Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Giveaway #2 for October 13th:(CLAIMED)

SMMART Ideas is Giving Away a "Wild Things" Gift Package

ATTENTION Moms, Grandmas, and Teachers!! Today we would like to introduce you to the website SMMART Ideas. The S.M.M.A.R.T. acronym stands for Science, Math, Music, Art, Reading and Time-out for Tidbits.

The creator and moderator of SMMART Ideas, Lisa, posts a learning activity for kids each week in one of these subjects. Lisa’s background in molecular biology and chemistry drove her to compile simple science and math activities to introduce her children to these “hard” subjects through play. Teaching opportunities can be found every day in simple ways!

SMMART activities don’t require a lot of preparation and generally use items found around the home. Simple prep + Items on hand = Activities that will actually be shared together.

Today SMMART Ideas is giving away a “Wild Things” Gift Pack to one winner. This gift pack includes:



Megaplex Theatres would like to give away two tickets to their "Where the Wild Things Are" pajama party that will be on Saturday morning, Oct. 17th at 9:00am (value of $18/per ticket) in Sandy, Utah. Guests are invited to arrive in their pajamas, they'll read the book and watch the movie in 2D IMAX and then there will be breakfast, prizes, and giveaways during the party! So much fun! If the winner can't make the party, then Megaplex Theatres will keep two tickets for the movie at will call.


Thanksgiving Point has donated a family-four-pack of tickets to their Museum of Ancient Life where you can check out some ancient “wild things” that used to roam the earth.




Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are is being donated by a darling children’s bookstore in Tooele, Utah, called The Purple Cow Bookstore.

You can enter to win this fabulous "Wild Things" gift package from SMMART Ideas up to FOUR times today. The movie and museum are located in Utah. Therefore, this giveaway is open to those who live, travel, or have someone in Utah to whom they can give the package.

For one entry, leave your first and last name in a comment.
Example: Jane Doe

For a second entry, please visit SMMART Ideas website here. Look at all of their fun ideas and then return to Give Away Today and in a NEW comment tell us your first and last name and an idea you would like to try.
Example: Jane Doe: I liked the post "Smmart Reading: Letter Starts". This is something simple I can do with my preschooler who is learning her sounds.

For a third entry, change your status on Facebook to let your friends know you are entering to win a killer "Where the Wild Things Are" package from www.giveawaytoday.blogspot.com. Once you have done this, in a NEW comment tell us your first and last name and "Status".
Example: Jane Doe: Status

For a fourth entry, in a NEW comment tell us your first and last name and one of your favorite children's book.
Example: Jane Doe: I actually love reading "Where the Wild Things Are" to my twenty-month old. It is his favorite book. We like to roar together when the Wild Rumpus Starts. I wish I could enter to win this giveaway. But alas, that would be cheating if I happened to randomly win.

The winner of the "Wild Things" package from SMMART Ideas will be announced tomorrow Wednesday, October 14th. Please visit us then to see if you are our winner and to discover our new giveaway for the day. Thanks and we'll see you tomorrow!

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Hbrownson said...

Heather Brownson

grantmom6 said...

Karen GRANT: status

Sara said...

Sara Smith: We read lots of Dr. Seuss books, one of their favorites is Yertle the Turtle.

Katie said...

Katie Eberling. My favorite books to read with my kids are the berenstien bear books. It is always a fun little story, but it opens up the door for discussing important behavior concepts in a low key no pressure way.

Laralyn said...

Laralyn Smith

Chelsy said...

chelsy bowcut, I like the letter ideas,my son is in kindergarten and having a hard time with his letters,I hope this helps

Hbrownson said...

Heather Brownson

Dan said...

Ang Archibald: The Foot Book

crazy walter 7 said...

Tawna Walter I like the idea that she talked about on good things utah about weighing the pumpkin then kids guessing how many of that pumpkin they need to be their weight

Larry said...

