here to see all the 10,000 Subscriber Celebration Giveaways! Not sure what you’d spend it on? Here are just a few of my favorite things from Educational Insights! The best part is you can get whatever you want, and lots of it with a $50 Gift Card! Want more info? Visit the Educational Insights links below, if you stop by let them know that Erica @ Confessions sent you over! Educational Insights on Facebook Educational Insights on Twitter Educational Insights Website READY TO WIN? Educational Insights is offering a FREE $50 Gift Card for their store to one of my readers! Mandatory … [Read more...]

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AUG
03
2011

Educational Insights: Rock & Card Review & Giveaway

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Welcome to Day 9 of my 10,000 Subscriber Celebration! Today I have a super fun Rock and Card Set to giveaway! I think this is one of my son’s favorite items for the week!   This super cool set comes with various rocks and minerals and correlated cards with information, images and facts for each one. Each double-sided card features a photo, information on how it can be used in everyday life and some fun kid-friendly facts!   Check out the Rock and Card Set here! The kids had a great time playing with each one, matching them to the photo cards and learning about each type. We even got out the magnifying glass so we could get a closer look at our minerals. The Fact Cards are colorful and sturdy and come with lots of fun information including how the rocks can be used, what they generally look like, where they can be found and some cards include a fun “Try This” activity! You’ll even learn scientific terms such as Opaque, translucent, … [Read more...]

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AUG
02
2011

Speekee Spanish Review & Giveaway

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Welcome to Day 8 of my 10,000 Subscriber Celebration! I hope you’ve all had a good time up til now and I’ve got another great giveaway today! I took Spanish in High School…let’s just say that was awhile back and leave it at that, shall we? And I’ve been looking for a good Spanish program to continue on our studies. I’ve heard some interesting reviews on Speekee and so I wanted to give Speekee Spanish a try, it looked like something my younger kids would really dig.   What is it? Speekee Spanish is a Spanish program for children ages 3-elementary. Through a series of videos, children are introduced to Spanish through songs, puppets, and skits. Each episode also contains downloads that go along with the lesson. What’s the Cost? Online access: $7.50 per month What did we think? While I can’t say that my kids can speak Spanish just from watching the videos just yet, we also aren’t through the whole series. My oldest (age 8) didn’t … [Read more...]

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AUG
01
2011

Educational Insights: Fraction Formula Giveaway

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Welcome to Day 7 of my 10,000 Subscriber Celebration! Today I’m giving away a super fun game from Educational Insights called Fraction Formula! What is the Fraction Formula Game? The game comes with 4 clear cylinders and 52 fraction tiles (3 halves, 4 thirds, 4 fourths, 5 fifths, 6 sixths, 8 eighths, 10 tenths, and 12 twelfths.) There are also 52 game cards and scoring cards. The game is really easy to follow and quite fun! Each player gets one cylinder. You shuffle the fraction game cards and place them in a pile face down. The fraction tiles go in the center of the table as well. Each player gets a turn taking a card from the deck. They place the indicated tile into their cylinder. They have have the option to skip their turn if they wish. The first player to fill their cylinder to 1 whole wins. What’s the Cost? $24.99 What Did We Think? Before playing the game, we used the cylinders as teaching tool to introduce the concept of a fraction. It was … [Read more...]

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JUL
31
2011

Circle C Beginnings Review & Giveaway

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Welcome to Day 6 of my 10,000 Subscriber Celebration!  Today I’m excited to giveaway a set of 4 Circle C Books! The Circle C Beginnings Series by Susan K. Marlow, is geared towards children ages 6-8. The stories follow six-year old Andi, her horse Taffy, and her family and friends on the Circle C ranch in 1874. The Circle C Beginnings are very cute and easy to read stories that are great for those ready for their first chapter books. The pages are filled with hand drawn illustrations and the stories are entertaining! There are also free Activity Packs that include mazes, dot-to-dots, vocabulary, maps, writing, math, history, crafts and coloring pages! They offer free online or printable 20 piece Puzzles. And A Journey for Learning has also made Lapbooks you can purchase to go along with the stories if you choose. This series currently has 4 books available, and 2 more coming soon: No more ponies! It’s just a made-up story…or is it? It’s not fair! School … [Read more...]

