Monday, October 27, 2008

Free Homeschool Curriculum for Kindergarten

Wow! Just found out that it's bloggy giveaway week. I can't believe all the giveaways (and it's only Monday!)

So, what do I have to give away.... hmmmm.... LOTS!

I think I'll just do giveaway every day.... Things that are useful to Moms like me....

Today, it'll be a set of Homeschool Curriculum cards for Kindergarteners. These are basically nice flash cards, put out by Wonder of Words. There's several sets of flash cards, from simple syllables, sight-words, crazy animal-shaped letters (a "c" shaped cat, for example), Upper and lower case letters, and over 150 pictures that are organized into the letter of the alphabet they start with. (See the "pear"?)



To enter, leave a comment on this post. Tell me what you or your kid liked best about kindergarten. Make sure to leave your email address or link to your blog, since blogger doesn't automatically include them.

My kid, by the way, likes "making things" the best. We have him do lots of hands-on projects, and spend lots of time "working" outside.



So, the drawing will be on Saturday, November 1st. I'll email the recipient, or post a comment on your blog. You'll have until November 5th to get back to me with your mailing address, and I'll send it on out on November 6th. Okay?

68 comments:

  1. hurrah Im first...I think...I would luv this esp for my lil preschooler...I believe in teaching them young esp if theyre hungry to know more :>

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  2. How neat...we are starting kindergarten in January with our oldest, so I don't have a specific kindergarten memory with her yet, but I am loving her learning & catching on to new things! Thanks.
    cross_home2001 (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  3. my boy said"making ABC'S"
    this is a great giveaway.
    thank you

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  4. I would love to win this set!! You can never start too early and my little guy love to learn!!

    Be sure to enter my contest as well!

    thanks~

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  5. Our kindergarten memories are yet to come ... I have a 3 year old that would love these cards.

    http://linduhe.blogspot.com/
    LinduhE@aol.com

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  6. My son isn't in kindergarten yet, but I just love watching him learn new things every day. And seeing how proud he is of himself when he accomplishes something new.

    david_colleen@mei.net

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  7. My oldest aren't in Kindergarten yet, but I would love to start using these with them!

    sarah.valente@yahoo.com

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  8. these look really neat..... my older two have already done kindergarten and they were definitely hands on fellows..... my youngest would love these cards and they look like they have some really interesting graphics and seem like a well rounded set.

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  9. For my daughter it seems to change from day to day. It is usually either being read to or hands on crafts

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  10. My daughter is just beginning preschool, but I would still really love to use these! Right now, her favorite activities are exploring things and how they work using her senses, magnifying glasses, taking them apart, etc. And matching, she loves that too!

    bosssanders@gmail.com

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  11. My oldest liked story time and my second likes math.

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  12. Well, my son is only 8 months but education is first and foremost in my mind. We count everything and I use every opportunity to read to him. So why not have our Kinder curriculum ready to use when he starts talking.

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  13. I remember I had my first boyfriend in Kindergarten!! haha!! My son starts next year, and he's very very very excited!!!

    Michelle

    chellegoodson at gmail dot com

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  14. This would be perfect for my son who will enter kindergarten next fall.
    I remember singing a lot in kindergarten! Definetly a favorite of my preschooler now.

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  15. I think we love all of the coloring, cutting and pasting in Kindergarten, as well as reading wonderful books!

    Thanks for the great giveaway!
    Nancy @ Homemade Blessings

    http://homemadeblessings.wordpress.com/

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  16. I loved that we got to play in kindergarten. I remember my school had the most life like area to play house in...i love it!

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  17. this looks great and anything to encourage learning without pushing is great

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  18. I homeschool my kids and one of my favorite things about doing kindergarten with them, is sitting and reading books together, learning side by side.

    michelle at northofthe49 dot com

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  19. well my son starts next year&I thought this would be a good thing for us to do at home!
    ahdrad2932(at)msn(dot)com

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  20. My little guy isn't quite old enough for kindergarten but we've been starting to think about ways to help give him a head start on learning- these would be so perfect!!

    Thanks so much for the AWE-some Give-oh-Way!
    audrajjensen(at)msn.com

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  21. I'm a homeschooling mom of 3 - one is in K - I would love to win!

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  22. wow i love to try and win thim to see if thay help me out with my little one shes still not talking and wellhaveing some flash cards may help thanks

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  23. I remember Kindergarten being great because it was a halfday. But, both my girls went all day. These cards would be great for my nephew who is about to start Kindergarten.

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  24. I just asked my 5 year old who is in homeschool K. He said "that you get to do something creative." Whew, I'm glad that he answered something I could post. Thank you!

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  25. My son will be in Kindergarten next year. My favorite thing about Kindergarten are the field trips.

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  26. My daughter isn't in kindergarten yet. And I don't remember a whole lot about kindergarten... I do remember doing fun art crafts though.

    ourhappyhappenings@gmail.com

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  27. My son will be in kindergarten next year, so this would be wonderful. I remember reading and making Stone Soup. So fun. Thanks for the giveaway!
    princess3sah(at)cs(dot)com

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  28. I don't have a kid in kindergarten, but I would love to use there to teach my preschooler! thanks.

    Jes AT beautyfromchaos DOT com

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  29. I have a year and half before Kindergarten but she is already ready to go. She goes to a one day a week reading program and LOVES reading.
    Thanks for the giveaway. Heather
    poncey76 at hotmail dot com.