Sunny Myres: Sometime I curl up in a ball.

Larry said...

Sunny Myres

Suzanne said...

Suzanne Brenchley: Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day

grantmom6 said...

Karen GRANT - Loved reading Guess How Much I Love You to my son when he was little.

April Bird said...

April Bird: We love books & reading, however Wild Things is also one of our family favorites. My parents thought I was smart enough to read it at age three, but they'd just rad it enough thst I had it memorized. I now read it to my 4 kids :-)

crazy walter 7 said...

Tawna Walter: Status

Lyndsey said...

Lyndsey DeVere the boxcar children

Mindy Gifford said...

Mindy Gifford: I liked the Smmart Math, Pudding math.

Lyndsey said...

Lyndsey DeVere

Megan said...

Megan Fallis

Megan said...

Megan Fallis - Subscribe

Mindy Gifford said...

Mindy Gifford: status

Mom said...

Tammy Anderson

Mindy Gifford said...

Mindy Gifford: My 3 year old sons favorite book to have read to him is "How I Became a Pirate." He almost has the entire story memorized, and I love reading it to him just to see how excited he is to hear it again!

Mom said...

Excellent resource on the SMMART Halloween Math segment on "Good Things Utah".

crazy walter 7 said...

Tawna Walter: In grandma's arms by kate katz is one of my grandsons and i book to read.

Chelsy said...

chelsy bowcut, I love if you give a mouse a cookie books

Anonymous said...

Melina Moore

Anonymous said...

Melina Moore-I like the sun and moon activity. So simple, but helps explain something!

Anonymous said...

Melina Moore-my kids love any Dr. Seuss, but Mr. Brown Can Moo is a great one with my 1-year-old

Anonymous said...

Laura Scholl scholl_laura@hotmail.com

Unknown said...

Anandita Jindal

Mathis Family said...

Corinna Mathis

Megan said...

Megan Fallis

Mathis Family said...

Corinna Mathis. My little preschooler loves the "I Spy" books. It helps with vocabulary, colors and shapes.

Megan said...

Megan Fallis: The Giving Tree

becky said...

Becky Packer: I love the Dr. Seuss books

Megan said...

Megan Fallis: The Pumpkin count down to Halloween!!

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Unknown said...

Anandita Jindal:I definitely will try the Halloween math tips and try it out for Christmas as well. FUN!

DIscoJae said...

love wild thing as a child, its great to be able to share this with my daughter

Heather's Family Childcare said...

Heather Brownson: I wish I would've known about this site before now for my daycare! I love the popsicle fraction idea, they are our kids favorite treat. I also love the pumpkin weight, radius, and circumference ideas shown today on GTU!! So smart!!!

Anonymous said...

Laura Scholl scholl_laura@hotmail.com I love the idea of letting the kids write in sugar to practice letters.

Unknown said...

Anandita Jindal:Status

EMPTY NESTERS said...

Laura Miller
I already have my books, Where the Wild Things Are, to give to my childrens' families.

Spencer and Julie said...

Julie Powelson

Spencer and Julie said...

Pumpkins! My kids have been asking for Halloween forever also~ Julie Powelson

Anonymous said...

Beverly Brothers

Amanda said...

Amanda Bradshaw - I read Goodnight Moon to my son almost every night.

Heather's Family Childcare said...

Heather Brownson, status

Unknown said...

Anandita Jindal: For my 8-year old, she loves to read "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" and my 16-month old just loves "Little People."

EMPTY NESTERS said...

Laura Miller
I have always loved the idea of writing in sand, sugar, dirt etc. Kids
love it.

WinnFamily said...

Jennifer winn

Spencer and Julie said...

Julie Powelson~ we love the book Pinkalicious!

WinnFamily said...

Jennifer Winn
My boys love "The Monster at the End of the Book"

Anonymous said...

