Apply to Host a CapriSun House Party!

capri_left Apply now to host a CapriSun House Party! if selected as a host, your FREE party pack will include:

            • For host:

CAPRI SUN products and TerraCycle Tote

            • For you to share with your Guests:

CAPRI SUN coupons

TerraCycle Pencil Cases for kids

Frisbees

Refrigerator Magnets

This sounds awesome – seeing that my son loves CapriSun!

The party would beheld on Sept 18 or 19th

You can also apply for a KRAFT HOMESTYLE Comfort Food House Party!

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VTech’s Ultimate Tips for Encouraging Kids to Read

bokheart Showing kids that reading can be fun is one of the many challenges of parenting – especially during the summer, when school is out and kids want to play. VTech, creator of the V.Reader e-book for kids, asked TheMotherhood.com, an online community of moms, to provide their ultimate tip list for encouraging kids to read.

Moms (especially my great readers!) came through with hundreds of suggestions, and here are the top ten:

Check out tip #6 brought to you by one of my great readers, Jackie!

  • Integrate Reading into Real Life: Show children that reading can be both practical and fun. Try reading recipes and creating goodies together, or read a story and then re-enact a favorite scene for other family members, complete with props and basic sets.
  • Ask Your Pet to Lend an Ear: Encourage your children to read aloud to the family dog or a favorite stuffed animal. Your youngsters will get to practice their reading, and pets make great listeners.
  • Create an Intimate Space: Make reading exciting with indoor “campouts.” Use sheets and chairs to help your kids make tents, pile blankets and pillows inside, and bring snacks and a stack of books. Reading with a flashlight will add novelty to the activity.
  • Reward Reading Comprehension: Set aside one night each week for a “quiz night,” when you can read to your kids and give them rewards, such as money to set aside for more books, for answering comprehension questions correctly.
  • Throw a Book Party: Make reading a social activity. Invite a few of your child’s friends to your house and ask them to bring a favorite book. Provide snacks and games that incorporate reading.
  • Get Involved Locally: Check area libraries, bookstores and even bank branches. They will often host story hours or summer reading programs for kids, offering incentives for reading a certain number of books.
  • Think Outside the Box – or Book: You don’t need to use books alone to encourage kids to read. Ask your child to read things like street signs and menus when you are out and about, or put closed captioning on the TV so he can see as well as hear the words of his favorite shows.
  • Give Them a Choice: Set aside an hour or two of quiet time during the day, and tell your kids they can either read or take a nap during that period. Letting them choose to read will remind them that they can choose reading at other times, too.
  • Write Stories Together: Reading and writing go hand in hand. Write stories with your kids one word at a time – you write one word, they read it and write one word of their own – until you have a story you created together.
  • Play to Their Interests: Let your kids read about subjects they already enjoy. From Pokemon to ponies, if they are fascinated by a topic, they will love reading about it.

At the end of the week one of the contributors to this list will be the winner of the Grand Prize.  The winner will receive a VTech V.Reader and three animated storybook cartridges (worth over $110!) Good luck to Jackie!

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VTech’s electronic learning toys are innovative and offer educational benefits for baby, infant, toddler, preschool and grade school ages. VTech is delighted to introduce the V.Reader, the first kids animated e-book for 3-7 year olds

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Old Navy Deal: $2 Camis (7/28-31)

camis Head on over to your nearest Old Navy store tomorrow (7/28) through Saturday (7/31) with this printable coupon to score up to 5 camis for only $2 each! You can just say “Cami 4 Me” at the register and and rumor has it they should give you the $2 price (but I personally would bring the coupon if you can). This offer is valid in-store only. Thanks, My Frugal Adventures!

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Today’s Fast Freebies – 7/28

 

 

 

 

_________7/28/10

* Grab this Free 2 year subscription to Tennis Magazine from FreeBiz Mags

* Download a Nat Geo Amazon Sampler (10 songs) all for free!

* All You magazine is sharing a freebie a day in July – check out today’s freebie

Think you missed any freebies? Check out my previous freebies posts here.

So what did I miss?

New Release Tuesday: Barney: Furry Friends DVD Giveaway – Closed

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Some of my best friends through out my live have been animals. I definitely hope it is the same for my children! I have always stressed how important our “furry friends” our to my family and I love that Barney has created a DVD to celebrate them as well. I simply love the cover of this DVD. I passed this DVD on to my niece because I knew she could not resist it. She loves it and I am sure you little ones will too!

It’s a whole litter of fun with preschool favorite Barney & Friends in this all-new collection of “tails” about how special our furry friends can be with Barney: Furry Friends on DVD July 27, 2010 from Lionsgate and HIT Entertainment.

DVD SYNOPSIS

Join Barney, Baby Bop, BJ and all their playground friends for some tail wagging adventures as they learn about dogs and cats.  From helpful guide dogs to feline family members, you’re sure to have warm-hearted fun in this very special doggie treat.  Find a lost cat, dress up and learn about tigers, meet neighborhood dogs Bingo and Pilgrim, join in for a rousing round of B-I-N-G-O and be a judge at a fun-spirited dog show!

On to the Giveaway!

I have a copy of Barney: Furry Friends on DVD to giveaway to one of my lovely readers.entertowin

Enter Here

Just enter your info in the form by Aug 6th at 8 PM PST. I will choose the winner by random number generator then. I will email the winner and the winner will have 48 hours to get back to me or I will choose a new winner.

Open to U.S. residents only. No P.O Boxes and One entry daily per household.

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Comments on this post saying: “Enter me” or “I would love to win” or anything of that manor will not be counted. You must enter through the method outlined above.

Thanks for reading,

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Deal”icious Mom’s Giveaway Disclosure: This is a sponsored post and I was provided the DVD to review and  giveaway. The opinions in this post are entirely my own. This post has not been reviewed or edited by anyone. I was not compensated in anyway other way for this review. The sponsor of this giveaway is responsible for prize fulfillment and shipping the winner(s) their prize.