May
13

Maestro Classics Story Pack Giveaway!

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Hi everyone, I’m so excited to have the Maestro Classics 4 CD Story Pack to giveaway to you today! The Maestro Classic CDs are wonderful mini-units that help introduce symphony and orchestra to younger students. They’re a fun addition to those of you doing my World’s Greatest Composers curriculum, or even on their own!     What is Maestro Classics? For those of you who haven’t visited Maestro Classics before, they produce “Stories in Music” which are a classical music CD series for children ages 5 to 12, but can be enjoyed by everyone, yes…even adults! Each CD comes with a booklet full of lesson activity ideas and games to play while listening. The CDs also include information on composers and historical facts when appropriate to the musical selections. The stories are engaging keep kids attention while at the same time introducing them to classical symphony and orchestra.   What’s included in this Story Set? Maestro Classics  CD … [Read more...]

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May
06

Backyard Butterfly DVD

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Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed the large amount of butterflies in the Road Trip USA curriculum? It seems like a LOT of states have listed a state butterfly, and since my kids absolutely love butterflies, I thought it would be fun to see the new DVD from Your Backyard: The Life and Journey of the Amazing Monarch Butterfly! What did we think? I was right! Just like their original Your Backyard Feeder Bird DVD, the Monarch DVD is just as fun. I think my kids like it so much because the video is narrated by children their ages. They also love the colorful vivid up-close images that allow them to see something they wouldn’t normally get to witness right up close! I like it because it’s full of fun information and shows the wondrous 30-day transformation from egg to butterfly. You get to watch a Monarch caterpillar eat its way out of its egg to the completion of metamorphosis. And one of my favorite parts about the Your Backyard team is that they’re a … [Read more...]

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May
01

Orb Factory VeggieTales Sticky Mosaics

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Hi everyone! As you know, we love VeggiTales® around here, and we also love sticky mosaics. Well, I was tickled pink when the Orb Factory VeggiTales® products came out!       When OrbFactory partnered with VeggiTales®, they came up with four different fun products to choose from! My First Sticky Mosaics, SparkeUps, Sticky Mosaics Friendship Box, and Sticky Mosaics Singles Larry Boy. Each kit comes with a simple numbered legend along with the mosaic foam stickers and sparkling jewel pieces. They’re great for one-to-one correspondence practice, color identification, fine-motor skill practice, and just good ole’ fun!     What’s the cost? The products range from $4.99-$14.99 As soon as the box arrived the little people were begging me to let them do the activity, thankfully the kit came with 6 pieces so everyone could have one. I let them choose, if there was a duplicate request they picked a number between 1-10 to see … [Read more...]

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Apr
01

Letter Construction Kit Giveaway

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Hi everyone! I have a fun giveaway for you today, it’s the Letter Construction Activity Set from Learning Resources!   They’re similar to my magnetic Alphabet Builders, but these are sturdy plastic builders that have little pegs that keep the letters together. Along with instruction cards for each letter. Of course Turbo knows all his letters by now, so he took it upon himself to fashion a sword out of them. And Tinker Bell went for a boat.   Next Turbo built tail lights to a car. He held them behind his back and said they were his blinkers.   Poor Teeny Tot had to fight to get her letter construction kit back from the big kids.   Even Strawberry Shortcake tried to make some things.  I don’t know if you can tell from the picture below but the Teeny Tot was none to happy to share these with anyone!   All that to say…they’ve been a huge hit in our house! The only complaint I have is the … [Read more...]

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Mar
27

What’s In The Bible DVD Giveaway!

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Hi everyone! I’m so excited today! We’ve had a great past few giveaways for the upcoming Easter holiday, and today I have another great Biblical giveaway for you! The brand new Vol. 7 - Exile and Return just released yesterday, and we had the privilege of doing a pre-screening along with a giveaway! Just as the other What’s in The Bible? DVDs are, this one is just as entertaining and fun to watch!   Vol. 7 - Exile and Return! includes two 25-minute episodes. Ezra & Nehemiah: The exile is over, but the Israelites face BIG challenges back home in Judah! The Israelites return home to Judah to rebuild God’s temple - a task full of unexpected challenges! Brave Queen Esther: A brave young Jewish girl risks everything to save her people from doom at the hands of the evil Haman!   Thanks to the nice folks at What’s in The Bible? we were able to have a little party to celebrate the release of this new DVD! We had friends over for some fun coloring pages, … [Read more...]

