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Word World Fans-DVD giveaway!

April 7, 2011 by · 14 Comments

Hey there Smart Spenders! This is your chance to win free items from Word World. Smart spending isn’t just about how you spend your money, it’s about how you spend your time too. What I love about so many of the PBS shows is that they have take-away activities you can do with your child. Plus, if I plunk my kid in front of the TV so I can shower, I don’t feel guilty about what he’s watching–their shows are educational.

WordWorld is the first preschool series where words are truly the stars of the show. Duck and his lovable, legible WordFriends–animals whose bodies are made up of the letters that spell the word they are–go on comic adventures and face challenges that can only be resolved with the right word. That word is built letter by letter, or sound by sound, during the funky “Build a Word” song at the end of every episode. Once the word is built, it “morphs”–comes alive–into the thing it is!

Word building reinforces the pre-reading concept that letters (and their sounds) make words, and that words have real meaning…and power. WordWorld also introduces essential emergent literacy concepts such as sounding out letters, “chunking” words, and rhyming that all children encounter as they learn to read.

(Interactive eBook example: the WordFriends build the word HAT in “Totally Terrific Duck” http://www.wordworld.com/ebooks.php)
WordWorld is an innovative, independently tested and proven television program that facilitates interactive parent and teacher work with early literacy. 

While you may be familiar with the television show, you may not know that WordWorld also offers free online resources for parents and teachers at WordWorld.com. Parents can read interactive eBooks (http://wordworld.com/ebooks.php) with their children, play fun literacy games (http://wordworld.com/ducksalphabet.php) or download coloring pages and activity sheets (http://wordworld.com/forkids.php). 

To enter this contest, first, of course, you have to like Smart Spending Spot on Facebook. (Sorry for all you non-facebookers, but I promise, as soon as my web company hooks up e-mail subscriptions, there will be options for you!)
Then, visit the various Word World activities listed above in the links. Leave a comment here with your first name, last initial, and which activity looks most interesting for you & your child, or which one you plan on doing.
This contest will run until Sunday night, April 17, 11 pm est. I want to make everyone’s tax day a bit brighter by announcing all my giveaway winners that day.
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A few freebies to sign up for

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I’m getting the Scotch stuff and the ear plugs. Don’t ask.


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A.C.Moore-Free Make & Take to benefit Easter Seals for Autism Awareness month

April 6, 2011 by · Leave a Comment

A.C.Moore is having a special Make & Take event this Saturday for Autism Awareness Month. Technically the event is free, but they are asking that you make at least a $1 donation which will go to Easter Seals. The event is from 1-3 pm. The craft is an “Act for Autism” puzzle and looks really cute.

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Egg Hunts-Chester & Delaware Counties; including some Special Needs only!

April 6, 2011 by · 1 Comment

Here are some local egg hunts you may be interested in. If there is incomplete information, it’s all that was sent to me. If you wish to add, please either email me and I will edit, or post in comments.

And I just love love love the organizations that are hosting Special Needs only sections or times for Special Needs kids. You rock!

Saturday April 16, Albert C Miller Memorial Park, Exton, 220 Miller Way. Hosted by West Whiteland Fire Company. 3-9 year old, 9:30 am-Special Needs Children only, all ages; 10:15-3-9 year olds. No rain date, FMI 610.738.7101

Saturday, April 9, Upper Oxford Twp Community Park on Catamount Road. 10:00 am, ages 2-10, hosted by Russellville Grange, FMI: russellvillegrange@yahoo.com .

Saturday, April 16, 10:30 am-West Goshen Community Park, free for all West Goshen residents, ages 2-9. Please bring a dry goods item as a donation. Raindate 4/23. FMI: 610.696.5266.

Saturday, April 16, 10 am-Everhart Park, West Chester, corner of Miner & S. Bradford ave. Free, bring own basket, ages 2-9.

Holy Spirit Lutheran Church (2545 Franklin Avenue, Secane) is holding their annual Easter egg hunt on Saturday, April 16th.
11:30 – Registration
12:00 – hunt for 2-3 year olds
12:10 – hunt for 4-10 year olds
Rain Date Sunday, April 17th
12:30 – Registration
Please make Reservations by April 10th
610-544-2707

Saturday, April 16, 11:00 am-New Garden Twp park, Route 41 Landenberg/Avondale?

EASTER EGGSTRAVAGANZA

SATURDAY, APRIL 16 10:00 A.M. TO 12:00 P.M., West Grove United Methodist Church

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