Tami Madsen: I love children's books. They are my favorite. I can't choose just one, but here are a few I love to read to my kids...
Each Peach Pear Plum
Danny and the Dinosaur
Horns to Toes and inbetween

and many many more

Telisha said...

Telisha Hayes: I really like the SMMART ART: ICE ART idea. My kids would think it was great fun to freeze stuff in ice. They've always been very fascinated with ice. Thanks.

Sarah said...

Sarah Carpenter: one of my favorite children's books is "Grandma in the telephone"

Lizzylou said...

liz jensen

Tiffany said...

Tiffany Ellis: one of our favorite books right now is The Kissing Hand. My 5 year old is still having a hard time with being gone all day.

Telisha said...

Telisha Hayes: Status

Heather's Family Childcare said...

Heather Brownson. From my 15 yr old daughter to my 4 yr old son(and all my little daycare kids in between)they have all loved the book "The Hairy Toe". Such a fun book for them to play imaginary games after, like what they'd do if they found one, how something would lose one, it's a great book for using your voice to build up suspense and immitate in their cute ways scary sounds like Creak and howl, moaned and groaned. They love to tell what makes this scary and then draw their own scary stories after.

Anonymous said...

Tami Madsen : I loved the cute halloween math stuff. And I am totally going to start doing the letter starts with my daughter and son. love those Ideas!! I added her blog to my "check everyday" blogs. thanks!!

Telisha said...

Telisha Hayes: We love reading Dr. Seuss's Fox in Socks book for bed. Thanks.

Tiffany said...

Tiffany Ellis: We do something like letter starts all of the time. The boys love it. It is a good activity to do in the car, at the dr office, or the store.

Ang said...

Angela Priest - We love anything by Virginia Lee Burton

The Lucksters said...

Kellie Jorgensen: I would like to try the Smmart Art bread Bugs

The Lucksters said...

Kellie Jorgensen: Status

The Lucksters said...

Kellie Jorgensen: The Education of Little Tree.

Teri Doerr said...

Teri Doerr

Jamie Younker said...

Jamie Younker: I am going to try the letter starts, and I'm looking forward to hearing more about the Halloween Math ideas! I'm a third grade teacher and am always looking for fun math games.

Jamie Younker said...

Jamie Younker: I love the book Pinkalicious and anything by Road Dahl

Jamie Younker said...

Jamie Younker: Facebook Satus

Teri Doerr said...

Teri Doerr

Jake and Lauren said...

Lauren Packard: i love their trick-or-treating tidbits

Jake and Lauren said...

Lauren Packard: I absolutely love dr seuss

Jake and Lauren said...

Lauren Packard: status

Rhonda Miller said...

Rhonda Miller: Status

Rhonda Miller said...

Rhonda Miller: I like the Halloween Math ideas.

Rhonda Miller said...

Rhonda Miller: One of my favorite children's books is Corduroy. I love that little bear.

Lisa said...

Lisa Kros: I love the book "Goodnight Moon"

Lisa said...

Lisa Kros: Letter Starts for my 3 year old.

Anonymous said...

Miranda Metekingi

Middlemiss said...

Cross my fingers!!!

By Suzy Carlson said...

Suzy Carlson

Terry Family said...

Valerie Terry
I like the swing idea because my little one loves to swing

Terry Family said...

Valerie Terry
The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Anonymous said...

Miranda Metekingi - I like the bread bug idea

Anonymous said...

Miranda Metekingi - I loved a book in New Zealand called Hairy McClary. A rhyming book about a dog and his friends

The Nowels said...

Michelle Nowels- Love love love goodnight moon

The Nowels said...

Nowels - Status

The Jones Family said...

Belynda Jones: I liked the name song

The Jones Family said...

Belynda Jones: One of our favorite books is "I'll Love You Forever"

Blake and Erica said...

Erica Bybee: I love the Smmart math ideas!

Blake and Erica said...

Erica Bybee: The little engine that could!

Anonymous said...