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  30. My daughter is going into Kindergarten soon and is currently in preschool. I am always looking for ways to help her learn and develop. This would be wonderful to have and I would love to be able to use this at home to help her get prepared. What a great thing to have!

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  31. I have two who will be beginning Kindergarten in January. I would love to win this. Thanks!

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  32. My son isn't in Kindergarten yet but will be starting next year. His favorite thing about playschool is just playing with the other kids...mostly make believe games.

    owatz (AT)telus (DOT) net

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  33. Wow, those are really neat! I'm a homeschooler with lotsa littles, so I could definitely use these!

    Thanks for the chance to win!

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  34. I am homeschooling one who just started kindergarten this year. I think his favorite thing is writing on the white board I do our lessons on.

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  35. My son is in Kindergarten this year and is so excited to be learning to read. He also has 3 little sisters so these cards would be great!!

    parresia03 (at) gmail (dot) com

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  36. My one daughter is in kindergarten right now and I'm loving watching the excitement she has being able to read. I love listening to her read me stories. It's a wonderful feeling.

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  37. My oldest child loved going to K and getting away from Mommy for some social time. She loved everything about school from the very start. (still does - 5th grade)

    I think my 4 y/o boy with have a much harder time being away from me.

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  38. When I was in kindergarten I loved snack time because we would always get theme snacks (different colored snacks or snacks with a certain letter...) Everytime I think of kindergarten, I can smell those paints we used to use!

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  39. the only thing i really remember about kindergarten is a little boy i liked and exchanging kisses on the cheek. :)
    andrewandkristan(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  40. This would be great for homeschooling my 5 year old son. The thing he like best is Art Class. He enjoys doing the art projects I come up with.

    cherierj(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  41. I remember I loved painting in Kindergarten! My oldest starts next year!

    Thank you for the giveaway!

    kerin0874 (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  42. My daughter is only 22 months, but she can already identify all her letters, sing her ABCs and count to ten. These cards would be great for her. I'm going to need to google that site; Wonder of Words. Sounds like something that would be great for her!

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  43. This would be great for my kindergartener and preschooler!

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  44. Hi There!

    My son is in the big 1 st. grade now! He sounds just like your son he does great on hands on projects making things and outside! He say his favroite part of K was playing outside on the playground!;-)
    My little girl is going into K next year and these sure would come in handy preping her so she ready! Thanks so much and have a good day!

    ;-)BROOKE

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  45. My 2 year old is in love with numbers, letters, and words. He's constantly looking for letters and words he knows; what a great way to enhance all of his learning!

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  46. My son is doing a homeschool preschool right now. He loves cutting with scissors. These would be great!

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  47. I am homeschool preschooling it, if that makes sense! I just started doing something similar to this- only I made them by hand on cardstock... and I only have a few word families done. This would be super helpful. tHanks for the giveaway!

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  48. I loved the art and craft projects.

    lilacbutterfly [at] earthlink.net

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  49. Well we are homeschoolers..but I would have to say my best memory about Kindergarten is that I tested out of it and got to go directly to 1st grade :-)

    amitymatthia[at]hotmail[dot]com

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  50. My son is in K right now! He loves creating things in the invention center and playing best.

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  51. My son loves his friends and art.

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  52. These would be perfect for my nephew.

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  53. I have a preschooler I've been home schooling for a few months. This set would certainly come in handy later on, maybe a little now.
    My daughter loves arts and crafts, and I did too.

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  54. My kiddo's not in kindergarten yet, and I definitely can't remember that far back. I do know that I got my worse grade in kindergarten in reciting the pledge of allegiance. How sad is that?

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  55. @karen & co: LOL! My worst grade in kindergarten was handwriting. And my handwriting is still bad!

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  56. I liked circle time :D

    Thanks for the chance to win, please throw my name into the hat!

    mommyhoodisthankless{AT}gmail.com

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  57. This would be great for my 5 year old daughter! Thanks so much for doing this giveaway for us!
    ahiltzy@yahoo(dot)com

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  58. My daughter just started kindergarten and this would be great to help her work on her reading at home. Thanks for the chance.

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  59. My second born son is in kindergarten and his favorite part is math!! These cards would be great, great great for him and my two daughters younger than him!!

    jls_wss2003 at yahoo dot com

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  60. I only have a preschooler, but this would definitely be put to use as I have two under two years old (well now they're 3 and 2 yrs old!)

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  61. My favorite thing about kindergarten was art! My daughter is only 3, but she loves art also!
    millkara [at] gmail.com

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  62. This is great! Never too early to start and my son is already identifying animals at 19 months!
    I did homeschool for kindergarten so I'm sure I liked reading the best!
    teacherkrista at gmail dot com

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  63. This would be great for my daughter who will start Kindergarten in Sept. Thanks for the chance to win!
    Jen
    meddlingkidd [at] aol.com

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  64. my oldest just started kindergarten and she loves her teacher the most and learning everything

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  65. So far it's writing the alphabet. On paper, in the air, on the wall... okay, not on the wall. But that would be fun, wouldn't it?

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  66. I love these! I love working with my kids at home and these would be perfect!! Thanks for a great giveaway!

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  67. The cards look very helpful! Daughter starts 4K next year. I'd say my favorite memory of kindergarten is the letter people. Each week the teacher brought out a different letter person, the first one was Mr. M and I can remember him clearly.

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