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GIVEAWAY! All About Homophones – CLOSED

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I love rounding up giveaways for you, especially in this shaky economy when so many of us are on a tight budget.  I especially love it when I really like the product. If I’m posting an item on FreelyEducate.com, you can be sure I like it, but sometimes one comes along that I really, really like.  All About Homophones (from the same publisher as All About Spelling) is one of those.

All About Homophones cover

Do you know what a homophone is?  I didn’t, either.  A homophone is a word that sounds like another word, but may be spelled differently and have a different meaning.

Just today, while correcting her essay, I attempted to get our 11yo to understand that “there” is not “their” and “where” is not “wear.” You know how frustrating teaching can be when our English language has so many different spellings for the same sound!  I didn’t realize I was teaching our daughter “homophones.” Later in the day, my review copy of All About Homophones came in my email inbox, and now I’m excited to teach our 11yo tomorrow.

All About Homophones is a 240-page book (available as a paperback or ebook) that is remarkably easy to use.  The book is organized by grade level (1st-8th) and includes a variety of ways to teach homophones through card games, worksheets, crossword puzzles, and graphic organizers.  You may view samples of the book and read reviews at the All About Homophones site.

All About Homophones cover

 
One of you will be selected to win an ebook of All About Homophones!  (value $17.95)

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Mandatory Entry:  Just leave a comment, below.  Say you want one, say hey, say what’s frustrating about spelling.  Say anything you like!

Additional Entries: You’ll receive an additional entry for any or each of these.  Remember to comment separately per entry.

  1. First, did you just simply comment?  That’s the mandatory entry.  Do that first.  Then, choose any or all of these:
  2. Visit The Homophone Machine, create a sentence, then come back here and share it with us!  Don’t be offended if we laugh.  🙂  
  3. Blog about this giveaway on your blog or website   then come back here and leave a link to the blog post so we can visit you.
  4. Tweet about this giveaway (copy your tweet to @freelyeducate).  This entry can be repeated every 24 hours.
  5. Join our Facebook community page  (you’ll like it!) or   post a message – anywhere on Facebook – about this giveaway (this entry can be repeated every 24 hours).

That’s 5 ways enter!

Entries are open to everyone, no matter what country! Random.org will select the winner.  The winning entry will be verified.  Entry deadline: Tuesday, March 1, at noon CST.

Any entry problems?  Email me, Lori,  at freelyeducate@gmail.com and I’ll do a manual entry for you.  No missing out!

I hope you win!

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UPDATED MARCH 2, 2011:  This giveaway is now closed.  Congratulations to Gigi, who was the 40th commenter that Random.org selected as the winner. Gigi’s winning comment was:
Gigi said…

Eye wont two win the contest!

Allrandom

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  5. Oh my, sometimes the English language is just plain crazy. This book would go a long way to helping explain to my munchkins why words are the way they are! Great giveaway~

  7. My daughters are making good headway on spelling, but homophones can often be a bugaboo. Any help is welcome! Thanks for another great giveaway, Lori!

  8. The Homophone Machine is a riot! I entered a sentence with a couple of deliberate homophones, and was chagrined to find I’d overlooked five more!
    Here’s the sentence:
    Eye don’t no wear the cote eye wont two where is.

  11. I’ve been looking for a good resource for my rising 2nd and 4th graders. Spelling is important to me, and I want them to be good spellers! Homophones can really be confusing, so this resource will be so helpful to our family!

  16. I have been planning to get this book for a while now. I love AAS and I am waiting for AAP to come out.

  18. My sentence at the Homophone Machine:
    I entered “Enjoy your ride on the trip around the sun.” Converted to: Enjoy your ride on the trip around the son.

  19. Great giveaway! Sometimes I wonder how I actually learned to read and write correctly when I’m teaching my children! For every rule there is an exception and then different spellings and meanings of words that sound the same! I don’t speak another language but wonder if its just english or other languages that are like this.

  27. Hear is the place wear they way the be and the flour.
    Also: Wear can eye bee sew eye can bee safe?
    That is so much fun! My kids will love it!

  28. I see the wrong there, their, and they’re used all over the place. Give me ideas on teaching correct uses!

  31. Here’s my sentence from The Homophone Machine:
    Waking up two a covering of reign and a deep desire two win Freely Educate’s give aweigh today “All About Homophones”!

  34. Great giveaway! We love working with homophones and trying to figure out their origins. This book would be great fun.

  38. I remember teaching homophones in elementary school. It was always well received and interesting to teach. I have not heard of this book and would love to explore.

  41. I would like to potty train my toddler.
    Eye wood like two potty train my toddler.
    Compliments of homophone machine.

  45. Homophones are fun! We enjoyed playing with the Homophone Machine too. This book would be a nice add-on for our spelling program! Please enter me too, Thanks!
    Homophone Original:
    She was a lovely child. Her hair was arranged in neat plaits. She worked on the computer and her bite was worse than her bark. She was this way because she lived with hostile guerillas. If she had any sense she would leave.
    Homophone Converted:
    She was a lovely child. Her hare was arranged inn neat plaits. She worked on the computer and her byte was worse than her bark. She was this weigh because she lived with hostel guerillas. If she had any cents she wood leave.

