Thursday, May 8, 2008

Brighter Minds: A Review and Giveaway!

This Contest is now closed! Thanks for everyone who entered! The very lucky winner is: babakers5 !! CoGrAtUlAtIoNs!!~~

I loved Home Schooling Nathaniel for three years! This year was the first year that he attended public school. For him, it was a good move. I do plan on Home Educating Caleb and Madelyn. I am so happy I found the Company: Brighter Minds! This will help make home school more fun with some of their products!
Brighter Minds is an educational publisher dedicated to improving learning for children aged 3 to 12. They have been publishing award winning software and print materials since 1998. They are based in Columbus, Ohio and Toronto, Canada and count leading educators, artists and animators among their staff.
Their products have been translated into over 15 different languages and published in 25+ countries. They continue to look forward to publishing fun, award winning, educational materials for children and they seek your input in doing so.
I am really looking forward to using the 30 minute a Day learning books with Caleb and Madelyn. I like the idea behind the books. I also love the Brighter Minds board books! They are colorful and educational. I think the Moo, Moo Who are you? is our favorite!
Here are some of the great products that Brighter Minds offers:
30 Minute a Day Learning System: Preschool $15.95
Take the guess work out of helping your child prepare for Preschool! Children will enjoy the five animal characters illustrating each lesson in the 50 days of activities. Your child will build new knowledge and strengthen existing skills with 396 pages of subject material that gradually becomes more challenging.
Includes:
50 days of activities designed for pre-school aged children
30 minutes of activities each day
Vibrant full color illustrations
Fun animal friends, including Quincy the Duck and Paige the Pig
Assessment pages help you determine where your child may need extra help
Tips included on how to use everyday items and locations to reinforce the day's material
Certificate of completion to recognize your child's hard work!

30 Minute a Day Learning System: Kindergarten $15.95
Skills Taught:
Writing letters and numbers
Coin identification
Rhyming words and poetry
Number sequencing and counting by twos
Identifying time

30 Minute a Day Learning System: Grade 1 $15.95
Skills Taught:
Single digit addition and subtraction
Math word problems with addition and subtraction
Letter sounds and sequencing
Sentence structure (nouns, verbs, adjectives)
Reading for comprehension

Feeling Happy $6.95
The PBS KIDS characters have many different feelings - can you name them all?
Rhyming text and colorful illustrations describe six different feelings in this book about emotions. Six faces on the spinning wheel correspond to the six feelings - children will enjoy matching the PBS KIDS characters' feelings with the faces on the spinning wheel and learning that all feelings are okay to have. An end-of-book guide will help parents or caregivers with ways to encourage children to express their emotions.

The Great Cake $6.95
Join happy dogs Yao and Rico as they try to make the perfect birthday cake for their friend Oppenheimer. It's Oppenheimer's birthday and his friends want to surprise him with a special birthday cake. Can you help them count the ingredients? Each page features a new ingredient and a cut out number for finger tracing and counting. For parents and caregivers, there's an end-of-book guide on how to bring numbers and counting into daily activities.

Moo, Moo Who Are You? $7.95Spike the elephant and Jango the giraffe have never been to a farm. They make plenty of friends during their visit, while learning about the sounds that farm animals make. Moo Moo, Who Are You? features colorful illustrations and fold out flaps with real photographs. Rhymes on each page help children learn about farm animals and a special end-of-book guide gives parents or caregivers ideas of how to make more animal connections.
Features:
fold-out pages
guide for the parent or caregiver to follow

Thomas and Friends: Special Delivery $19.95
James is asked to make an important delivery to the zoo, but he gets lost along the way. Sir Topham Hatt sends a search party to look for him. Can you help Thomas and Harold find James and get him and the animals to the zoo on time?

WOULD YOU LIKE A CHANCE TO WIN A GREAT EDUCATIONAL PACKAGE FROM BRIGHTER MINDS?
Bighter minds is generously offering a Sassyfrazz reader this gift package valued at $57.75:
30 Minute a Day: Preschool, Feeling Happy, The Great Cake, Moo, Moo Who Are You?, and Thomas and Friends: Special Delivery!
This contest is open to bloggers and non-bloggers from ANYWHERE~ yep, that's right, International, Canada, and USA!! Go check out Brighter Minds site, and take a look around. Come back here and comment on another product that they offer.
You can have extra chances to win, you can blog about this contest and link to me, just comment again with your link to the post. You can also grab my button from the top right side bar, and link to my give away for another chance. If you visit everyday of the contest, go ahead and comment again. :) This contest is open until May 20th, at 7:00 PM CST.

108 comments:

  1. I love the Brain Quest products they offer! My 2 yr old daughter has the beginner set for toddlers and it has helped her learn so many new words!

