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:
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!
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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Sara Smith: We read lots of Dr. Seuss books, one of their favorites is Yertle the Turtle.
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 Smith
chelsy bowcut, I like the letter ideas,my son is in kindergarten and having a hard time with his letters,I hope this helps
Heather Brownson
Ang Archibald: The Foot Book
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
Sunny Myres: Sometime I curl up in a ball.
Sunny Myres
Suzanne Brenchley: Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day
Karen GRANT - Loved reading Guess How Much I Love You to my son when he was little.
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 :-)
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Lyndsey DeVere the boxcar children
Mindy Gifford: I liked the Smmart Math, Pudding math.
Lyndsey DeVere
Megan Fallis
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Tammy Anderson
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!
Excellent resource on the SMMART Halloween Math segment on "Good Things Utah".
Tawna Walter: In grandma's arms by kate katz is one of my grandsons and i book to read.
chelsy bowcut, I love if you give a mouse a cookie books
Melina Moore
Melina Moore-I like the sun and moon activity. So simple, but helps explain something!
Melina Moore-my kids love any Dr. Seuss, but Mr. Brown Can Moo is a great one with my 1-year-old
Laura Scholl scholl_laura@hotmail.com
Anandita Jindal
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Megan Fallis
Corinna Mathis. My little preschooler loves the "I Spy" books. It helps with vocabulary, colors and shapes.
Megan Fallis: The Giving Tree
Becky Packer: I love the Dr. Seuss books
Megan Fallis: The Pumpkin count down to Halloween!!
Anandita Jindal:I definitely will try the Halloween math tips and try it out for Christmas as well. FUN!
love wild thing as a child, its great to be able to share this with my daughter
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!!!
Laura Scholl scholl_laura@hotmail.com I love the idea of letting the kids write in sugar to practice letters.
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Laura Miller
I already have my books, Where the Wild Things Are, to give to my childrens' families.
Julie Powelson
Pumpkins! My kids have been asking for Halloween forever also~ Julie Powelson
Beverly Brothers
Amanda Bradshaw - I read Goodnight Moon to my son almost every night.
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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."
Laura Miller
I have always loved the idea of writing in sand, sugar, dirt etc. Kids
love it.
Jennifer winn
Julie Powelson~ we love the book Pinkalicious!
Jennifer Winn
My boys love "The Monster at the End of the Book"
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 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 Carpenter: one of my favorite children's books is "Grandma in the telephone"
liz jensen
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.
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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.
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 Hayes: We love reading Dr. Seuss's Fox in Socks book for bed. Thanks.
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.
Angela Priest - We love anything by Virginia Lee Burton
Kellie Jorgensen: I would like to try the Smmart Art bread Bugs
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Kellie Jorgensen: The Education of Little Tree.
Teri Doerr
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: I love the book Pinkalicious and anything by Road Dahl
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Teri Doerr
Lauren Packard: i love their trick-or-treating tidbits
Lauren Packard: I absolutely love dr seuss
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Rhonda Miller: I like the Halloween Math ideas.
Rhonda Miller: One of my favorite children's books is Corduroy. I love that little bear.
Lisa Kros: I love the book "Goodnight Moon"
Lisa Kros: Letter Starts for my 3 year old.
Miranda Metekingi
Cross my fingers!!!
Suzy Carlson
Valerie Terry
I like the swing idea because my little one loves to swing
Valerie Terry
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Miranda Metekingi - I like the bread bug idea
Miranda Metekingi - I loved a book in New Zealand called Hairy McClary. A rhyming book about a dog and his friends
Michelle Nowels- Love love love goodnight moon
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Belynda Jones: I liked the name song
Belynda Jones: One of our favorite books is "I'll Love You Forever"
Erica Bybee: I love the Smmart math ideas!
Erica Bybee: The little engine that could!
Teri Doerr
Adelaide Willoughby
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Adelaide Willoughby: I loved Chicka Chicka ABC's
kathy gregory: I love the book Fanny's Dream. It is one of my most favorite children's books.
kathy gregory: I like the spice letters idea. :)
Misty KAy
Amy Timothy
Rachel Chamberlain: I love the idea of coloring with white crayons, then watercoloring to make it show up.
