Sorry – this giveaway is now closed.
Thank you all for participating and congratulations to the winning comments:
number 2 – Julie
number 58 – Mama Zen
Thanks to Random.org for its integer generator.
(Check out our Parenting Preteens giveaway too.)
I purchased the book, Parenting Preschoolers with a Purpose
I think this comment on the back cover is right on:
Parenting Preschoolers with a Purpose will steer you from the turbulent threes through the finicky fives with warmth, imagination, and common sense.
With an easy, conversational style, author Jolene Roehlkepartain connects with parents, and encourages them to take care of themselves, in order to do the best job of caring for their kids. With common-sense, she offers clear, do-able strategies to address preschool child issues (like discipline, naps or dealing with hitting.) Each chapter spotlights at least one Developmental Asset that is promoted by the strategy. And I especially like the “Bonus Ideas” that are peppered throughout the book – fun or informational suggestions to help parents find joy with their kids.
Search Institute Press will give away a copy of this book to TWO readers. To be eligible for the giveaway, please visit Search Institute and come back here to tell us another title that looks interesting as well. (Scroll to the very bottom of this post to find the comment form.) I’ll randomly choose the winners on April 11.
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1:43 pm
Thanks for the link to yet another good book source. 150 Ways to Show Kids You Care book looks like it would be full of great ideas.
2:06 pm
I would also like Parenting Preteens with a Purpose. I could benefit from both.
2:54 pm
Several things look interesting, including “150 Ways to Show Kids You Care, “Raising Healthy Children” and “Soul of a Citizen/The Impossible Will Take a Little While”
3:12 pm
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4:31 pm
I could use a couple….right now I need
“No- why kids of all ages need to hear it”
Thanks!
kelleythejewelry;ady(at)yahoo(dot)com
6:21 pm
Wow! That is a great site with some great books. The one that caught my eye was this one:
Teaching Kids to Change the World: Lessons to Inspire Social Responsibility For Grades 6-12
8:06 pm
Another that sounds good is “No: Why Kids—of All Ages—Need to Hear It and Ways Parents Can Say It” I would love any resource that helps me be a better parent!
8:37 am
The book, “Teaching Kids to Change the World: Lessons to Inspire Social Responsibility for grades 6-12,” looks like a great book to encourage youth involvement in positive movement forward for themselves, as well as inspiring change in the world. Alfred Adler taught that as social beings, humans become more healthy as they develop social interest. Great contribution to empowering youth!
10:44 am
Helping Teens Handle Tough Experiences: Strategies to Foster Resilience
1:59 pm
Oooo…I think I’d like “150 Ways to Show Kids You Care” book
6:09 pm
I like Teaching Kids to Change the World: Lessons to Inspire Social Responsibility For Grades 6-12. These look like great teachers!
Mommie
http://www.mommieshome.net
12:08 am
My husband and I work with inner city teens. I’d love to page thru this book: Building Everyday Leadership in All Teens: Promoting Attitudes and Actions for Respect and Success. Thanks!
10:04 am
Most definitely the book, “Parenting Your Preteen With Purpose!” It is a wonderful site with many useful resources.
Please enter me in your drawing. Thanks,Cindi
10:37 am
The book Helping Teens Handle Tough Experiences: Strategies to Foster Resilience seems like it would be very useful in a few years. Thanks!
10:41 am
I would love to read “150 Way To Show Your Kids You Care!”
10:41 am
I would choose the book “Ask Me Where I’m Going & Other Revealing Messages from Today’s Teens”
10:45 am
I think all parents of little kids could use the book
Proud to Be You .
10:52 am
I would also enjoy What Young Children Need to Succeed.
10:56 am
This book sounds great! I’d love to read it. I’m also interested in 150 Ways to Show Kids You Care. Thanks for a great giveaway!
11:08 am
Making Choices and Making Friends is a book we would like to read/have
11:10 am
Would love to win this one. As a parent of 3 kids, different ages, there’s a lot of books I can use or want to read. The one that sticks out for now is: 150 ways to show kids you care!
Thanks for the great give away!
11:14 am
Teaching Kids to Change the World: Lessons to Inspire Social Responsibility For Grades 6-12
That one sounds really good!
sjmanley(at)sbcglobal(dot)net
11:16 am
“Raising Healthy Children Day by Day” looks like a very practical resource with its daily readings. I would love to have it and the one you’re giving away. Thanks for highlighting this title as I never would have known about the Search Institute’s titles…
11:20 am
Teaching Kids to Change the World: Lessons to Inspire Social Responsibility For Grades 6-12 sounds amazing. I’d love to give that a read as well. Thanks.
11:37 am
I would like to read 150 ways to show your kids you care!!
11:43 am
150 Ways to Show Kids You Care sound like a wonderful book
11:51 am
What Young Children Need to Succeed sounds like something interesting and helpful to read.
12:32 pm
This book looks great! I also think What Young Children Need to Succeed sounds interesting.
12:39 pm
Building assets in elementary sounds great!
mcginnisfamily5(at)gmail(dot)com
12:42 pm
I think “No: Why Kids—of All Ages—Need to Hear It and Ways Parents Can Say It” sounds like a good read. Thanks for the chance to win!
12:49 pm
I think “Raising Healthy Children Day by Day” sounds like it would be interesting.
1:35 pm
Conversations on the Go would be fun!