  46. This will be great when we study homophones!!! Looks like a fantastic book. Thanks so much for the find.

  48. I plan on using the AAS program next year for our kids. I’ve read some fantastic reviews and talked with people who love using it. Would really enjoy winning this product—looks great!

  50. Here’s my sentence from the Homophone Machine! Its two early inn the mourning two bee awake without coffee. Too funny!! Or should I say two?? Maybe to??? LOL

  52. Totally LOVE AAS!
    I had no idea about the Homophone book! Even if I don’t win and can start saving my pennies for a book I believe would be worth my money!

  56. Oh, I can’t tell you how many times I have gone over the difference between, their, there and they’re in our home. I just got levels one and two fo All About Spelling and my 7 year old is finally enjoying spelling. I love this company!

  57. Let’s see…what is frustrating about the English language?! When you start teaching it…just about everything! For every rule there seems to be an exception. We are plugging through!

  58. Homophones are part of what make writing the language hard for beginners but I also just love them!!!

  59. This just came up for us the other day. I’d love the book to help me explain these words to my kids.

  60. This snowy blowy day is hour date four arts and crafts.
    And what do you call a word, like date, that means two things ( having a date and the date you can eat) but is spelled the same ?

  64. homo- alike or same
    phone- sound
    Homophones are so fun! And the roots of the word always help me remember what exactly a homophone is!

  66. As I am new to homeschooling, I am trying to collect as many resources as possible for my son. I am also a former teacher who loves teaching about homophones :o) I have a great picture book which I think is called Dear Deer. The book was a great help with my second graders.

  67. Pleas help me teach these kids of mine about sum words that sound the same butt look different and how two no the write weigh two ewes and spell them.

  68. Homophone machine original: Game night tonight with my husband – how fun for us!
    Converted: Game knight tonight with my husband – how fun four us!

  72. My original sentence:
    I love to go to the market. There I buy lots of produce for my family. It is often so rewarding to share my piece of fruit with my dear children.
    My Converted Sentence:
    Eye love two go two the market. Their eye by lots of produce four my family. It is often sew rewarding two share my peace of fruit with my deer children.
    HOW FUNNY!

  73. I would love to win this book! My kids and I LOVE working with homophones, believe it or not. I do All About Spelling with my five year old and wouldn’t mind checking All About Homophones out =)

  78. I would love access to this resource. English is a second language to my husband and I, and so it would not only be the children that would benefit. Hope we win 🙂

  82. Hi oh we would to love to win this and we very much need it! Thanks so much for such opportunities!

  86. We have been working on these for “weaks” : ) They are fun and now are trying to find more in the english language. My kids just suggested Why and “Y”. Not quite the same but still fun to try! Please enter me in the contest. Thank You!

  92. Enjoyed the Homophone Machine. My sentence: Two heads are better than one, while a three strand cord is seldom broken. To heads are bettor than won, wile a three strand chord is seldom broken.

  98. Sounds like a great resource! I’d love to win! One of our favorite homophone books is “Dear Deer” by Gene Baretta. My boys love it, but Hubby and I find it very entertaining as well. 🙂

  102. Oh my goodness…my boys are always getting there and their messed up! Please, we could use this!!! 🙂 LOL

  105. That homophone machine is too cute! Here was our sentence:
    He wanted to meet by the meat before the meet.
    And it was converted to:
    He wanted two meat buy the meet before the meat.
    Thank you!

  107. Would love this for the creative suggestions on how to teach homophones! (besides the Veggie Tale version 😉
    Going to share on FB too!

  109. What a wonderful giveaway! This book looks great and one I am sure we could put to good use!

  112. Ok, here’s my original sentence:
    I asked him to please be here when I get home from the beach.
    Here’s what came out of the Homophone Machine:
    Eye asked hymn two pleas bee hear when eye get home from the beech.
    Fun!
    Nancy in NH

  114. Would LOVE this!! We just finished a activity in our L.A books about homophones and my daughter still just hasn’t grasped it yet. Could use a book that makes it easier to get. WE WANT ONE!! 🙂

  115. The Homophone Machine:
    Original: If I had to choose between my two favorite colors, I would not be able to choose.
    What came out: If eye had two chews between my to favorite colors, eye wood knot bee Abel two chews.
    LOL! Too neat!!

  133. I am a teacher, and I would love to have this book. It has all kinds of activities that would be of interest to students with many different kinds of learning styles. This is always a fun subject to discuss in class.

  134. I am following you on facebook – I added you a couple of days ago – does that count? I would really love to win this book. I am a teacher in GA. I spend so much of my money buying learning material – It would be great to win something.

  146. I’m terrible at spelling and the only homophones I’ve ever been able to keep strait are “your” and “you’re” I’m just hoping a book can help me to teach my kids.

  147. Just found your blog. Very interesting. Have a preschooler and trying to get as much information as I can to help him do his best. ~ MishMashedMe at blogspot

  151. When I went to the Homophone Machine and typed my sentence in correctly it came out like this:
    The student’s shared to of there ideas about wear they wont two go on vacation today inn class and it was sew much fun.
    Please enter me again for the book giveaway! Thanks

  155. Do we need to post here each time we post on FB about the giveaway? I have been posting each day on my personal page and my “Homeschooling” page.

  156. Hi, Lynn!  Yes, you need to come and comment for each entry, since Random.org will choose a # as the winner.  If you like, I'll input those for you to save you time!  ~ Lori