Mid South Home Educators Prom

Winter Jam

Amy, Alex and I went to the Winter Jam 2009 in Southaven, MS. It was a great night of worship through music. To see all of those people there lifting their hands and praising the Lord was phenomenal! We enjoyed the music of Hawk Nelson, Toby Mac, Newsong, Francesca Battistelli and Stephanie Smith. The speaker, Tony Nolan, really was inspirational and made ya think! It was truly amazing!

Enjoy the slideshow and be sure to see if Winter Jam is coming to an area near you! If they are …..GO!

Listen to this & win a Sound Bingo Game!

This week, we took part in the Say What You Mean Convention and were completely blessed!
Wednesday was “Kids Day” and the sessions were all geared to the children. JoJo Tabares did a “Listening Seminar” where she taught the kids the importance of listening and not just hearing. She also played a game with them called the “Name that Sound Game” where her son played a sound and the kids had to say what it was. Amy was listening on the computer so she had to type her answers in. Alex was listening on the phone and could shout his response. They both did very well but Alex guess more than she did and he won the game! The prizes are great!

The convention is over now but you can still listen to the sessions because they were recorded. Simply go to the Say What You Mean Conference on Talk Shoe and click on the topic that interests you.

I know that I use a LOT of “play things” to teach my children. One of my online names is PlayToLearnHome because I truly believe that children learn best through play. I have seen the results! So, I want to have a little contest and give away a “Sound Bingo” game. This is a fun little game that is from Do-Re-Me & You/Discovery Toys. My kids love it!

Here is how you can win:

1) Post a comment to this blog post about “Learning Through Play”.

2) Write a blog post about this contest on your blog and link it to this one.

3) Update your Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, etc status to tell your friends to visit here too! If I am your “friend” on these sites, I will see the update. If not, you can either add me or send me an email with the screen shot.

There ya go! I will draw a name on Friday the 13th.

Good luck!

We won the Little Debbie Prize!

We won one of the 3 Little Debbie prize boxes that Little Debbie was giving away through StretchingABuck.com! Our box arrived today via UPS and the kiddos were super excited!
Thanks Little Debbie and Stretching A Buck!