Friday, May 27, 2011

Play This Way Giveaway CLOSED

Congratulations #96 Heather, you won!

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Play This Way with Dr. Jen has many new things in store, which we will be sharing with you in the months to come. In the meantime, Dr. Jen would like to offer one of my readers a chance to win The Original U-Play Mat for Education!!

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We have had our original U-Play Mat for awhile now, since we did our review last year. Recently, we tried our mat in 2 different ways this time and she AMAZED me!!! Last time she could barely match 4 images, this time she begged me to do it over and over again!!! First I just showed her a card and asked her to find the match, this was obviously easy for her and we did it about 3 times-the whole stack!

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Here she is signing more, which she did each time we finished the set! She also cheered for herself after every match she made!

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Next I just verbally asked her to find something and then showed her the matching card to put in. She loves putting the cards into the slots! We had so much fun and she cried when we had to stop! I was honestly surprised with how much she enjoyed this. When we first reviewed it-she certainly wasn’t as enthused!IMG_0862_thumb1

Dr. Jen is inventing up a storm with new U-Play Mat versions coming out through Sassy Baby for the mass-market 0-2 years toy category, and for the Educational market with real photo cards with Stages Learning. She has a secret stash of the original version, and is giving away a starter kit for one of my readers! Dr. Jen is not selling this right now, but you can visit her website to learn more about exciting things coming soon!

Monday, May 23, 2011

Letter of the Week K4 Expansion & You Can Read Giveaway!

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I am thrilled to share this giveaway with you! As I am sure most of you know, I create printables and so does Erica from Confessions of a Homeschooler. What you may not know is that through blogging we became friends behind the scenes long ago! We have recently decided to partner together to share our Kindergarten-focused programs and host a giveaway of BOTH!

I used Erica’s LOTW Preschool printables all throughout preschool with Krash. We used RRSP as our base and added in tons of LOTW printables to supplement-it worked beautifully for us!image

We are now using Calvert as our base, You Can Read as our main add-on for sight words, and LOTW K4 as a supplement! image

Because I know I will be using these materials again with Krash for review and also with Ladybug in the future, I decided to print my favorites and laminate them. I actually scaled down a few and printed 2 per page and laminated these back to back to save paper/ink/laminating film.IMG_5027

Here’s just a small glimpse of a few of Erica’s K4 printables we have used…

As Krash got towards the end of RRSP, we began using the letter hunt worksheets from LOTW K4…IMG_6426

More recently we have been using the beginning sound sheets. We both love these because they become a big laughing fest for us. First he says the sound {“k”} and then he replaces the beginning sound in each word says them aloud {Kish, Kebra, Kite}. He absolutely loves this and it really helped him!!IMG_4780

We also used the simple sentence mini books… IMG_5212

He did awesome with the middle vowel sound work-I was actually quite surprised!IMG_5218

I love that Erica’s creations can be added into our routine so easily. He recognizes many of the graphics from doing the LOTW week work during preschool. I have many other activities printed to use in the future, I just keep it all together in a pocket folder and pull out a few things to add to his lesson plans each week.


BUY IT…

You can purchase the LOTW K4 program for just $5! It comes to you as one simple download {zipped}. It is very easy to work with and you have everything you need all at once, organized into nice folders!

You can purchase access to my ad free/bonus section of You Can Read for just $5 right now. You get access to units ahead of time, and also have the ability to download your units from a clear ad-free page that you can come back to anytime. I also provide bonus materials that will only be available there.

If you buy either or both programs, or already own-you can still enter to win-we will refund your $$ if you are the winner! Just mention this in your comment!


WIN IT!

One winner will receive the entire LOTW K4 Expansion program and also access to the ad-free/bonus section for You Can Read! Remember, even if you own 1 or both, you can still enter to win a refund!!!

You can also enter to win over at Confessions of a Homeschooler! We are both hosting the same giveaway and will be sure to choose 2 different winners!image

Mandatory Entry:

Just leave comment telling me you’d like to win! {make sure your email is enabled or in each comment}

After you do that, you can gain some extra entries by any of the following, remember to leave an extra comment for each item so they will count as entries...

  1. Follow or Subscribe to 1+1+1=1
  2. Follow or Subscribe to Totally Tots {we both write there!}
  3. Subscribe via email to Confessions of a Homeschooler
  4. Follow @ericahomeschool and @1plus1plus1 on Twitter and tweet about this giveaway. Sample tweet: @1plus1plus1 & @ericahomeschool are co-hosting a giveaway together! Enter here: http://bit.ly/mGmEKi

This Giveaway is open for anyone.

I will select a winner using Random.org, so be sure you leave a separate comment for each entry, I will also be moderating comments to check that your entries are valid-please be honest!

Contest ENDS May 28, 2011. Winner will be announced here, and emailed (your email MUST be in each comment/or enabled in blogger). Winner must reply to my email within 48 hours or another winner will be chosen.

Linking up with Giveaway Day on Hip Homeschool Moms!

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Guidecraft Twisters & Twister Curves Review {giveaway closed}

CLOSED, Congratulations Kathy-#391 You Won!

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Guidecraft has amazing open ended building toys. Recently we were sent a set of Twisters

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and Twister Curves, and all 3 of my kids love them!

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I do believe this might be one of the top 3 Guidecraft toys we own now! I love seeing all 3 of my kiddos play together…IMG_3463

They have played with these almost every day since we opened them, this is just one play time! Krash made a square…which he turned into a picture frame!

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We made tons of circles and made stairs…IMG_3487

We made words…IMG_3489

We even made names, which Ladybug LOVED, she was enthralled with her L…IMG_3494

Her favorite thing is pushing the little pegs into the holes. SUCH great fine motor work!!!IMG_2184

PacMan made a basket…IMG_3506

Krash worked on a tall tower for awhile!!

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PacMan is showing the lizard he made using the guide that is included…IMG_3521

This is one of those toys you open and just stare at and wonder. Then you see your kids dive in and their imaginations run wild and you say to yourself…”I am so glad I got that!!”

WIN IT!

Guidecraft is giving away a set of Twisters and Twister Curves to one winner!

Mandatory Entry…

Visit Guidecraft to look at their awesome products. Come back and leave a comment with one of your favorites!

After you do that, you can gain some extra entries by any of the following, remember to leave an extra comment for each item so they will count as entries...

  1. If you follow via Google Friend Connect 1+1+1=1 {main blog} AND 1+1+1=1 Reviews {where you are now}, give yourself an extra entry!
  2. If you subscribe via RSS or email to 1+1+1=1 , give yourself an extra entry!
  3. If you Follow or Subscribe to Totally Tots, give yourself an extra entry!
  4. If you follow @1plus1plus1 on Twitter and tweet about this giveaway, give yourself an extra entry! Sample tweet: @1plus1plus1 is hosting a giveaway for @guidecraft Twisters & Twister Curves, enter here: http://bit.ly/kbdMj4

This Giveaway is open for USA only.

I will select a winner using Random.org, so be sure you leave a separate comment for each entry, I will also be moderating comments to check that your entries are valid-please be honest!

Contest ENDS May 22, 2011. Winner will be announced here, and emailed (your email MUST be in each comment/or enabled in blogger). Winner must reply to my email within 48 hours or another winner will be chosen.

Want it NOW? If you can’t wait to win, you can head over to purchase the Twisters and Twister Curves from the Guidecraft website OR through Amazon!

As a Guidecraft Mom blogger, this product was given to me for review purposes. I do not have to return the product to the vendor and I was not paid for this post. All opinions expressed in this post are my own.

Linking up with Giveaway Day on Hip Homeschool Moms!