Illuminating Literature iPad Giveaway from Writing with Sharon Watson!

Get ready, because I have had the exciting opportunity of reviewing Illuminating Literature and will soon be sharing about that in a blog review (READ MY FULL REVIEW HERE). My daughter and I were so thrilled with this literature program. She has started and will continue throughout the school year, working with the Illuminating Literature When Worlds Collide curriciulum. The program covers 8 classic literature novels, starting with Mark Twain.

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To celebrate the release of Illuminating Literature: When Worlds Collide, we are joining with Writing with Sharon Watson to bring you an incredible giveaway!  One of you may win ALL of the following prizes, a value of nearly $450: 

Apple iPad Mini 16GB, WiFi Only ($329 value)

• 7.9-inch LED-backlit Multi-Touch Display; 1024-by-768 Resolution
• Apple iOS 6; Dual-Core A5 Chip 1GHZ
• 5 MP iSight Camera; 1080p HD Video Recording
• Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n); 16 GB Capacity
• Up to 10 Hours of Battery Life; 0.68 lbs

Illuminating Literature Curriculum Set ($64.47 value)

Literature in a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere . . .

Your teens will appreciate the unstuffy way Sharon Watson teaches literature. They’ll read some great novels, encounter the hero’s journey, learn literary terms and elements, and gain an appreciation for fine literature. More important, eager and reluctant readers will become more discerning as they learn the secret craft of the writer. Prepare your teens for college literature courses and for the rest of their reading life.

• Written for Christian high schools, homeschools, and co-ops.
• Two-semester course earning one credit for language arts or English.
• 70 lessons.
• Student-directed, with clear lessons and reading schedules.

Illuminating Literature 8-Book Bundle ($52.84 value)

This book bundle includes the following books used in Illuminating Literature:

• Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain
• The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
• The Friendly Persuasion by Jessamyn West
• Peter Pan by Sir James Barrie
• Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals
• A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
• The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis

 
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Diana and Friends Experience History Through Music Giveaway $700 Value!

I am so over the top excited to be taking part in a special launch of the upcoming release of Experience History Through Music by Diana Waring. Be on the lookout for a full review the week of June 30. In the meantime, I have a very amazing giveaway to announce.

IT'S A $700 VALUE!

      To celebrate the release of Experience History Through Music, I am joining members of the  Diana Waring Launch Team for an amazing giveaway. Friends of Diana have joined in and as  you can see, someone's homeschool is going to be greatly blessed!

Here's what you could win:

From Diana Waring Presents

Experience History Through Music ­ set of 3 books with  CDs ($50/set) Diana Waring Presents is about to bring back into print the BEST  folk music you have ever heard, combined with the fascinating stories they represent in  American history!

The Experience Music Through History series  includes:

• America­ Heart of a New Nation
• Westward Ho!­ Heart of the Old West
• Musical Memories of Laura Ingalls Wilder

The musicians are amazing, every instrument is real, lots of great vocalists, and more toe­tapping music than you can imagine!

The books tell the stories behind the songs.

Together, they bring American history to life through it's music!!With fascinating history books and toe­tapping folk music CDs, American history has NEVER been this fun!

Encouragement for Homeschool Moms Collection ($25)
Every mom needs that word of encouragement from  someone who has been there, who has grownup children and can speak with assurance about  the journey and Homeschool moms have an extra portion of the journey to  navigate, and often wish for an extra voice that will offer direction but without nagging or  prodding. Diana Waring has that voice.

From A Journey Through Learning

$50 Gift Certificate to spend in the A Journey Through Learning store, applicable toward any digital download purchase.

From Homeschool Legacy

Westward Ho! Part I ($19.95)
Load up your wagon! Discover the extraordinary times of adventurous  frontiersmen and brave pioneers as you travel cross­country along the Erie Canal, Oregon Trail, and even  “remember the Alamo”

Westward Ho! Part II ($19.95)
Continue the exciting saga begun in Westward Ho! Part I as you journey with the  forty­niners, ride the rails of the Transcontinental Railroad, experience life on the prairie, and discover the exciting era of cowboys and cattle drives.

From Knowledge Quest Maps

Map Trek: Atlas and Outline Maps of World  History ($55)

Map Trek is a historical atlas plus outline maps that  allow you to teach geography alongside history. This is a resource that any homeschool parent  can use with brilliant success, even if you don't remember a thing from your history or geography  classes in public school.

From Home School Adventure Co.

Philosophy Adventure™ Digital Download ($39.95)

Philosophy Adventure™ is designed to help students 6th-­12th  grade cultivate and defend a biblical worldview by teaching them  how to write skillfully, think critically, speak articulately as they explore  the history of ideas.