Teri Doerr

Anonymous said...

Adelaide Willoughby

Anonymous said...

Adelaide Willoughby: status

Anonymous said...

Adelaide Willoughby: I loved Chicka Chicka ABC's

kathy said...

kathy gregory: I love the book Fanny's Dream. It is one of my most favorite children's books.

kathy said...

kathy gregory: I like the spice letters idea. :)

Anonymous said...

Misty KAy

Amy said...

Amy Timothy

Rachel said...

Rachel Chamberlain: I love the idea of coloring with white crayons, then watercoloring to make it show up.

Rachel said...

Rachel Chamberlain: facebook status

Rachel said...

Rachel Chamberlian: I love all the Where's Waldo and Dr. Seusse books!

Rochelle said...

rochelle Evans: I like the idea of practicing beginning sounds with my preschooler wherever we are.

Amy said...

Amy Timothy: SMMART MUSIC II: JUMP ROPE RHYTHM

Blain & Britney Young said...

Britney Young: I like the spice letters idea.

Amy said...

Amy Timothy: My favorite books when I was little were The Little House on the Prairie series and The Boxcar Children. Still love them!

Blain & Britney Young said...

Britney Young: I love the children book I love you this much!!

Anonymous said...

Gina Arkell

Anonymous said...

Ben Arkell

Unknown said...

Caleen Boyter: I like the pumpkin countdown craft

Unknown said...

Caleen Boyter: one of my favorite child's books is "Are You My Mother?"

Anonymous said...

Gina Arkell: My kids love me to read "Naughty Monkeys" to them

Anonymous said...

Gina Arkell: SMMMart Math: popsicle fractions was a good idea

Anonymous said...

Linsey Gines

Trish said...

Trish Andersen my son's favorite books were Parts and More parts....kinda funny, boy humor.

Megan said...

Megan Rinke: You are Special

Anonymous said...

Chatti Stavast

Anonymous said...

Chatti Stavast: The little mouse, the red ripe strawberry and the big hungry bear.

Anonymous said...

Chantelle Nakata

Anonymous said...

Linsey Gines: I like the Smmart science, sun and moon activity.

Anonymous said...

Chantelle Nakata: goodnight moon

Anonymous said...

Chatti Stavast: I think my son would have fun making a rubber egg.

Tracie said...

Tracie Maynard

Anonymous said...

Jill Swensen

Anonymous said...

Jill Swensen: I like the alliteration/assonance idea

Anonymous said...

Jill Swensen: My current fav to read to my daughter is Diary of a Fly. I also like Alice the Fairy. So cute!

Anonymous said...

Linsey Gines: Status

Anonymous said...

Linsey Gines: one of my favorite childrens book is the hungry caterpillar.

Erin said...

Erin Crandall - My little girls just love the "Angelina Ballerina" books, and love reading them to them.

Anonymous said...

Natalie Mitchell

Simone Nelson said...

Simone Tran: Letter Starts would go perfectly with the activity book we just purchased our preschooler to help him figure out the letters and their sounds.

Simone Nelson said...

Simone Tran: I loved "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" a lot when I was younger. I couldn't get enough of it.

Kas said...

Kassandra Namba: I like the swing idea... only I'd adapt it for my 19 month old to ask more simple questions like where's my nose?

Kas said...

Kassandra Namba: You are Special, by Max Lucado

TRogers said...

Tara Rogers

TRogers said...

Tara Rogers : No Baths for Tabitha was by far my favorite book.

Anonymous said...

Amy Green

TRogers said...

Tara Rogers: I liked the sun and moon activity.

Anonymous said...

Amy Green: When you're a teacher it's hard to pick just one favorite book. One of my recent favorites is On the Night You Were Born.

colquitt5 said...

Jamee Colquitt

Cory & Kimmy said...

Kimmy Freeman: I am a fan of all of the Nancy Drew books.

Krystal said...