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JUL
28
2011

Outdoor Science Day Review & Giveaway

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Welcome to DAY 5 of my 10,000 Subscribers Celebration! Today we’re going to beat summer boredom with some fun science kits! I’m excited to be participating in Outdoor Science Day with Scientific Explorer! They contacted me with some great outdoor science projects that were perfect for my kids who got bored with the summer break after about 30 seconds. And, yep, I have a FREE kit to giveaway today to one of you! We received the following projects in the mail: My First Backyard Explorer Kit – perfect for young scientists (ages 4+) who want to explore nature Ice Cream Science – take a break from summer’s heat and make your own ice cream – use multiple flavors to create your own recipes (ages 8+) Meteor Rocket Kit – make your own rocket, and shoot it into the air (ages 9+) The Meteor Rocket Kit: The Meteor Rocket Kit was really exciting for the kids. The only thing I’d caution you on is that even though the box says 9+, it took my dad about an hour … [Read more...]

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JUL
27
2011

MadeOn Bee Silk Hard Lotion Review & Giveaway

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Welcome to Day 4 of my 10,000 Subscriber Celebration! I have a confession. I hate socks. Never wear them. Not even in winter. Results: Dry, cracked heels. Too much info for a blog? Sorry! But, surely I’m not the only one, and since I found a solution…I had to share…even if it meant grossing people out.   I want to preface this review by saying that I try to be VERY careful with what I agree to review on my blog. I feel very strongly about not misleading my readers, and I absolutely do my darndest to protect your best interests! That said, I was offered the chance to review MadeOn Bee Silk Hard Lotion a few weeks back. Being that I live in a dry area…and hate to wear socks…and was desperate for something to relieve my VERY dry hands and feet…I agreed. And now, my soft hands and feet are so very thankful that I did!   What is Hard Lotion? Hard lotion is a lotion that is a solid at room temperature, but softens when rubbed into your skin. It … [Read more...]

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JUL
26
2011

Educational Insights: Inching Along Review & Giveaway

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Welcome to Day 3 of my 10,000 Subscribers Celebration! Today I have a super fun game by Educational Insights called Inching Along Measurement Game. This is a cute measuring game that is great for grades K-2. Its great for practicing measuring and basic math skills all while having fun! What’s the Cost? $19.99 What did we think? I have to say my kids really liked this. The game comes with playing pieces, game cards, and a brightly colored ruler. The rules are fairly simple, each person takes a turn picking a card that tells them which lines to measure. The lines are titled A-F, so a card may read “A” in which case they would measure line “A” and then move that many spaces. There are harder cards such as “A-B” so they have to measure both lines then figure out the answer and move that many spots. One thing I really liked was that the game cards are color coded. I was easily able to pick the ones without addition and subtraction so that my preschooler could play with … [Read more...]

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JUL
25
2011

Educational Insights Tough Scope Review & Giveaway

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Welcome to DAY 2 of my 10,000 subscribers celebration! Today I’m reviewing the GeoSafari® Tuff Scope. This was really cooler than I expected! The kids absolutely loved this! I actually had some pre-made slides from Lakeshore Learning that we used. I was actually kind of surprised at how well this worked! The GeoSafari® Tuff Scope can magnify images up to 400x their original size. It’s a great microscope for kids, lightweight, and fairly durable as well. One of my favorite features is that the microscope can be removed from the base so it can be taken outside to explore! You can also purchase the Tuff Cam Digital video camera so you can take pictures or video then project magnified images onto a computer screen, white board, or projector! Very cool! What’s the Cost? $39.99 (I found some for less on Amazon as well) My kids absolutely loved this thing! They spent quite awhile looking at different prepared slides we had. It’s really easy to use, so they … [Read more...]

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JUL
24
2011

Reshaping It All Review & Giveaway

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Hi everyone! Welcome to DAY 1 of my 10,000 subscribers celebration!   It’s such an honor to have you all reading my blog and I am so completely humbled that God can use something like my blog to bless other families!   So in order to celebrate and thank you all, I’m doing a 10,000 Subscribers Celebration with 10 giveaways in 10 days! I know, CRAZY RIGHT? But I think it’ll be fun, and you all will end up with some super cool prizes that will hopefully bless your families! Make sure to visit each day to enter to win the awesome prizes we have coming up! I’m kicking off my celebration with one of my new favorite books Reshaping It All! I absolutely adore Candace Cameron Bure and Co-Author Darlene Schacht! So when I found out about this new book, I just had to get it! And that’s a lot coming from me, I’m not a huge reader, so I pick my books carefully! Although it’s been promoted as a weight-loss book, the title reveals that it’s really about … [Read more...]

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