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Live Chat with Children’s Book Authors Tonight 4/12

April 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Random House has created a new Read and Play Community to connect moms, educators and authors to share ways to keep our children reading and having fun!

Live chats with community leaders and Children’s book Authors will be hosted by the Random House Read & Play Community.

It’s easy to join the Live Chat

 

1. Become a community member here and chat from the community or this post here on Social Savvy Mom.

 

 

Our next live chat will be right here on Social Savvy Mom as well as in the Random House Read & Play community!

Join me Tonight  at 9pm Eastern, Newbery Award Winning authors, Rebecca Stead and Clare Vanderpool join us to chat about their favorite books, writing, and answer your questions!

 

 Rebecca Stead grew up—and still lives—in the same neighborhood in which When You Reach Me takes place. She is the author of the award-winning and critically acclaimed First Light (Wendy Lamb Books). She lives very happily with her husband and two sons. Rebecca’s next book, Liar & Spy, releases this summer on August 7th.

Clare Vanderpool’s first novel, Moon Over Manifest is set in the fictional small town of Manifest, Kansas, which is based on the real southeastern Kansas town of Frontenac, home of both of her maternal grandparents. Drawing on stories she heard as a child, along with research in town newspapers, yearbooks, and graveyards, Clare found a rich and colorful history for her story. Clare lives in Wichita, Kansas, with her husband and their four children.

 

 

 

Below is a list of the amazing line up of future live chats

Tuesday, April 17 Live Chat w/ Mary Pope Osborne, 1:00 PM EST

Thursday, April 19 Live Chat w/ Carl Hiaasen & Disc. Calvin Coconut, 9:00 PM EST

Tuesday, April 24 Live Chat w/ John Stephens, 1:00 PM EST

Thursday, April 26 Live Chat w/ Sesame Street, 9:00 PM EST

Tuesday, May 1 Live chat w/ Tom Leveen, 1:00 PM EST

Thursday, May 3 Live chat w/ Judy Blume, 9:00 PM EST

Tuesday, May 8 Live Chat w/Tad Hills, 9:00 pm EST

Thursday, May 10 Live chat w/ Devon Kinch, 9:00 PM EST

Tuesday, May 15 Live chat w/ RJ Palacio & RH School/Library, 1:00 PM EST

Thursday, May 17 Live chat w/ Trudy Ludwig, 9:00 PM EST

Tuesday, May 22 Live chat w/ Kate Klimo, 1:00 PM EST

Thursday, May 24 Live Chat: Cooking! Call out Bon Appetit, Time: TBD

Tuesday, May 29 Live chat w/ Lissa Price, 1:00 PM EST

I hope you can join us and celebrate life long reading and learning!

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New Read and Play Community – You’re Invited!

April 10, 2012 by 1 Comment

There is a new community in town and it’s all about BOOKS, learning and fun! Please join us over at the all new Read and Play Community hosted by Random House! We’re here to help you connect with other moms and educators, share ways to keep your kids reading and have fun! Join us on Wednesday April 11th from 9-10pm EST as we celebrate our new community with a LIVE launch party! We’ll be chatting live with community leaders to answer questions, recommend books, share learning tips and more! We’ll be giving away over $100 worth of gift cards and great titles to get your children reading. As a community leader for Random House I will share and co-host several of our weekly Live Chats!

 

It’s easy to join the Read and Play Party

1. Become a community member

 2. Join us on the Live Chat 9-10pm EST on Wednesday April 11th

 

What’s ahead…

Our next live chat {after our launch party}  will be this Thursday night at 9pm Eastern, Newbery Award Winning authors, Rebecca Stead and Clare Vanderpool join us to chat about their favorite books, writing, and answer your questions! We will have a chat widget right here on this blog for you to join in!

If you missed it, my first post on Storybook Clay Animation is up in the community, you can read and share your thoughts here.

E.B. the bunny on his drums, three turtles on a log and Easter baskets

 

We hope you can join us and celebrate lifelong reading and learning!

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The #Homeschool Lounge 4th Anniversary – $50 Amazon GC Giveaway!

February 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment

 It’s hard to believe that The Homeschool Lounge is celebrating its 4th anniversary! The Homeschool Lounge has been a wonderful place to find encouragement, support and friendship because of YOU, our wonderful community of homeschool moms. Thank you for making THL such a special part of the online homeschool community, we appreciate you!