2:41 pm
This book could really come in handy also like the Great Group Games book from their website. Thanks
2:47 pm
There were a couple that looked pretty good; Raising Healthy Children Day by Day, and 150 Ways to Show Kids You Care.
2:48 pm
I really like these resources. Another interest is 150 Ways to Show Kids You Care book! Thank you for the opportunity! Shannon Pongratz
3:21 pm
I like the making choices making friends book
3:34 pm
Thanks for the link. I found some helpful looking books especially 150 ways to show kids you care.
3:35 pm
I liked Playful Reading. I actually saw quite a few books I’d like to purchase. Thanks for turning me onto this site.
3:45 pm
cool!
3:59 pm
I like the making choices and making friends title. great giveaway, thanks!
4:10 pm
They definitely have a lot of great books. I think my favorite is : ‘150 Ways to Show Kids You Care’. Thanks for hosting this wonderful contest.
7:07 pm
The Title “Teaching Kids to Change the World: Lessons to Inspire Social Responsibility” sounds like an excellent read.
7:36 pm
150 Ways to Show Kids You Care book would love to read that in relation to my preschoolers.
7:43 pm
I’m interested in Raising Healthy Children Day by Day.
7:58 pm
I think “Teaching Kids to Change the World: Lessons to Inspire Social Responsibility For Grades 6-12″ would be great, as I teach grades 7 and 8.
nifferjeno at gmail dot com
8:45 pm
I’d actually have to pick the “Ideas for Parents Newsletters” on CD–looks very helpful. Thank you! I’d love to read this book! ( meg.wilson at gmail.com )
10:00 pm
“Raising Healthy Children Day by Day” sounds interesting.
10:15 pm
150 ways to show kids you care and several of the spiritual development books. The book you are giving away would be awesome, my husband just deployed and my son will be three soon and I am so concerned on how to deal with everything.
11:00 pm
This is great! Thanks!
12:03 am
I think the “150 ways to show kids you care” book sounds good.
10:30 am
150 Ways to Show Kids You Care book and there are loads of other books that sound good like What Kids Need to Succeed.
10:36 am
All the books you give away are so helpful and important to educators and parents alike! Please include me. Thanks!
3:32 pm
I think these are all great books. I think Raising Healthy Children Day By Day would be great for me. Thanks for the chance.
3:38 pm
The Adding Assets Series for Kids looks good for my four year old. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
9:19 pm
Playful Reading looks interesting; I work with K-5 kids, so it’d be useful at home and at school.
Thanks for the giveaway!
9:26 pm
The Adding Assets Series sounds very interesting, too!
Thanks!
10:02 pm
Raising Healthy Children Day by Day sounds very helpful.
8:13 am
I like “Making Choices and Making Friends!”
11:09 am
Oooh, another book to add to my reading list!
6:25 am
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9:52 am
Playful Reading (but the Ask Me where I’m going book for teens looks like a great second choice for when my kids get into those years).
Thanks,
Maureen
(jnomaxx at hotmail dot com)
10:07 am
I would love to read Conversations on the Go and Parenting Preteens with a Purpose.
10:07 pm
I think that “Great Group Games” sounds like fun for my kids and for my husband’s youth group! Thanks for a great giveaway!
5:29 am
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9:45 am
I like this one:
150 Ways to Show Kids You Care
1:11 pm
As the mom of 6 boys that in a range of stages there are many books that would be helpful for me! Great Group Games looks great . . . especially the “Zero Prep” part!!!
10:07 pm
What a great site that is! “Conversations on the Go” sounds like a great road trip book.
Thank you.
11:02 pm
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11:39 pm
This sounded interesting: Ask Me Where I’m Going & Other Revealing Messages from Today’s Teens
Thank you for the opportunity to win this book. My oldest will be 3 next month and I’ll be entering the world of life with a preschooler.
6:16 am
I think Making Choices and Making Friends also sounds interesting. Please enter me in the drawing. Thanks.
Ginnie
6:57 am
Really? Just one favorite?? Oh my, well, anything in the educators or parenting section is pretty much something I would love to read! But if I have to pick a title –
Parenting with a Purpose: A Positive Approach for Raising Confident, Caring Youth
Or the one about Why Kids need to Hear No. Okay, okay, I gave two! But I loved all the titles.
Thanks for the chance to win this Parenting Preschoolers book! I could use it!
10:56 am
I could use the Parenting Preschoolers book. My dd is a toddler and I want to make sure that I am helping her in every way that I can.
The raising Healthy children Day by Day, also looks very interesting.
3:38 pm
When Parents Ask for Help sounds like a wonderful resource to have on hand. Thanks for the chance to win the Parenting Preschoolers book.
9:50 am
I would like to read Helping Teens Handle Tough Experiences.
I am so excited about your drawing!
8:05 pm
I would either choose 150 WAYS TO SHOW KIDS YOU CARE, because I think that would be a great reference to have around… or PARENTING PRETEENS WITH A PURPOSE, because my nephew is just entering his preteens!
9:33 am
Great Group Games sounds like a fun book.
9:49 am
Teaching Kids to Change the World. What a great resource!!!! Thanks so much. I bookmarked it.
2:20 pm
Recipes for Life
I would love to cook with my son when he is a bit older.
4:20 pm
We adopted 2 girls 2 years ago, and the oldest is 12 now and I could really use this book. The other one I saw that I really would like also is “Preteen Care Package”. Thank you!