From Heidi St. John (The Busy Mom and Real Life Press)

Firmly Planted Family Devotional Digital Volume 3 ($39)

Firmly Planted Family Series is divided into ten ­week studies and is your key to making sense of the Bible—even if you’re  learning right along with your children. Each lesson provides a core idea, a simple narrative, memory verses and discussion questions for children of all ages. And  the companion student workbook is filled with age­a-ppropriate,  full­color, reproducible activities for children of any age!

From Raising Real Men

Free Registration to Boyhood Boot Camp or Boot Camp 9­12 LIVE webinar  series (winner's choice) plus Mom & Dad Special Raising Real Men (Book for Mom to read in the  bathroom + AudioBook for Dad to listen to on the commute) ($62.­69)

 

Free Registration for Marriage Retreat Online  plus His & Hers Special  of My Beloved and My Friend: How To Be Married To Your Best Friend Without Changing  Spouses (book + audiobook), ($65)
 

From Institute for Excellence in Writing

$50 Gift Certificate
$50 to spend in the IEW store, applicable toward any  purchase.

From The Old Schoolhouse Magazine

 

SchoolhouseTeachers.com ($139) A one year membership to the curriculum arm of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine. Nearly 100 classes for Pre­K to High School,  taught by expert teachers, and lots of extras including the Schoolhouse Planners, Schoolhouse  Expos, monthly free ebook downloads and more.



The Old Schoolhouse Magazine 2014 Print Book ($15)

Be encouraged, enlightened, and educated with the all  new 2014 Annual Print Book published by The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine.You’ll get a year’s  worth of homeschool support in almost 300 pages in this full color one ­of ­a ­kind print magazine  for homeschoolers, by homeschoolers. This is a magazine you’ll refer to again and again.    

From Writing with Sharon Watson

The Power in Your Hands ($53.96)

The  Power in Your Hands: Writing Nonfiction in High School, they’ll learn what they need to  know for high school and will be prepared for college writing.

Writing Fiction [in High School] ($35)
Are you raising  the next C. S. Lewis or Jane Austen? Help your students develop their fiction­writing  talents with Writing Fiction [In High School]: Bringing Your Stories to Life.

To enter the giveaway, use the Rafflecopter below. Residents of the U.S., age 18 and older only.  Other Terms and Conditions can be found in the Rafflecopter.

  Good luck! You could be the BIG WINNER!

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If the Rafflecopter block does not work, Click on the link or the picture below to enter!

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Jesus Christ Resurrection Centered Easter Crafts and Giveaways

I ran across this blog Proverbial Homemaker today, and I'm very excited about what it has to offer.  So, I wanted to share it with you.

Not only does it present crafts that keep Christ as the center for Easter/Resurrection festivities, but it offers some pretty fantastic giveaways that are going on right now.

Check out the Proverbial Homemaker blog for giveaway and Easter crafting details

book cover screen shot from http://ohamanda.com/a-sense-of-the-resurrection-an-easter-experience-for-families/

The first of these fun giveaways to end is for a book from the people who brought us Truth in the Tinsel (Sort of a Christian version of Elf on the Shelf, focusing toward Jesus at Christmastime).

Their new Easter/Resurrection book is called A Sense of the Resurrection, written by Amanda White, which is available for $7.99 download through the Oh Amanda site.



Another fun Easter activity that focuses on Jesus is a glow-in-the-dark Easter Egg Hunt, from Egglo.

Have fun with the crafts while learning about the most important event in Christian history, and good luck!  I hope you win one of the giveaways on the PROVERBIAL HOMEMAKER site.

Baby Gear Giveaway: SnoozeShade Deluxe Car Seat Cover for Summer

You have probably heard about SnoozeShade products for baby.  If not, you're in for a treat.  Keep your own baby cool and protected from the shade this summer with this SnoozeShade breathable sun & sleep shade Deluxe Edition for infant car seats.

Read about the stroller cover, here.  And, read more about the product on the Elephant Ears Education blog, here!

Shop for a variety of products from SnoozeShade by going to www.snoozeshadeusa.com.  

Enter coupon code:  TS10MO for a discount on the product and shipping.

Enter to win this giveaway, and it could be yours!

Like the stroller cover from SnoozeShade, this infant car seat cover is designed to:

•  block 97.5% of the sun's UV rays as it keeps baby in the shade, with UV 40+ protection.
• Provide babies a safe, darkened, place to sleep while on the go!
• Protect baby's skin from the sun, wind, chill and pesky insects.
• Allows for a look-out mode option when baby is awake
• Provides easy access to baby, and a sneak-a-peek without waking your sleeping wonder!

