Ultimate Back-to-School GIVEAWAY!

If you have a child heading to school this school year, you are going to want to take a look at this Giveaway! The winner will win over $350 worth of great prizes that are sure to help you and your child start the year off right. Keep reading to learn about the prizes and then enter the giveaway using the form below.

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Welcome to the Ultimate Back to School Bash #bts2013!

3BoysandaDog has teamed up with A+ Interactive Math and some fabulous other brands to bring you this giveaway.

Prizes:

• A+ Interactive Math - 1 year FREE Online Full Curriculum - A+ Interactive Math - 1 winner (choice of: grades K - Algebra I) Value $124.99 . A+ Interactive Math is dedicated to making math enjoyable and learnable for all ages. A+ Interactive is perfect for homeschooling parents or parents that just want to give the child some extra math help. A + Interactive Math offers full curriculum books, workbooks, online education and interactive math CD's. You can purchase A+ Interactive Math or view their catalog here.
  
  Door Prize for all participants:
  Multiplication for Elementary & Middle School - download (value $21.99)http://aplustutorsoft.com/SpecialOffers.do (Code: enter 3DOGSMATH upon checkout).

• $100 Visa Card - This fabulous gift card is being brought to you by www.learntobloghangouts.com! This is the perfect way to get a great jump start on your back to school shopping! You can use this $100 Visa gift card at any location that accepts Visa.

• Back to School Survival Guide - This back to school guide is brought to you by The Confident Mom. In this Back to School Survival Guide you will find everything you need to help you ensure the school year runs seamlessly. This guide is an 80 page printable that will help you keep your child safe while using the internet, help with homework, making packing school lunches easier, become a savvy back to school shopper and much more! You can read more about the Back to School Survival Guide or purchase one here.

• Office Depot Sackpack of School Supplies -Office Depot is committed to providing affordable school supplies! You will find $25 worth of school supplies in this sack pack. The Office Depot Foundation donates over 30,000 backpacks to school children each and every year!

• BYOU Magazine Subscription

• Go Picnic Ready to Eat Meals - Go Picnic makes packing lunches and snacks a breeze. They offer gluten-free, kosher, all-natural and a variety of other snacks that are perfect for back to school lunches and snacks. You can view the large variety of products they offer here.

• Tummy Calm - Have a little one with an upset stomach? Tummy Calm is a safe option to helping your child feel better. Tummy Calm is made with all-natural FDA regulated ingredients. You can read more about Tummy Calm and place an order here.

• BIC School Supplies - BIC offers a wide range of back to school items from pens, pencils, markers, highlighters and much more! BIC is your one stop shop for your back to school supplies.

• Teach My Preschooler - Teach My is your one stop solution for giving babies, toddlers and preschoolers a jump start on education. You will find interactive learning products that promote learning in a fun manner. You can order a Teach My learning program here.

• Texas Instruments - Texas Instruments should be your go to supplies when it comes to tools for math and science calculators. One lucky winner will be receiving this http://education.ti.com/en/us/nspire-family/cx-handhelds. This is a colorful and engaging way for to learn math and science!

• Wild Planet Foods - Wild Planet Foods has tuna like you have never tasted before. This tuna is the perfect ingredient for a healthy and delicious school lunch. Wild Planet offers tuna that has 6 times the Omega 3 and 1/2 the mercury other brands have. Order up your own supply of Wild Planet Foods here.

• GHCretors - GHCretors offers all-natural, non-GMO and gluten-free popcorn in a variety of flavors! You will love that a healthy snack can taste so good. This might just be the best popcorn you have ever tasted. Get your order placed here.

• ListPlanIt - Are you ready to get your life organized? If so then ListPlanIt is the place to visit! Any kind of list you can imagine you will find on ListPlanIt. The winner is going to receive 2 ePlanners (Student ePlanner and Home Education ePlanner, value $10) + a coupon code for a 3-month trial to ListPlanIt! This is a fantastic prize to get the school year started off. You can also sign up for ListPlanIt here.

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Easy DIY Dry Erase Boards

As a former elementary school teacher, I know all about the magic of dry erase boards. Ask kids to write a math problem on paper. Grunts, groans. Give 'em a dry erase board and they're solving quadratic equations all over the place. Sometimes my own children get tired of the same old paper and crayons too. Today I remembered an old trick of mine that I used to use in my classroom. Do-It-Yourself dry erase boards! You only need three things to make one, and you might even have everything at your house already:  Paper, dry erase markers, and sheet protectors.

Just slip a white or colored piece of paper into the sheet protector and voilà. You can obviously use dry erase markers, but some wet erase markers work well too. Try it. It's amazing how much you will want to doodle! Ooops. Mom made a little mistake here. Let me just wipe that line up real quick. What's that? Three plus one does not equal 15? Darn. I'll just erase that and try again.

It's cheap, easy, and portable, and great for art, homework, or homeschooling. The downside... when your kids draw a really wonderful picture, it's guaranteed to smudge off. I just take pictures...

 

What are some cool DIY projects you have come up with?