Featuring Brainy Baby ~ #4 CLOSED

This is our final Brainy Baby giveaway, and this one will have way more than one winner!!! They are giving away 1 copy of Shapes and Colors, 1 copy of Talking Hands, and 10 copies of Animals!!!! That's right, 12 winners all together!!!

Brainy Baby sent us 2 of these DVDs to preview and my kiddos were really excited! We already owned the Animals one and have had it for awhile. It is a staple DVD in our car DVD player. We don't use it much locally but for the rare occasion, it is nice to have an educational DVD that both boys enjoy.

You can see Krash and Ladybug watching intently here...
They were watching the Shapes and Colors DVD, which we all really enjoyed. Of the 3 they sent us, this was the favorite, of both Mommy and kiddos. We do use educational DVDs for our schooling, and yes my kids do watch TV. I do like to take what they are watching and try to extend it somehow. That's where a lot of my Tot Books come from, developing a learning tool featuring characters they already love!

This day I had Krash review his shapes, using our home made learning wheel, after the DVD was over...


Pac Man and Krash like the Talking Hands DVD too, and I must say that Pac Man likes it the most! He is 7 and loves watching it to brush up on his signing skills before we start signing with Ladybug. Pac Man was a baby-signer, so was Krash. Pac is excited to start signing with Ladybug soon! There's also an alphabet section that he really loves, going through each letter slowly.

Brainy Baby is giving 12 of you a DVD!!! To enter to win, please list the DVDs 1, 2, 3 in the order your would prefer if you are chosen as the winner. Nobody is guaranteed their selections, but I would love to know which you prefer!

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

1. If you Subscribe/Follow 1+1+1=1, give yourself an extra entry!
2. If you follow me on Twitter, give yourself an extra entry!
3. If you have my 1+1+1=1 button on your sidebar, give yourself an extra entry! Please leave a link to your blog in your comment so I can visit you!
   
4. If you will post about your new DVD and Brainy Baby on your blog if you are the winner, give yourself an extra entry!!! (an honor thing)

This Giveaway is open for the 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 October 4, 2009. 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.

See general 1000 Subscribers Celebration Guidelines Here!

Featuring Brainy Baby ~ #3 CLOSED

It's another great Brainy Baby giveaway!!! I told you they were spoiling us!!! Here's 2 more wonderful items they sent to us for review and will be giving away to one of YOU!!!

Alphabet flashcards...
and "ABC's, Introducing the Alphabet" DVD...
These two products work perfectly in combination so I decided to bundle them together for 1 winner! The flashcards are a great addition to Tot School, with adorable graphics on one side and bright, bold upper and lowercase letters on the other. They are extremely sturdy and well made.

I added them in with some other ABC items we have to work with during Tot School...


The video is very simple, and repetitive. For a mom, it is rather boring but Krash loved it. Even Ladybug watches it when she's in the room and Pac Man (age 7) still hasn't outgrown these types of movies. The simple repetitive nature allows a young child to really focus on the letter names and sounds. I do not recommend using a DVD like this solely for teaching the ABCs but I think it's fine in moderation. Honestly I would lose my sanity if it weren't for some DVDs like this one...a mom's gotta have a break sometimes...especially a homeschooling mom!!!

Brainy Baby is giving one of you BOTH of the products featured in this post (flashcards and DVD)!!! To enter to win, please visit Brainy Baby and tell me what OTHER video of theirs you think your child would enjoy!

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

1. If you Subscribe/Follow Totally Tots, give yourself an extra entry!
2. If you Subscribe/Follow 1+1+1=1, give yourself an extra entry!
3. If you linked up to Tot School THIS WEEK, give yourself an extra entry! Tell what # your link is in the comment for this entry!
   
4. If you follow me on Twitter, give yourself an extra entry!
   
5. If you will take a photo of your child playing with their new stuff and post about it and Brainy Baby on your blog if you are the winner, give yourself an extra entry!!! (also an honor thing)

This Giveaway is open for the 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 September 20, 2009. 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.

See general 1000 Subscribers Celebration Guidelines Here!

Featuring Brainy Baby ~ #2 CLOSED

It's time for another Brainy Baby Giveaway!

Brainy Baby sent Krash these awesome nesting blocks...

We LOVE nesting blocks!!!! I put them on a tray like this for Krash...

At first he wasn't too interested because I don't think he knew what they were. I took them out and showed him, then he was interested!!!


This is why he loves nesting blocks so much...
and also why we call him "Krash" ;)

Mommy loves them because they have upper AND lowercase letters on them, plus GREAT images !!! I love the primary colors and just everything about them. They are such an open ended toy, my 7 year old plays with them too and eventually Ladybug will also!

Here's another thing we do with them...
We set them up sideways and then I challenge K to find objects that will fit in each different sized "house" he likes this challenge!

Would you like to win these blocks for your tot???

Leave a comment telling how much these blocks are selling for right now on the Brainy Baby site (you'll be amazed again with the great sale!)! Also be sure to notice they have free shipping on orders $49 and over if you're thinking of getting some of these great sales for Christmas gifts!!!

**edited to add: the sale is only going through Labor Day, and our giveaway ends after Labor Day, so if you're wanting to stock up, I'd do it now!!

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

1. If you Subscribe/Follow Totally Tots, give yourself an extra entry!
2. If you send in a NEW photo of your tot for our Cute Tots feature on Totally Tots, give yourself an extra entry (you have to send me the email first, then come back to gain an extra entry)!
   
3. If you follow me on Twitter, give yourself an extra entry!
   
4. If you will take a photo of your child playing with their new blocks and post about it and Brainy Baby on your blog if you are the winner, give yourself an extra entry!!! (also an honor thing)

This Giveaway is open for the 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 September 13, 2009. 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.

See general 1000 Subscribers Celebration Guidelines Here!

Featuring Brainy Baby! CLOSED

I am SO excited to have Brainy Baby as a sponsor of our celebration! Not only are they a sponsor, they are giving away 6 different products (and they sent all 6 to Krash and Ladybug to review for you)!!! You'll have to stay tuned to see what else they are giving away, but for today, here's their first great giveaway...


I immediately loved these simple and colorful animal puzzles and figured Krash would too. I put them on one of his trays and he was instantly attracted to them (which does NOT always happen!!!). He likes puzzles, so that's a plus.


I showed him how to do one of them and then let him work away. He was able to complete them on his own with minimal help from me. He stuck with it and completed them all!


After he finished I showed him how he could flip them over to see the big words on the back. He enjoyed this also!


These are great, simple, 3-piece puzzles, just perfect for Tot School! You can buy your own set here. Or you can try to win these!!!

Brainy Baby is giving away this puzzle set to one of our readers in honor of Krash!

Leave a comment telling how much these puzzles are selling for right now on the Brainy Baby site (you'll be amazed with the great sale!)!

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

1. If you've ever linked up to Tot School (in the weekly MckLinky), give yourself an extra entry (you have to have done it before this post!).
2. If you Subscribe/Follow Totally Tots, give yourself an extra entry!
   
3. If you have a child who likes to do puzzles, give yourself an extra entry (tell how old in the comment)!
4. If you will take a photo of your child playing with their new puzzles and post about it and Brainy Baby on your blog if you are the winner, give yourself an extra entry!!! (also an honor thing)

This Giveaway is open for the 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 September 3, 2009. 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.

See general 1000 Subscribers Celebration Guidelines Here!