The SnoozeShade Deluxe Edition infant car seat cover creates instant shade to protect baby anywhere you go.  It is lightweight and allows baby to breathe while staying cool inside the car seat.

The contest begins now, and will close on Memorial Day, May 27, 2013, at midnight!

Here's how you enter:

Follow the instructions of the Rafflecopter link below.  PLEASE NOTE:  In order to be contacted upon winning, I will need your name and an email where I can reach you to request mailing instructions for the product.  You can comment either through a comment on this blog, or on one of the Facebook pages included.  Please know that if you comment with only your name and email address on this blog, I will not publish your personal information.  If you prefer, you can also message me on one of the Facebook pages below:

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*PLEASE NOTE:  While the product keeps baby sheltered from the sun's excessive heat and harmful rays, never leave baby unattended in a car with or without a car seat shade!!!

Wikki Stix Giveaway Contest - Repost

I AM REPOSTING THIS BECAUSE A HACKER POSTED VIDEOS AFTER THE LAST POST. IF YOU RECEIVED A VIDEO FROM THIS BLOG SAYING IT WAS POSTED BY MOVIE GENIE - DO NOT CLICK ON THE VIDEO!!!

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We had a lot of fun reviewing this product. And, now we want to offer Wikki Stix to you. I want to share a 24-pk Rainbow Wikki Stix with you. Read through this blog to find out how you can win!

My children and I had the privilege of reviewing a product called Wikki Stix. The good people at Wikki Stix sent me some samples and away we went. The kids have since begged to "play" with the Wikki Stix. What a fun way to learn! They are non-allergenic, clean up easily and easy to work with for little fingers. Not only that, they are very affordable and reusable over and over again. They have endless uses.

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There are numerous other packs to purchase and put to educational use. There are even party paks to use at birthday parties and Curious George workbooks. I especially loved the idea of the adult stress reducer pak. There are alphabet cards, number cards, holiday kits, dinosaur and oceans kits, glow in the dark stix, single color paks, rainbow paks, neon paks and more.

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GIVEAWAY:
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Here's how you can win your own 24-pk of Rainbow Wikki Stix:

Go to Wikki Stix Website! Look around. Then Like Teachable Scotts Tots on Facebook and leave a status update comment to tell me how you would use Wikki Stix in your classroom. A winner will be chosen at random using a number generated through random.org.

Just Two Comments And You Could Win! Yesteryear Organic Soap Gift Basket Giveaway and Blog Party

Have you ever used soap? Of course you have! But, have you ever experienced the difference organic soap brings to your skin with natural ingredients and no chemical additives? If you have, you've probably realized there is a difference.

Like many homeschooling families, we made the decision that I would leave my job and stay home when my son was born. My main job would be to take care of the family and raise Godly children who hopefully, also do well academically. Eleven years later, we see that this has been one of the best decisions we could have ever made. However, it did not come without a price - my pay check used to pay the house mortgage each month.

I hate the in-home party gimmicks. I hate asking friends for help. I really make a pathetic sales person as rejection and begging don't come naturally for me.



However, I have come across a company whom I have agreed to promote. I am not making this my lifelong career. I am not an employee of this company. I have simply agreed to sing their praises and share their amazing products with you. In the process - They have given me a really nice gift basket to offer as a giveaway! It is pictured here!

The company is Yesteryear and they make and sell some nice organic soap in a variety of forms from the single bar to an elaborate gift basket. You can even get a bundle of soap to last the entire year which is specially priced during this one-day online show!

Here's how the giveaway will work - All it takes is 2 comments. Here's how:

1. Follow this blog by either adding your email address to the left of this column where noted or following through the Google follow.

2. Visit my Facebook Fan Page - Click Like It! Then, comment on my wall! Again, only pleasant comments will stick!


3. Comment Below this post - You don't have to say much, any comment will do. But, make sure the word Yesteryear or Soap is in your comment and please be pleasant. Nasty comments will be eliminated!

Also please join me in this one-day only/online-only party! Participation in party is not a requirement to win the giveaway!

On Monday, May 16 at Noon through Tuesday, May 17 at Noon - You can browse Yesteryear products here and take part in a one-day only/online only party! Wait till Noon on Monday to make your purchases, but be sure they're in before Noon on Tuesday! If the site asks for a password, enter: Spring

A winner will be selected using Random.org and notified Wednesday.

Products start at just $3.50 and make for great graduation, wedding, birthday, or just-because gifts! If you have never tried organic soap, this is your chance. There truly is a difference!

If you would like to sell their products and make some extra money or turn it into a home-based business, you can! When you click on the One-Day Party link, scroll down and fill out the information for hosting your own online party.