Krystal Clough

Heather said...

Heather Demke: Love to try the bread bugs

Heather said...

Heather Demke: Loved the Lion, the witch, and the wardrobe

Krystal said...

We are just getting in to letter's with my 3 year old so I love her idea on how to remind them of their letters and sounds. The swing idea is awesome and we will for sure try it out at the park. So simple, yet so profound! Thanks!

Nat said...

Natalie O

Nat said...

Natalie O: I want to do the Halloween math, but I'm going to convert it into bday math & use presents instead of pumpkins

Nat said...

Natalie O: Silly Sally

Krystal said...

Krystal Clough: One of my favorite books growing up was The Giving Tree. I still love that book as an adult.

Krystal said...

Krystal Clough: Status

Aimee said...

Aimee Cutler

Aimee said...

Aimee Cutler

I think that all of her ideas are great, and its hard to just pick one...

Teresa said...

Teresa Powell

Teresa said...

Teresa Powell: my son loves Dr. Suess, and my daughter loves any book about fairys.

Lisa said...

Lisa Johnson; Green Eggs and Ham

Carlie said...

Carlie Edwards

Carlie said...

Carlie Edwards - I like the "smmart art: Bread bugs". My little boy loves helping me cook and would love to make bugs!

Carlie said...

Carlie Edwards: status

Amber Lawson said...

Amber Lawson

Anonymous said...

Shauna Rawlings

Christiann said...

Christiann Griffin: I like the smart math ideas

Anonymous said...

Neiko Lefler

Rachel said...

Rachel Tate

Anonymous said...

Cindy Swonson

Anonymous said...

Alicia Hudson

Anonymous said...

Cindy Swonson: I like the ice art
activity

Anonymous said...

Alicia Hudson: Salt Crystal Snowflakes -- my son would love those!

Anonymous said...

Alicia Hudson: Dr. Seuss's ABC book

Jared said...

Jared Hone

Anonymous said...

Cindy Swonson My favorite children's book is If You Take A Mouse To School.

Anonymous said...

Mary Nay

Alex said...

Alex Yrungaray

Rachel said...

Rachel Tate: I loved the idea of making bread bugs--my daughter's favorite food is bread and she would have so much fun making a bug out of bread!

Allison said...

Allison Strang: Goodnight Moon all time favorite childrens book!

Nichole said...

Nichole Hind: "The Giving Tree" is such a cute book!

Nichole said...

Nichole Hind: I liked Name Song

Anonymous said...

Carolyn Bahl

Anonymous said...

Michelle Bahl

Anonymous said...

Melanie Bahl

Shelli said...

shelli holt

Shelli said...

shelli holt: I like the SMMART science experiments

Shelli said...

shelli holt: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Grandma Ellen said...

Ellen Johnson

Sarah said...

Sarah Bennett

Sarah said...

Sarah Bennett: I'll do this--
Carry a spare Halloween bag -- in case yours breaks or you fill your original one.

Sarah said...

Sarah Bennett:
I know this is about "Where the Wild Things Are" but we love love love "Hooway for Wodney Wat".

Sarah said...

Sarah Bennett: status

brookeleigh said...

Brooke Roberts

brookeleigh said...

brooke roberts

Sandi A. said...

Sandi Archibald

Anonymous said...

Ann Christopherson

Sandi A. said...

Sandi Archibald: I really liked your SMMART Math idea of teaching kids about fractions with popsicles. My kids love "otter pops" and teaching with them will keep their attention and make sense of fractions more than the typical "pie" analogy. Thanks!

David and Jana said...

Jana HOyal

David and Jana said...

Jana Hoyal: Frank was a Monster who Wanted to Dance...it is hilarious!

Anonymous said...

Ann Christopherson: I love this website. I've added it to my favs. I'm excited to do these things with my kids. This is conveniant and cheap! Love it.Thanks!

Anonymous said...

Ann Christopherson: Status.

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