Welcome Bloggy Giveaways readers!
You might notice that our blog is a little sparse right now, but that’s because we have just decided to launch a whole month early just to be able to see all of you!
If you are a homeschooler or discerning a call to homeschool, please be sure to come back or subscribe to our feed so that you won’t miss out on our exciting new blog! Heck…even if you’re not homeschooling, and you just want tips on helping your kids with their education, you might find our blog very useful.
We are currently at five regular contributors, and we are still looking for a few more. If you’re interested in writing weekly for The Homeschool Classroom, be sure to drop Angie an email at homeschooling (at) comcast.net. In your email, tell Angie a little about yourself, and be sure to include a link to your blog!
Some upcoming pieces at The Homeschool Classroom include curriculums that some of the writers are using this year, typical daily schedules, homeschooling children with special needs and learning disabilities, reviews of various materials, teaching home managements skills, and so much more! In this next week, there will also be interviews with each of the writers before other features begin.
Okay, so the giveaway part that you all are interested in — we will be giving away a $25 Amazon.com gift certificate *AND* a $10 Starbucks gift card. (Two different winners)
All you have to do to be entered to win is post a comment on this post. Be sure that there is a way to contact you (either through your blog or leave an email address.) AND — you need to tell us in your comment what one of your favorite things was to do in school. Maybe a certain book you read. Maybe a teacher that really inspired you. Perhaps your very favorite subject. Whatever! Just share something that you enjoyed while you were in school! (Please note — comments without that are not eligible to win, even if they are randomly selected.)
Comments will be closed at 11:59 pm CST on August 1st, so be sure to comment in time! Winners will be announced sometime on August 2nd.
Thanks for visiting — we hope to see you back again soon!
Comment Closed – Drawing to be Held on 8/2/08
My favorite thing to do at school was eat lunch. My mama was the worst cook in the world and school lunch was a dream come true.
I loved and still love History. I’m not big on American History but all other kinds are pretty fascinating. lol.
We’re homeschoolers so I look forward to reading more of your blog. ;)
jocoiner[at]gmail[dot]com
I’d like to win this for my wife thanks
my favorite thing to do in school was take spelling tests! i would always get a perfect score…%100! or was it A+? I loved when the teacher would put a sticker on it, the kind that you would scratch and sniff! :P
Nice giveaway. I liked science and history.
I loved reading and math in any form, even calculas
I loved reading and literature class!! I still read like nobody’s business!! Awesome giveaway and could always use more books for a fellow homeschooler!!
Band, choir and music were my favorite things in school.
Love Amazon.com.
Hmmm… I remember in Middle School, the “enrichment” classroom had a computer, and I had a friend who would teach me how to program it. That was fun.
Amazon.com comes in handy for home schooling. God bless you for having this giveaway.
I loved learning about spelling and grammar. I’m always correcting people…a bad habit.
Good luck with your blog!
rquinn AT si DOT rr DOT com
My favorite thing to do in school?! Wow! How can I pick just one thing?! (A bazillion memories are flooding my head!)
Okay, seriously, though… my fondest memories of school are when I went to DoD (Dept. of Defense) schools in Germany. One of the principals could “take off his thumb.” As an 8-year-old, I thought this was the coolest thing! Also, my third grade teacher was allowed to bring her black cocker spaniel, Shadow, with her to school. Shadow helped me feel physically better on at least one occasion when I felt nauseated. He/She (can’t remember which… sorry, Shadow!) licked me and made me feel better!
Thanks for this fun giveaway! Wish I had the ‘hutzpah’ to “apply” for the position here in the homeschool classroom. :)
roseinthemorning[at]comcast[dot]net
Congrats on your blog! My favorite thing in school was reading –and it still is a favorite!
I think this site will be awesome. My baby is young but I already know I’m interested in homeschooling!
I loved having enough guts to be able to sing a solo in the 6th grade.
heroesgirl314@gmail.com
My favorite subject in school was art. I even won a few art contests.
I’m still an artist now.
Some things are part of who we are and never change.
I loved when I finished my work early and got to do “extra” work. Worksheets, SAR cards, etc.
Thanks.
Stacy
ruesaintgermain at yahoo dot com
My favorite teacher was my 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. Bray. Good luck with the new site.
thanks!
rlgrady [at] yahoo dot com
Good luck with your site. I liked math.
Holy-moley, roly-poly! This is amazing! My favorite thing was “library visits” in grade school. We’d spend an entire hour in the library checking out the books! irrelevantheart (AT) gmail (DOT) com! Thank you!
My favorite thing about school was also the library. The computer lab was a close second.
Thank you for the giveaway!
I loved to read – anything – and still do. I remember when we would do the reading assessments. Everyone else hated them but I loved them.
fourkidsrgreat(at)gmail(dot)com
I loved geography in school. I now know when they are talking about a certain country or region I know where that is!