    This is a great contest!

    modernmami(at)theparentblog(dot)com

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  2. Oh, and I mentioned your contest at http://modernmami.theparentblog.com/2008/05/08/another-mothers-day-giveaway/

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  3. i love all the PBS kids book for my son! hope i'll win! please count me in! thanks! yanyan_140[at]yahoo[dot]com

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  4. I love the 30 minutes a day Preschool, this would be a great way to get started homeschooling my son.
    I also love the PBS Kids Giant Touch-and-Learn Cards

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  5. We like the Brain Quests. We have one of their Brain Quest For the Car.

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  6. I really love the Brain Quests products...I have heard such great things about them! And I love the idea of the 30 minute a day systems! My little man and I would put this to good use! Thanks for the chance to win a set!
    sblilly14(@)yahoo(.)com

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  7. Good Day! Great Contest.....We are big fans of any of the "Brain Quest"
    items. Whether it is for the car, a
    Dvd, etc., we enjoy learning with this brand. Please enter us in your drawing. Many thanks,Cindi
    jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com

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  8. I bet my kids would love this! Glad to see that have Caillou. He's a huge hit in our house, his Ready To Read program would be great too!

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  9. My daughter loves Care Bears, and Thomas too :). Would like to win this package! We are homeschooling 2 preschoolers!

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  10. Anything by PBS Kids catches my eye. I like the look of "Hide and Peek", 26 rhyming riddles - one for each letter of the alphabet - neat!

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  11. we love Brain Quest and Thomas the Tank Engine!

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  12. Their Brain Quest games DVD and for the Car products definitely caught my eye! :) I love those! Thanks!

    bunnybox9 [at] gmail dot com

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  13. I've also blogged about your contest HERE. Thanks!

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  14. And I've posted your button with a link to this contest HERE. Thanks for all the chances! :)

    bunnybox9 [at] gmail dot com

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  15. as a mom, teacher, and tutor...this is a perfect giveaway..thanks
    3beez at bellsouth dot net

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  16. We love the PBS stuff, my son is very into PBS, we only watch Educational programming on TV, Brighter Minds is a great company!

    I'm adding you to my blog!

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  17. My daughter would love I don't want to go to school - so cute! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  18. I've seen these around before and played with them a bit: Brain Quest For the Car. They are a lot of fun. They are useful for long road trips but they can really be used anytime. They have a lot of useful items on the site!

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  19. I would love to try these! I like the Fruit salad from PBS Kids.

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  20. The Diner Dash: Keepsake Tin is so functional - thank you for the contest

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  21. I think the Brain Quest DVD Game: Ages 6-8 looks great. Fun & educational.

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  22. The PBS books look great

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  23. Brain Quest games are also offered.
    Elaine R
    emrosser@shaw.ca

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  24. My granddaughter would love the Carebears Lullaby a NIght Light book that Brighter Minds offers on their site.
    Thank you so much for the wonderful contest.
    I would LOVE to win !!

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  25. Caillou Ready To Read would be another item I'd love. This is truly a great contest for helping the ones we care about the most...Love the contest, I hope I win as my 5 and 6 would be so thrilled to get this in the mail.

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  26. http://momfor4.blogspot.com/

    Is where I linked this site.

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  27. Brain Quest Grade 1, and Brain Quest For the Car! I am also adding your button to my sidebar! Thanks for a great giveaway!

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  28. My kids would love all the PBS books.

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  29. The 30 minutes a day for preschool would be perfect.

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  30. I love the set you are giving away and it would be perfect for my young grandson. I also love the games on the site for a little older children, such as Pet Shop Hop, there is a lot of learning in them but they are still fun for the child.

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  31. The 30 minutes a day for preschool would be perfect for our little ones. I will keep my fingers crossed

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  32. My kids would love the Thomas set. They love trains.

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  33. The "In My Daughter's Eyes" book looks Soooo sweet!!!

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  34. This would be great for my son - who's almost 3

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  35. I don't want to go to school. That's my son right now, he's 4. Im still not sure if Im sending him or homeschooling. Thanks for the contest!!

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  36. Brain Quest is used in our house.

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  37. We love Brain Quest DVD Games: Ages 6-8 / and all the other Brain Quest games!

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  38. the 30 minutes a day for kindergarten is nice.

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  39. I am getting one ready for kindergarten the program would be great.

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  40. My grandson would love any of the Caillou products offered.

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  41. My four year old grandson loves Caillou. I think he would like the Caillou Magic Playhouse the best.

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  42. TheCalliou Ready To Read line is perfect for my Calliou-obsessed son. :)

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  43. brain quest
    causeyland@msn.com

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  44. I like the pop up NOah's ark book.

