MGT: Manipulative Monday Giveaway!

Are you ready for a giveaway?

There's a million great things about Mother Goose Time, but one of our top 5 things we love is the new manipulatives we get each month.  Manipulatives are hands-on objects children use to work out problems.  They manipulate objects to learn. 

Mother Goose Time sends us 2 new sets of manipulatives each month. One set is usually some kind of counter or sorter, such as a batch of pink and red plastic pigs, or an assortment of colored bears of varying sizes.

The other type of manipulative is usually one that deals with reasoning and logic, such as beakers for pouring or tangram pattern pieces.

What's our favorite way to use manipulatives?

Sweet Pea is 2.5 years old.  Right now she loves to match things together and search and find items. Placing our manipulatives in fun textures is one of our favorite ways to use them.  I buried our bears when we did some one to one correspondence which you can read about here.  We've hidden them in sand, and they are always invited into the bath tub or water table for more water play. 

She also loves to match, so finding 2 of the same color or shape is one of her favorite things to do. "Look Momma...2 yellow trucks." 

Ideas on how to use Manipulatives with Kids:

1. Create Patterns
2. Sort by a Characteristic
3. Work out Math Problems  (use 3 red pigs, bring in 2 pink pigs. How many pigs are there now?)
4. Use them to tell a story.
5. One to One correspondence
6. Just play with them! 

So are you ready to win your own 2 sets of Mother Goose Time manipulatives?

Click on the link below to answer 1 question about how you use or would like to use manipulatives with your little one.

This giveaway will be open from 2/13/17-2/20/17. Prizes will be fulfilled by Mother Goose Time and may vary from those pictured. Must be 18 years or older to enter to win, and a resident of the USA. Void where prohibited by law. Winning entry will be checked to verify completion. Winner will have 48 hours to respond to notification of winning. Failure to respond will be considered forfeiture of the prize and a new winner will be drawn.

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Want more chances to win?  Click on the link below and "hop" to other Mother Goose Time bloggers who are also hosting the Giveaway.  One winner will be chosen from EACH blog!




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Guatemala Giveaway WINNER!!!

I did a Giveaway in honor of my Guatemala Mission Trip and since I am soooooo close to 100!!!!  With out further ado....

The WINNER is TARA from

Congrats friend!!!!  Shoot me an email at lesliecragwall@gmail.com with your address and info and I will send it in the mail this week :)

Thank you all for reading, following and supporting.  It really means so much to me!



Closing the NOTEBOOK/JOURNAL..... and GIVEAWAY Reminder :)

Don't you hate those ginormous journals that have stuff just pouring outta them and every paper starts to get folded and tattered because the journal won't shut???  Well, I have a solution.... and sound like I am on an infomercial!!

I have had some questions in the past about closing the journals.  I wrote about it, but pictures make it so much easier to understand:)   You will need:
                                     

You can also buy them at Walmart. I bought this bag at Walmart for a little over $5.00, used 80 of them and we hardly put a dent in this bad boy.

Also needed: Handy-dandy hole punch.  You can see how enormous the rubber bands are here. 

Step 1:  Punch hole in the back top outside corner.  I didn't do it on the bottom so kids would be less tempted to play with it.

Step 2:  Put the rubber band through the hole like this:

Step 3:  Take the large loop and go through the small loop like this:

Step 4: Pull the longer loop tight:

TA-DA!!!!!

Now you can close that journal that is overflowing with knowledge and foldables!!!!!


Quick reminder:  Don't forget to enter my  

GIVE AWAY!!!

Just click on the word Give Away and you will go to my link.  I am soooo close to 100 and would love to give away the bracelet and pen with 100 followers!!  Thanks for reading and supporting!! :)

Guatemala Giveaway!!!!

I'm almost there.... 100 Followers :)  Thanks yall!!!!  I've gotta prize... but first let me tell you about this...

It's been one full week since I have been home.  It has been really hard trying to come to terms with the abundant blessings we have here in the US.  I went thinking I was going to be blessing others by building 2 houses and 2 stoves.  I was mistaken.  By the end of the first day, I was the one who was blessed beyond measure, and to see how much the Guatemalans work, smile, love and care for one another.... indescribable.

They say "Buenos dias" to EVERYONE that passes by in the morning.  Then "Buenos tardes" to EVERYONE who passes in the afternoon.  Then at night, "Buenos noches" is said each time you pass someone.  And they look you in the eye! 

What would our life be like if we did that to everyone who passed us by?

Coloring pages after we shared about Jesus being the Good Shepherd.

Pedro (dad) and Ronnie (son) who we built a house for.  Mom and sisters are not pictured.  They lost their house in the May mudslides.

Emerson and I.  We built this stove for him and his mother.  LOVE THIS KID!!

 I made a power point presentation... but it is not uploading correctly :(  Any tips????

Soooooooooo now I am sooooooooo clooooooooose to 100 followers!!!  I knew I was getting close when I went to Guatemala, and I had a light bulb moment.  I decided to purchase my prize there!  So whoever wins gets these lovely beauties from Guatemala!!

Pen and Braclet

Pen reads Jacks of All Trades-- made by a Guatemalan

Bracelet on... it has 3 different size closures for different sized wrists. Also made by a Guatemalan.

HOW TO WIN:  (I have never done this before.  Thanks Yearn to Learn for giving me some tips!!!)

1) Be or Become a follower of my blog and leave a comment saying you follow.
2) Put my button on your blog.  Leave a separate comment.
3) Share the news and blog about this give-away.  Leave me a link to your post on another comment. 

That's 3 ways to enter!!! I will be picking a winner next Sunday at 10pm central time!!! 

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR READING!!!!!