This giveaway is now over. The winners are Courtney, Lisa, and Vickie. Congrats!

Are your kids driving you nuts yet?  It’s July 1st, and Madison has been out of school for 2 months already though I realize that regular school has only been out a month.  One of the biggest struggles in the summer time is that our kids get bored.  That is where the Summer Bridge Activities comes in!  These books have a ton of activities that are both fun and educational.  We’ve been able to work on reading, writing, math, and language already, and Madison is only starting kindergarden in the fall.  We’ve especially noticed with her that if we don’t continue working on her skills that she forgets them.  This wonderful activity book keeps her attention and keeps her skills.  We’ve worked on making our letters, coloring pictures, counting — just to name a few things.  Also, make sure you check out the bonus section!  I love that when you complete the book that there is a certificate for your child.  The activities are very age appropriate.  Now, we worked on the P-K book.  However, you can get these for all grades.  It is a great way for your kids to have fun and learn!

I have arranged for 3 of my lucky readers to get one of these activity books.  Here’s what you need to do:

Leave a comment on this post. Check out the Summer Bridge Activities and tell me which book you’d like.

Each of these gives you one additional entry:

1. Twitter about this contest. Please leave me your username so I can verify. Or use something like this:

RT @blm03 is giving away 3 Summer Bridge Activity Books. http://lisareviews.com/2009/07/01/summer-bridge-activities-review-and-giveaway

2. Stumble this post and add this post to other social media sites like Digg, Kirtsy, Blogging Zoom, Reddit, Propeller, Etc. (1 entry for each social network).

Each of these gives you 5 additional entries:

1. Blog about this on your blog. Please give me the URL, so I can verify.

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If this isn’t working, please let me know. For some reason, Wordpress seems to be eating the code up when I post. Each of these will give you 10 additional entries:

1. Join my Spark E Crew at Social Spark. Click here to find out how to sign up. If you are on my crew, please leave your social spark ID, so I can verify it.

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This contest will end at July 15rd at noon CST! It is for US and Canadian residents! Good Luck!!

I have found that most computer books are really hard to follow and understand. That is why I was pleasantly surprised to get my hands on Network Know How. This book is for any person who wants to hook up a network anywhere. It is also very understandable. Having hooked up my own home network, I know how hard and confusing it can be. I only have 2 computers hooked together, so I can’t imagine trying to do more than that without this book.  Network Know How is written for the person who doesn’t know what they are doing.  After this book, you may not be an expert, but you’ll have a working network!  You will learn how to configure your network adapters, share your picture, photos, and documents between computers, automate your household appliances (that allow you to), and even troubleshoot your network.   This book is definitely filled with practical advice in plain English.  You’ll be able to enjoy technology and impress your friends after reading Networking Know How.

This contest is over. The winner is Lisa Taylor. Congrats!

Madison is at the age where she absolutely loves activity books. She finally can sit down and do them and not be frustrated. The Ready To Rock Kids book is a book mom and Madison loves. It is for kids 4 – 9 and teaches them about feelings, honesty, kindness, self esteem, reaching out, communication, positive thinking, overcoming fears, celebrating diversity, overcoming shyness, and honoring perspectives.  I love that the activities are easy to copy, so you can have even more hours of fun with this book!  There are over 50 activities you and your kids can do together too!  The music CD that comes with is great too.  It has both kids and adults on it in different music styles (rap, rock, show tunes, country, pop, dance, etc).  That is not something you see with most kids music.  This is great since not everyone likes the same style of music.  Mom and dad can even enjoy it (I know we did.)   Best of all, the lyrics are in the book!

If you are looking for a great gift for a child, this is it.  It will literally give them hours and hours of fun, and they will be learning the entire time (and not driving you nuts).  Since this is a great book, I thought one of my lucky readers would like to get their hands on it.  Here’s what you need to do if you’d like a copy:

Leave a comment on this entry.  Head over to FreeSpirit Publishing and tell me what you think you’d like most about this book and who you’d give it to.

Each of these gives you one additional entry:

1. Twitter about this contest. Please leave me your username so I can verify. Or use something like this:

RT @blm03 is giving away Ready To Rock Kids Volume 3 http://urlbrief.com/ba14a7

2. Stumble this post. If you don’t know what Stumble Upon is, please read Lori’s post at Blogging Cents. She explains it extremely well.

3. Add this post to other social media sites like Digg, Kirtsy, Blogging Zoom, Reddit, Propeller, Etc. (1 entry for each social network).

Each of these gives you 5 additional entries,

1. Blog about this on your blog. Please give me the URL, so I can verify.

2. Add this to any forums you belong too. Please give me the URL, so I can verify.

3. Subscribe to this blog using either my email or RSS feed

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This contest will end on April 2nd at noon CST and is for everybody. Good Luck!!!