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  45. I like the Marvel Super Hero Fact Book

    dolls123[at]gmail[dot]com

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  46. I like PBS Kids - Winter Spring Summer Fall!
    Thanks :)

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  47. Brain Quest for the car could be a life saver

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  48. The Brainquest games are WONDERFUL!

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  49. I've tried to open the Brighter Minds website three times now, but internet explorer crashes every single time and takes down this blog's page with it.

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  50. The Brains Quest DVD looks perfect for my daughter. Love educational videos that challengs kids' minds.
    claireroach81(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  51. I love educational toys. Brain Quest is the best.

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  52. I love the brain Quest games. Fun.

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  53. The DVD games are great. My daughter loves the computer (mostly the paint program that comes with Windows so far) and would really like those!

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  54. My son would go nuts for Marvel Heroes Breakout DVD Game!!!
    dansan826 at yahoo.com

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  55. They offer Brain Quest, which my children enjoy playing.
    partymix25(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  56. Diner Dash -Love this...and would love to win. THANK :)

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  57. I would like the learning set for my 1 year old grandson

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  58. My son and I love to do Brain Quest. It amazes me how much he learns and knows!

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  59. My son would like Caillou's Magic Playhouse. I'd love to review it with him if I win.

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  60. Their Brain Quest games DVD and for the Car products definitely caught my eye!

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  61. Kung Fu Panda Create-a-Story

    My daughter is just beginning kung fu lessons.

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  62. they offer Brain Quest one for car also

    tiramisu392 (at) yahoo.com

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  63. We like the Brain quest cards. Any of those can be used in the car.

    egreca [at] hotmail [dot] com

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  64. Love the Brain Quests. I use them for my preschooler and my 3rd grader

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  65. Our family would love the Chocolatier software to "build your own chocolate empire." It sounds exciting! Thanks for offering such a nice giveaway!

    cbeargie(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  66. I think 'Hide and Peek' by PBS looks like fun! My daughter would love to try it out. Thanks for the giveaway.
    claireroach81(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  67. i like Brain Quest and Chocolatier sounds fun!

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  68. Care Bears™ Lullaby: A Night Light Book is a great idea plus I had a care bear when I was little

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  69. Caillou Ready For School Jewel Case

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  70. The Chocolatier looks like so much fun!

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  71. My daughter is right in love with the care bears now. Care Bears™ Lullaby: A Night Light Book would be great!

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  72. MY KID WOULD LOVE THE BRAIN QUEST..

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  73. My girls love Brain Quest! We would love to win this giveaway. This would be great for my girls during their summer break. Thank you so much!

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  74. Brain quest is in our household.

    Nora
    neneelynn@yahoo.com

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  75. We love the Diner Dash: Keepsake Tin! This package would be perfect for my dd. Thanks for a great giveaway!

    cmminera@sbcglobal.net

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  77. They also sell brain quest. I'm bookmarking this site for their preschool stuff so that I can buy some if I don't win. Thank you!!

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  78. I'd like to try out the Brain Quest DVDs.

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  79. Brain Quest

    theyyyguy@yahoo.com

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  80. Brain Quest

    theyyyguy@yahoo.com

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  81. I like the PBS books because we love those shows!

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  82. I love their Brain Quest games DVD and for the Car products. Thanks!

    bunnybox9 [at] gmail dot com

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  83. My kids enjoy PBS kids, so I checked out this section and found PBS KIDS™ Giant Touch–and–Learn Cards: Numbers from One to Ten.

    vidomich@yahoo.com

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  84. I can't really pick between Brain Quest and Thomas the Train...great prize too.

    sweeper33844@aol.com

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  85. We love Brain Quest in our house! Thanks for the giveaway.

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  86. I love the Brain Quest products especially the Brain Quest For the Car. What a great product to keep the whole family entertained on long car rides.

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  87. I love the My Little Pony: A Very Minty Christmas DVD!

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  88. Care Bears™ Sing and Play: Follow–the–Lights Piano Songbook looks like a lot of fun.

    carissaad at aol dot com

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  89. i love Brain Quest

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  90. Would love to win this - thanks!!!
    love the Brain Quests products - they are great for travel!

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  91. Diner Dash! I LOVE Diner Dash.

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  92. Diner Dash and Brain Quest look like fun for when my 21 month old gets older but for now I'd love the preschool set you are offering. Thanks for the contest!

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  93. lots of these are really great but we'd definitely love to check out Brain Quest before anything else

    great contest! i hope i'm thelucky winner :)

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  94. I love the Brain Quest products

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  95. My kids would like the Cartoon Network All-Stars.

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