In honor of this milestone, one of our mentors and fellow THL members, Barbara Frank, is offering her new book Stages of Homeschooling: Beginnings for FREE {Feb. 14th – 16th ONLY}. After the 16th the book will go back to it’s regular retail price! Go to our anniversary page here to grab your gift!

Each day this week we are sharing a new giveaway…..

To enter today’s giveaway of a $50 Amazon Gift Card all you have to do is leave us a comment on our giveaway page and tell us what this community of moms means to you! We will choose the winner via Random.org Friday 2/17 at 11:59 PM.

Click here to enter today’s giveaway on The Homeschool Lounge!

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Summer Daze Homeschool Lounge Event

July 31, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Are you ready for a week long event of Summer Daze Giveaways? 

What is the Summer Daze Homeschool Lounge Giveaway Event? – Summer Daze is a week long celebration on The Homeschool Lounge and across THL’s social pages. A little something to brighten your summer during these HOT, lazy daze of Summer! We are giving homeschool moms the chance to have some fun, connect, share, win great prizes and grab a freebie or two!

When: Summer Daze kicks off August 1st on the THL community and will last through August 5th. It will be a week long event of giveaways and fun on The Homeschool Lounge. Along with daily giveaways on the community, we will have a Twitter and Facebook Party with additional giveaways!

Below you will find 3 different ways to participate in our week long event, choose one or choose all!

We have a wonderful group of homeschool businesses sponsoring this event and offering some fabulous prizes, over $1,800 worth!  

Giveaways include but are not limited to MP3 players, homeschool planners, student planners, science kits, books, homeschool Magazine subscriptions, homeschool conference tickets and more! Plus, all participants will receive TWO FREEBIES!

Summer Daze Sponsors 

Click on the sponsor button to view our list of sponsors and giveaways!

 Homeschool Lounge Community Event
Be sure to stop by The Homeschool Lounge Monday, August 1st to learn about the week long event happening on the THL community!

 

  

Homeschool Lounge Facebook Party

Tuesday August 2nd 9pm Eastern
Click on the button below for Facebook party details and giveaways!

Summer Daze THL Twitter Party

Wednesday August 3rd 8pm Eastern
Click on the button below for Facebook party details and giveaways!

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Homeschool Lounge Facebook Party

July 28, 2011 by 1 Comment



In these HOT, humid, lazy days of summer, we thought it would be fun to throw a Summer Bash for Homeschool moms! We have a wonderful group of homeschool businesses sponsoring this event and offering some fabulous giveaways. You are invited to our very first Homeschool Lounge Facebook Party!

ALL Participants will receive two FREEBIES! Be sure to RSVP on the Facebook Event Page HERE!

Twitter Party Details: 

Date: Tuesday August 2nd

Time: 9-10 pm EST

Place: Homeschool Lounge Facebook Wall – https://www.facebook.com/TheHomeschoolLounge
Host: The Homeschool Lounge
Topic/Focus: Summer fun, Back to homeschool, resources for homeschool moms and more!

Prizes: 

 Home Educating Family Publishing ~

Lee Binz ~ The HomeScholar  ~

  
Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn of Teaching the Trivium –

MP3 Player
  • Includes audio player, earbuds, and USB cable
  • 2GB flash memory
  • Plays MP3, WMA files
  • LCD screen with white backlight
  • Displays artist and track information
  • Plug-and-play design
  • Hold feature
  • Headphone jack
  • Mini USB 2.0 port
  • Requires 1 AAA battery, not included
  • Measures 2-3/4″W
  • 90-day Limited Manufacturer’s Warranty

The Homeschool Day Planner – By Paramore Unlimited

  • Homeschool Day Planner CD’s ($20 value each). This CD provides the materials you need not only for your HOMESCHOOL efforts but for your FAMILY and your LIFE with over 80 printable pages that gives you most every type of method to organize and plan various aspects of your life. This item is retired and no longer being sold!

Apologia -

Heart of the Matter Online Home Education Conference –

  • 1 Heart of The Matter Online Conference Tickets- valued at $14.95 each and include  entry to win $2000 in door prizes, a fabulous swag bag currently worth over $145, Q&A time with some of the greatest speakers we know, MP3′s of all the sessions, and opportunities to have fun and fellowship with parents from around the world! Conference starts August 8th, 2011!   

ALL Participants will receive two FREEBIES! Be sure to RSVP on the Facebook Event Page HERE!

*Winner must be a USA or Canadian resident

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