• Build Creativity -- toys and craft supplies that inspire creative play, crafts, or art
  
• Promote Imagination -- toys that involve your children's imaginations
• Inspire Storytelling -- toys that inspire your children to act out stories and create their own stories
• Encourage Problem Solving -- toys that challenge children to solve puzzles
• Develop Innovative Thinking -- toys that allow children to build and experiment
• Teach New Concepts -- toys that teach our children important concepts
  

• You can enter multiple times, but only once per day per type of entry. 
• There are several ways to enter, and you can enter using each one, but only once a day per type.
• If your entry comment doesn't include a product, and your number is drawn, we'll draw a new winner.
• Any entry that does not include an email or blog URL will be deleted.  I must be able to contact the winner, but I will not be adding you to an email list, or anything.  The sole reason for the email/URL is to contact the winner.  I will not sell it, give it away, or use it to annoy you.  You will need to type your URL or email address into your comment, because the form doesn't have a slot for them.  You can use text to enter your email address such as "busyfolk at gmail dot com" in your comment.. 
  

• 1st way to enter -- REQUIRED:  Browse Good For The Kids website and leave a comment here telling me what item you'd buy with your gift certificate, or which Melissa & Doug toy at Good For The Kids is your favorite.  Remember ... if you win and your comment doesn't mention a product by name from the website, we'll draw another winner.  And if you enter this way on different days, please list a different item.  Don't say the exact same thing each time.
  
• 2nd way to enter -- optional: Post about the contest on your blog and then list the URL in your comment here.
  
• 3rd way to enter -- optional:  Include a picture of your children in the midst of educational play in your blog post about the contest
• 4th way to enter -- optional:  If you don't have a blog, you can email a friend about the contest and Carbon Copy Me in the email

• Anyone over 18 years of age, worldwide.
• You do not need to have a blog to enter.
• You do not have to be a homeschoolblogger member, just use the Anonymous function and put your name and email address or URL in your comment.

• The contest will end on April 26, 2009 at 11:59 pm EDT.
• The winners will be drawn using Random.org on April 27, 2009 and announced by April 28, 2009 ... barring an emergency such as surgery, an electrical outage, or a death in the family!  I'll do my best to post a winner as soon as possible after April 28, but you can't sue me if I'm a little late.  
• I will contact the winner and notify them that they have won.

First, this is the "sophisticated" way we selected our winners.  We made a chart with 3 columns, each labeled for K, 2, or 4.  Then we went through the entries in order and wrote them in the appropriate column.  Then we numbered the entries within each column.  We had 8 entries for K level, 6 entries for level 2, and 8 entries for level 4. 

We then went to http://www.random.org/integers/  and we had it randomly draw a number between 1 and 8 for the K level, between 1 and 6 for the level 2, and between 1 and 8 for the level 4.  Then, back to our list, where we found the appropriate number in each column!

After that probably totally unnecessary explanation which was provided in the interest of fairness, and so everyone would know we didn't just choose our favorite people, although you have to take our word for that, of course.     Anyway ... after all of that ... the winners are:

For the Level K program, Tina Cherney!

For the Level 2 program, Jesusismyjoy!

For the Level 4 program, SuperAngel!

Per the contest rules, I'll be notifying the winners by email.  If they don't respond to me with their mailing addresses within a week, I'll draw a new winner for that level by the same "sophisticated" method described above.

Trusting in Him,
April

• a 3 sided fat pencil (not the ones sold by Peterson's because we sharpened and used those),
  
• the Animated Letter Cards cd-rom,
  
• 2 position guides for your desk tops, 
• Get Ready for Writing and Reading:  Lessons Plans for Teachers and Parents of Preschoolers and Kindergarteners,
  
• the ABC's and 123's workbook. (This workbook was used, but we are erasing the pencil marks.  It can still be used for finger tracing, which is an important element of Peterson Directed Handwriting.   You could choose to use it for writing practice as well, or you can just use it to get an idea of the program and order a new one for yourself.)

• a three-sided finger positioning black pencil (normal thickness)
• We Write to Read Teacher Handbook, Grade 2
  
• 2 position guides for your desk tops
  
• We Write To Read Level Two: Getting Ready for Cursive student booklet (not written in, used for finger tracing, and then lessons are written on separate paper)

• a Peterson Directed Handwriting, hand-positioning erasable ink pen
• We Write To Read Teacher Handbook, Grades 4-8: Advanced Cursive Handwriting
• 2 position guides for your desktops
• We Write To Read Level Four:  Learning To Work With Adult Tools (not written in, used for finger tracing, and then lessons are written on separate paper)

• Mrs. Grossman's primary-colored party balloons and confetti scrapbook stickers (several sheets)
• 1 Christmas poinsettia tea towel
• 1 pine tree finger towel
• 1 Colonial at Home Fresh Strawberry Rhubarb tea candle
• 1 de-luxe  brand Aloe Vera and Glycerin Foaming Body Scrub (each a different scent)
• 1 Burt's Bees product (either a tin of hand salve, a tin of lip balm, or a small jar of hand creme)
• 1 Recycled Ideas note card made of handmade paper with seeds embedded which can be planted to grow flowers

• Enter by leaving a comment below, telling me which level you'd like to win.
• Include your email address or your blog URL in your entry comment, or be logged into your HSB account so it links directly to your blog.
  
• Gain a second entry by posting the link to the contest on your blog, then posting the direct link to that blog post in a new comment here.

• You must be at least 18 years of age to enter.
• You must live in the U.S., or Canada.
  
• You do not have to be a blogger to enter, just include your email address in your comment.
• You do not have to have an HSB account to enter, just choose anonymous, but leave your name and email address in your comment.
• This contest ends January 12, 2009.
• Winners will be chosen randomly from within the level they requested.  In other words, we'll be drawing 1 name each from 3 different hats.
• Winners will be announced on January 13, 2009.
• Contest winners will be notified by email, or by a comment on their blog. 
  
• If after one week a winner doesn't reply to the notification email or comment, a new winner will be chosen.

• Mrs. Grossman's primary-colored party balloons and confetti scrapbook stickers (several sheets)
• 1 Christmas poinsettia tea towel
• 1 pine tree finger towel
• 1 Colonial at Home Fresh Strawberry Rhubarb tea candle
• 1 de-luxe  brand Aloe Vera and Glycerin Foaming Body Scrub (each a different scent)
• 1 Burt's Bees product (either a tin of hand salve, a tin of lip balm, or a small jar of hand creme)
• 1 Recycled Ideas note card made of handmade paper with seeds embedded which can be planted to grow flowers