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Blast 2009 Guidelines
1. Your project must be approved by
the Homeschool Share staff. We need to know who is working on
what. You can email
blast@homeschoolshare.com to get your idea(s) approved. Please start
this process as soon as possible. Books that we are not familiar with may
take 1-2 weeks for approval depending on library availability.
2. Your entry will NOT qualify for the contest if it doesn't
meet
Homeschool Share's
guidelines and standards. We reserve the
right to not accept a submission. We reserve the right to ask you to
revise, rewrite, or add to your work. If you have questions, we are more
than happy to help; please don't hesitate to
contact us.
3. All submissions become the property of Homeschol Share. We
reserve the right to delete lessons or to add lessons (including Bible lessons)
as we deem appropriate.
4. Submissions are limited this year. You may submit a maximum of
TWO entries from categories 4-7 plus one tag-team entry, OR you may submit one
entry from categories 4-7 plus two tag-team entries. Total of three
entries per contestant. The only exception is category 3. Unlimited
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5. We will officially start accepting submissions on May 1st.
The
contest will end on June 30th. Winners will be announced as soon as
possible.
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1. Early Bird Submissions
Any submission entered from May 1st -
May 20th will go into a drawing for one of the following prizes:
The Ultimate Lap Book Handbook (donated by Tobin's Lab), a goody pack from
China including stickers, postcards, and money (donated by
Jimmie), or The Old
Schoolhouse Magazine one year print subscription (international winner would
receive a digital subscription). Three prizes, three winners.
Get your work done early!
2. Tag-Team
It can be tough tackling those
larger projects. In the true spirit of Homeschool Share, we are asking
that you find a partner to work with to make the job more fun. Do it
together and get it done! You will have someone to laugh with (and
cry with) along the way.
What can be entered in this category?
~Any Level 4 Unit (with or without an accompanying lapbook)
~Any Level 5 Unit with or without an accompanying lapbook)
~Any other large project you can think of (and get approved) such as a new
connections page (with all brand new units!) or a multi-book theme unit project
Tag-Team entries will be
judged by the HSS Team. This is a twin prize package, so you
both will receive the following: Homeschool in the Woods Time Travelers
Unit Study of Choice (these are super fantastic!), Homeschool in the Woods
Activity Pak of choice, Living Literature and Language Arts Packet, and a Jim
Weiss CD of choice from Greathall Productions. Each prize package
totals over $75!
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3. Workbox
Workboxes are sweeping the homeschooling scene enabling moms to organize and
execute daily homeschooling plans. We are going to start a new page at Homeschool Share for workbox
activities and encourage you to submit your printable workboxable items!
Workbox activities should submitted in Word, Page Plus, Publisher, or PDF.
All images must be clean (not pixilated) and copyright free; please
contact us if you need help finding
free images. Your printable workbox activities should be hands-on
with clear directions for the student or teacher (depending on the level).
Submit as many as you want!
Prize package includes:
~$25 Currclick Gift Card!
You could choose to buy an
Evan Moor Take-it-to-Your-Seat Center to use with your own workboxes or
anything else you like.
You will also receive hard copies of the following books:
~Hands-on History Pioneers
~Super Science Crosswords
~Thinker Doodles Think, Draw, & Color
~Super Paper Bag Books
4. Literature Lapbooks- Story Studies and
Book Bites
Say goodbye to boring book reports!
Literature Lapbooks are hands-on projects for kids to do as they read a book.
We will choose our favorite few and put them in a drawing to determine the
winner. The winner will receive Homeschool in the Woods Activity Pak
of choice, Lilliput Station product of choice (up to $7.25), and a $25 gift card
to Homemaking 911! Prize package is more than a $50 value!
5. All Things Preschool
Anything made specifically for preschoolers including file
folder games, Level 1 Units and/or Lapbooks, Level 2 Units and/or Lapbooks,
other creative projects you think-up and get approved. Preschool entries will be
judged by a panel of preschool moms. The winner will receive $20 in
Free Usborne Books, a Jim Weiss CD (of choice), and Lilliput Station's Preschool
Bundle of Interactive Notebooks (Little Piggies, Green Things ~n~ Gardens,
Nursery Rhymes, and A Hungry Caterpillar-- so cute!). Prize package
valued over $50.
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6.
Animal Studies with Lapbooks
Write up some research for a favorite animal and make
some mini-books to go with it! The Homeschool Share Team will select our
favorites and put them in a drawing for one winner who will receive over $50 of
goodies-- a Scrap and Learn kit (of choice), a free product from Lilliput
Station (up to $7.25), and a $25 Gift Card to Currclick!
Some ideas for animals we don't currently have (you are certainly not limited to
this list): buffalo, porcupine, skunk, chameleon, hippo,
praying mantis, flamingo, pets, firefly, peacock, otter, and walrus.
7.
Skeleton Closet Entries
Do you have any skeletons in your closet? We do!
No, not that kind...we have unit studies that need some flesh added to their
bones to make them complete. Grab one of those units, finish whatever
needs done, and you will have a chance at the prize! We will choose our
favorite few and put them in a drawing to determine the winner.
Prizes include Amanda Bennett's Digital Photography Unit Study, Homeschool in
the Woods Activity Pak (of choice), Harmony Fine
Arts Pak of choice
(excluding Grade 6), Lilliput Station product of choice (up to $7.25), and
a Jim Weiss CD (of choice). Prizes valued over $55.
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8. Non-fiction
Write a unit based on a non-fiction book
(follow guides for leveled units) or create a lapbook based on any non-fiction
book or topic (plant, person, era in history, etc.) and you will be considered
for the following fabulous prize package: $50 gift certificate to Let's
Explore (Creative Fun for Curious Kids) and Notebooking Pages'
Basic Lined Notebooking
Pages (valued at $12.95).
Lapbook Guidelines
~ Based on an approved book or topic
~ Include a minimum of ten minit books
~ Copyright free images on the minit books that are clean (not pixilated)
~ Clear directions for cutting and folding
~ Should not require additional research to be done by the student
9. Grand Prize
This year we are not having a drawing....we are
looking for the best and the brightest! The HSS Staff is going to make a
list and check it twice and decide who gets the biggest prize!
Anything submitted to Homeschool Share (not only the entries that fit nice and
neat in the categories) will be considered for the Grand Prize.
Runner-up Prize:$50 Currclick Gift Certificate!
Grand Prize: $100 Amazon.com Gift Certificate!
Please note that tag-team entries are not eligible for the Grand Prize category.
10. Honorable Mention
We have two sets of pages from Notebooking Pages to
give away (Ancient
Times Complete Set and
State Study Complete
Set). We also have books, books, and more great (but slightly
used) books to give away. When all is said and done, there are always some
that deserve a prize that didn't get one. We can't give everyone a prize,
but we can give a few more very deserving people a perk by sharing the book-joy!
We will choose at least three people to pull some books from the freshly stocked
prize closet. (Go ahead and have a
peek!).
If you have some books you'd like to donate to the closet, please
contact us.