I loved going to the library…and still do. ~lol~
My favorite subject was always English/Language Arts. I loved my first grade teacher Ms. Martin because she recognized potential in me and had me put into the AG program earlier than usual, but it truly helped me. I also loved my 11th grade English teacher Mrs. Badgett, and she is the reason that I am a high school English teacher today!
Gee…there was a lot of things I liked about school. My favorite class out of all of them was chorus. I had a really great teacher that taught his students to love music and singing.
I used to love participating in Scrabble tournaments in school — I would look forward to the annual competitions, and I even won a few of them along the way. Thanks for the giveaway!
gkaufmanss@yahoo.com
I loved reading and startedd early. I still love to read today. Count me in to win
I’d love to win!
hblaser at gmail dot com
My third grade teacher read us the Laura Ingles Wilder series–I just loved it.
farrell@crosslake.net
Math was always my favorite though I think the extra curricular was always the best!
My favorite thing about school was band practice (even though I hated to practice the clarinet at home!)
stephsweeps(at)kittymail(dot)com
Making new friends every year was what I enjoyed. I grew up in a Air Force base town, so we had a new crop of kids every year.
I remember hanging out in the high school darkroom in yearbook class, developing lots of lousy pictures, and a few good ones..
I loved working with prime numbers and base numbers.
My favorite thing in school was being a teachers aid. I loved being able to help out!!! Thanks for the giveaway.
I loved reading and drawing, still do!
Thanks :)
I hated reading until I read ANne of Avonlea…turned me on to writing as well :)
shoreview3(at)hotmail(dot)com
Would be nice to see my grandkids homeschooled. Schools these days are not all educating.
Thank You,
Dina
dlsmilad@yahoo.com
letters and numbers :)
Art, Art, Art…Art anything in school was great!! And I’ve never lost my Love for it either!!
:D :D :D
im.in.luv.with.rey[at]gmail.com
My school librarian inspired me – and now I’m a librarian myself!
I had a reading teacher, Mrs. Willard, who inspired me to read, read, read!
I would take either prize. Coffee for me or gifts for the family!
I heart giftcards.ty 4 the great contest!
i loved playing kickball at recess :)
I loved reading. The books the teacher read made me want to read more book by my self. Now i read every day. It is one of my loves.
hooray for giveaways!!!
I remember the days when I was in school like it was yesterday! I was never very good in math and science, so English was the subject I excelled in. I loved to write short stories and study art literature! When we would get an assignment in English to write a paper, whether it be a book review or our own short stories I always got A’s! I think having that passion at an early age (I am talking about 9th grade and up) gave me the confidence I needed in High School to want to go on to college. I avoided Math and Science like the plague and because of my more creative strengths gave me the motivation I needed to move forward to continuing my education! Of course when I was in grade school it all seemed easy and I enjoy all my subjects! Thank you for letting us all use this vehicle to share our stories!
My favorite thing in school was home economics and art. Thanks for the great giveaway!
One of my favorite things to do in school was to have spelling bees. I just loved spelling. I also liked when teachers would put a bunch of letters on the board and we had to make as many words as possible out of them.
doot65{at}comcast[dot]net
Elizabeth
I really enjoyed reading, whenever we were required to read a book, I usually read the whole thing in the first few days
I loved Library Day! I would check out all the books I could, especially by Carolyn Haywood.
I’d say my favorite thing was seeing all my friends in the restroom or halls and trying to get in as much talk as we could before scurry off to the next class
I liked art.
My favorite thing to do in school was have biology class. I loved to learn about all types of animals.
annemarie562000(at)yahoo(dot)com
We had SRAs that I loved.
I loved art class. TY for the great giveaway! =)
My favorite subject in school was Art class and English.
I loved history and reading, and went through a phase where I read everything I could get my hands on about the Civil War – fiction, diaries, anything! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Lindsey
ladyufshalott at yahoo dot com
I loved reading and math. vidomich(at)yahoo(dot)com
Thanks for the chance. I would love to win :)
I liked English.
ginnyswe at gmail . com
Future Teachers Association. garrettsambo@aol.com
I loved school and when I learned to read it launched me on a journey to read my way through life. However,my favorite class in elementary school was music, but to this day I cannot carry a tune in a bucket and I don’t play an instrument – but I still love music and sing loudly off key when no one is around. Thank you for the opportunity to win!
My fondest memory in school was when I discovered crayons in the first grade and tempera paint in the second and boys in the third.
i really liked math! i was really good at it!
i loved arts and crafts, that was so much fun!
I use to like read at your own pace in 5th grade. Also math at your own pace. It inspired me to get much further than 5th grade material.
My favorite book Narnia-The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.