Welcome to the All New Homeschool Classroom (Plus a Giveaway!)

Okay, it’s not all new.  We’re the same Homeschool Classroom that you’ve come to know over the last year and a half, but we’re in a whole new location with a whole new look.  (Thanks so much to Darcy from Graphically Designing for all of her hard work!  If you are ever in need of designing services, she should be your go-to girl.)

If you are a current Homeschool Classroom reader and you read through either a feed subscription (like Google Reader, Bloglines, or the like), you will need to unsubscribe from our old feed and add this new one.  This site has a whole new feed, and we’ll miss you if you don’t come along on this move.

Likewise, if you have one of our buttons on your blog sidebar, then you’ll want to update it to our new button on our sidebar.  Just copy all of the coding in the box under the 125×125 button.  (Oh, and if you do have one of our buttons on your blog sidebar, let me also say, “Thanks a bunch!  We appreciate it!”)

Our Secret “Alliance”

On our old site, I told everyone to come and read about our secret alliance.  That makes me feel a little bit like I need theme music and to be peeking around a corner before jumping around it.

Without further delay, I want to share with you all how very excited I am to be the co-founder of Homeschool Lifestyle Media along with my dear friend, Brenda from The Tie that Bind Us (who is also a writer here at The Homeschool Classroom, as well as the founder of Curriculum Choice).  Homeschool Lifestyle Media is now the umbrella under which both The Homeschool Classroom and Curriculum Choice now stand.  We are very excited to be working together, and we have a lot of plans for the future.

The Giveaway

I’m also very excited to share a big giveaway with all of you!  I have been gathering items (all purchased myself, none are provided by another entity) for this for a couple of months now, so I hope you’ll be as excited about this giveaway as I am.  Each item in the giveaway represents things that my family or I really enjoy.

The giveaway items:

1. A Completer Set of Math-U-See blocks.  We don’t use Math-U-See, but I love having the blocks to use with the kids to help make math concepts more hands on.

2. Shoot & Sprout, Buzz & Bite Program (Instructor’s) Guide from Winter Promise.  While we have not used this specific program from Winter Promise, we did start using Winter Promise’s social studies program this year and have really enjoyed it.  This prize doesn’t include any books, just the program guide.  This is a science program recommended for 1st through 4th grade.

3. Handwriting Without Tears’ Pre-K  Get Set for School and Get Set for School Teacher’s Guide.  The Handwriting Without Tears program is what my boys’ occupational therapist recommended, and we have been enjoying it.  Okay, so we’ve been enjoying it as much a boys enjoy handwriting.

4. The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl.  I loved this book so much that I gave it out as a Christmas gift quite a few times this past year.  Yum-o!  This cookbook is not only visually appealing, but my Mom sat down and read it like a novel.

5. Gardening Mama for the Nintendo DS.  We are all gamers of one level or another at our house.  My kids all love this Gardening Mama game!  (And, apparently Santa forgot that the kids already owned it and brought another copy that has remained sealed.)

6. Crafter’s Devotional: 365 Days of Tips, Tricks, and Techniques for Unlocking Your Creative Spirit (hardcover book).  I’m a crafter, and I love the wide variety of ideas in this book!

7. A Half Dozen Set of Felt Cookies made by me!  The cookies in the link were for my daughter for Christmas, but I’ll make an all new set for you.

8. The Complete Guide to Getting and Staying Organized: *Manage Your Time *Eliminate Clutter and Experience Order *Keep Your Family First.  I don’t know if you’re like me, but I love getting organized (or at least trying to get organized).  This book is by Karen Ehman, a homeschooler who I have been thrilled to be able to see speak in person at Hearts at Home a couple of different times.

9. A set of four train stamps (set B1132 – CC Train Set) from Close to My Heart – These are the kind that need an acrylic block to stick to.  They are super cute and would be great for cards or scrapbooking (which is another thing I love).

10. A $10 Amazon.com Gift Certificate – Who doesn’t love shopping on Amazon, right?  I know I do!

How To Enter Giveaway

This giveaway is open to all of our readers (first time readers or long time readers), as well as the entire writing staff of both Curriculum Choice and The Homeschool Classroom (except both Brenda and myself).

There are multiple ways to enter, and each needs to be placed in its own unique comment.  Each time you enter, be sure to write down which prize numbers you are interested in.  I don’t want to send a Pre-K handwriting book with someone who only has high schoolers, for instance.  Please let us know which prizes you want in your comment.

To Enter:

1. Leave a Comment – This is the freebie.  No work necessary, just a comment.  If you want to leave a comment with something that you would like us to post about, that would be great too.  But, you don’t have to.  I love it when you tell me something interesting though.  It’s just more fun to read.

2.Subscribe to The Homeschool Classroom – Subscribe via RSS Feed or Email Feed.  You can do this in both the navigation bar and the orange star in the row of stars on the sidebar.  Honor system here, you don’t have to prove it.  Keep in mind, if you are a previous subscriber to the old site, you need to resubscribe to the new feed.

3. Post About This Giveaway on Your Blog or on Twitter — Come back and leave us a comment with a link to your post (or at least your username on Twitter).

4. Follow Us on Twitter – We’re @HSClassroom.  Just come back and leave a separate comment to let us know you are following us.

The giveaway will end at 11:59 pm EST on Saturday, January 9, 2010.  Good luck!

Angie is the founder of The Homeschool Classroom, Catholic Mothers Online, and co-founder of Homeschool Lifestyle Media.  She can also be found writing at her personal blog, Many Little Blessings.

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