Rachel Chamberlain: facebook status
Rachel Chamberlian: I love all the Where's Waldo and Dr. Seusse books!
rochelle Evans: I like the idea of practicing beginning sounds with my preschooler wherever we are.
Amy Timothy: SMMART MUSIC II: JUMP ROPE RHYTHM
Britney Young: I like the spice letters idea.
Amy Timothy: My favorite books when I was little were The Little House on the Prairie series and The Boxcar Children. Still love them!
Britney Young: I love the children book I love you this much!!
Gina Arkell
Ben Arkell
Caleen Boyter: I like the pumpkin countdown craft
Caleen Boyter: one of my favorite child's books is "Are You My Mother?"
Gina Arkell: My kids love me to read "Naughty Monkeys" to them
Gina Arkell: SMMMart Math: popsicle fractions was a good idea
Linsey Gines
Trish Andersen my son's favorite books were Parts and More parts....kinda funny, boy humor.
Megan Rinke: You are Special
Chatti Stavast
Chatti Stavast: The little mouse, the red ripe strawberry and the big hungry bear.
Chantelle Nakata
Linsey Gines: I like the Smmart science, sun and moon activity.
Chantelle Nakata: goodnight moon
Chatti Stavast: I think my son would have fun making a rubber egg.
Tracie Maynard
Jill Swensen
Jill Swensen: I like the alliteration/assonance idea
Jill Swensen: My current fav to read to my daughter is Diary of a Fly. I also like Alice the Fairy. So cute!
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Linsey Gines: one of my favorite childrens book is the hungry caterpillar.
Erin Crandall - My little girls just love the "Angelina Ballerina" books, and love reading them to them.
Natalie Mitchell
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 Tran: I loved "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" a lot when I was younger. I couldn't get enough of it.
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?
Kassandra Namba: You are Special, by Max Lucado
Tara Rogers
Tara Rogers : No Baths for Tabitha was by far my favorite book.
Amy Green
Tara Rogers: I liked the sun and moon activity.
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.
Jamee Colquitt
Kimmy Freeman: I am a fan of all of the Nancy Drew books.
Krystal Clough
Heather Demke: Love to try the bread bugs
Heather Demke: Loved the Lion, the witch, and the wardrobe
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!
Natalie O
Natalie O: I want to do the Halloween math, but I'm going to convert it into bday math & use presents instead of pumpkins
Natalie O: Silly Sally
Krystal Clough: One of my favorite books growing up was The Giving Tree. I still love that book as an adult.
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Aimee Cutler
Aimee Cutler
I think that all of her ideas are great, and its hard to just pick one...
Teresa Powell
Teresa Powell: my son loves Dr. Suess, and my daughter loves any book about fairys.
Lisa Johnson; Green Eggs and Ham
Carlie Edwards
Carlie Edwards - I like the "smmart art: Bread bugs". My little boy loves helping me cook and would love to make bugs!
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Amber Lawson
Shauna Rawlings
Christiann Griffin: I like the smart math ideas
Neiko Lefler
Rachel Tate
Cindy Swonson
Alicia Hudson
Cindy Swonson: I like the ice art
activity
Alicia Hudson: Salt Crystal Snowflakes -- my son would love those!
Alicia Hudson: Dr. Seuss's ABC book
Jared Hone
Cindy Swonson My favorite children's book is If You Take A Mouse To School.
Mary Nay
Alex Yrungaray
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 Strang: Goodnight Moon all time favorite childrens book!
Nichole Hind: "The Giving Tree" is such a cute book!
Nichole Hind: I liked Name Song
Carolyn Bahl
Michelle Bahl
Melanie Bahl
shelli holt
shelli holt: I like the SMMART science experiments
shelli holt: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Ellen Johnson
Sarah Bennett
Sarah Bennett: I'll do this--
Carry a spare Halloween bag -- in case yours breaks or you fill your original one.
Sarah Bennett:
I know this is about "Where the Wild Things Are" but we love love love "Hooway for Wodney Wat".
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Brooke Roberts
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Sandi Archibald
Ann Christopherson
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!
Jana HOyal
Jana Hoyal: Frank was a Monster who Wanted to Dance...it is hilarious!
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!
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