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Mar
18

Alphabet Alley Giveaway

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Hi everyone! Since Easter is approaching I wanted to share something fun with you! My friends over at Alphabet Alley created a super cute The Good News Easter Jigsaw Puzzle, Magnetic Playset and Easter Sticker Set!  The Good News Easter Jigsaw Puzzle is a 24 large piece puzzle that is great for younger kiddos. The pieces are nice and thick making them fairly durable. We have a couple of these sets and the Tinker Bell and the Teeny Tot pull them out over and over.   The Magnetic Playsets are some of our favorites. This set comes with 17 colorful magnetic pieces to play with and a sturdy magnetic background that folds up as a storage case. We also have the “A Child is Born Magnetic” set  and it’s really fun for everyone. I’ve even seen Strawberry Shortcake playing with them more than once.   Here is the cute Easter Sticker Set they made. The package has 2 sheets of super cute Easter figures that your kids can play with or create a fun little … [Read more...]

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Mar
11

Grapevine Resurrection Review & Giveaway

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They’ve done it again! Grapevine has come up with an awesome new study on the Resurrection! And what better time to study that than right before Easter?   In this 11 Lesson study “your students will listen in on the conversation between Jesus and His disciples as they shared the Last Supper together.  They will walk along with Jesus as He was tried, beaten, crucified, and died on the cross.  Then they will share the joy of the disciples when they learn that Jesus rose from the dead. Your Bible study will conclude with the last words of instruction Jesus gave to His disciples before He ascended to heaven.  Help your students put the Easter story together like never before! This is an excellent study for ages 7 and up!” What’s Included? The Last Supper The Six Trials of Jesus The Crucifixion Jesus’ Death and Burial The Resurrection The Ascension You’ll need the Teacher book and Student book to complete this lesson. I always pick … [Read more...]

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Mar
10

Lilla Rose Giveaway

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Hi everyone! I have a fun giveaway for you today! I normally try to keep my giveaways to homeschooling stuff, but I loved these cute Lilla Rose hair clips and wanted to share them with you all as well!     I was sent a Lilla Rose flexi-clip as a gift, and was surprised at how well it worked! It really IS flexible which was a surprise considering it’s metal. It also flexed really well to fit around the different styles we tried. I do have to say it’s a little heavy and did not work quite as well on thinner hair, i.e. Tinkerbell. But Strawberry Shortcake has quite a bit of hair and it worked really well for her. She loves the little beads on it as well and wears it all the time!   They also have Hair Sticks, Orings, Hairbands, and decorative Bobby Pins. I totally love the Hair Sticks, I just wish I was better at figuring out how to get them to stay in!   Win it! Just to help beautify your life this week, I am giving away three gift … [Read more...]

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Mar
06

Seeds Family Worship Review & Giveaway

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I just received a packet of fun CDs in the mail last week, and I wanted to share them with you! They came courtesy of Seeds Family Worship.   What is Seeds Family Worship? Seeds Family Worship was created when worship leader Jason Houser was asked to write some songs to help kids remember the verses from his church’s summer VBS. He began writing catchy, kid friendly songs, and it turned out that families loved them too! From just a handful of songs, Seeds Family Worship was planted. They currently have 6 different CD sets to choose from, and continue to create great scripture-based music, and encourage families to worship together. In addition to their CDs, they also offer memory cards to go along with the songs, activity ideas for families, and even chord charts for their music. Vol. 1 Seeds of Courage Vol. 2 Seeds of Faith Vol. 3 Seeds of Praise Vol. 4 Seeds of Purpose Vol. 5 The Power of Encouragement Vol. 6 Seeds of … [Read more...]

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Mar
04

We Choose Virtues Review & Giveaway

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I have a great giveaway for you all today! The kind people at We Choose Virtues is offering a free set of the Parenting Cards to one of you! I was recently sent the Homeschool Kit to review which was such a blessing because it comes with everything you need to teach through 12 virtues. What’s Included in the homeschool kit? The Kids Virtue Poster 13 Parenting Cards 3 Kids of VirtueVille Mini posters 12 Flash Cards 1 pad/25ct Virtue User Review 1 pack/16ct Personal Virtue Charts The Three Rules Poster The Teacher Handbook (free with kit purchase) Coloring Book (free with kit purchase) We Choose Virtues is a positive way to instill character traits into your family! We received the character trait cards along with the  We Choose Virtues Poster to hang on our wall. There are several different purchasing options so you can get what will benefit your family the most, from the virtue poster and cards all the way up to a classroom set! It’s something … [Read more...]

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