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.
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.
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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.
- First, did you just simply comment? That’s the mandatory entry. Do that first. Then, choose any or all of these:
- Visit The Homophone Machine, create a sentence, then come back here and share it with us! Don’t be offended if we laugh. 🙂
- 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.
- Tweet about this giveaway (copy your tweet to @freelyeducate). This entry can be repeated every 24 hours.
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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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We were talking about homophones today.:)
Awww, homophones. Some of the hardest things to get in children’s brains sometimes. Would love to win this book!
We would love this book. We do the AAS program
Liked you on Face book:)
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~
Thank you for the giveaway! I would love this e-book.:)
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!
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.
I shared the giveaway on FB. Thank you!
Added a Facebook post on the contest. Can you tell I like this giveaway?
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!
Please enter me in the drawing! Thank you.
We want and need one!
I would also like to be entered in the drawing please.
Looks like a fun way to teach and learn homophones…..we would love to have one! Please!!
I have been planning to get this book for a while now. I love AAS and I am waiting for AAP to come out.
We’ve just belong All About Spelling and would love this companion book!!
Thanks!!
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.
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.
We LOVE All About Spelling!
I entered “Carry a heart that never hates” got converted to “Carry a hart that Never Hates. ”
Ah, this would be most helpful =)
Would love to win the homophone spelling book!
Wood love, excuse me…would love to win this!!
Okay! I really want this book! 🙂
We love the AAS program and would love to have this book. Thanks!
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!
I see the wrong there, their, and they’re used all over the place. Give me ideas on teaching correct uses!
Leaving my comment in a desperate attempt to win today’s giveaway!!!
I’d love one!
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”!
I need this!
“This comment was a peace of pi!”
Great giveaway! We love working with homophones and trying to figure out their origins. This book would be great fun.
Awesome! Just taught my 2nd grader about homophones yesterday!
Sounds like a great resource that could be used over and over for the whole family!
Hey!
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.
Eye wont two win the contest!
Ewe will wont two try hour knew game.
I would like to potty train my toddler.
Eye wood like two potty train my toddler.
Compliments of homophone machine.
Homophones confused my kids!
Love the Homophone Machine!
This looks awesome!
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.
This will be great when we study homophones!!! Looks like a fantastic book. Thanks so much for the find.
This is exciting!
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!
I’d love to win this one! Spelling is always an issue around here.
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
What a great resource! Thank you for the opportunity, Lori.
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!
The blew sky and bright son maid my day.
I could put this to good use! I have a 10, 6, and 5 year old.
Please count me in! looks terrific, and by coincidence homophones just came up in conversation earlier this week.
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!
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!
Homophones are part of what make writing the language hard for beginners but I also just love them!!!
This just came up for us the other day. I’d love the book to help me explain these words to my kids.
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 ?
I tweeted this.
I shared this on facebook.
How dew ewe get a platypus two play piano?
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!
Help, Homophones are scary.
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.
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.
Homophone machine original: Game night tonight with my husband – how fun for us!
Converted: Game knight tonight with my husband – how fun four us!
And here is my silly sentence 🙂
Wee went two the store two go shopping four sum shoes.
I Liked your facebook page.
I want, I want, I want! :~) Me, me me! I love my “me” world. :~) Great giveaway!
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!
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 =)
Love, love All About Spelling! Can’t wait to try this!
Please enter us in the drawing! Thank you~
We would love to try this!!
Some of our best corny jokes are the result of homophones! Sign me up.
–Leah
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 🙂
Looks like a great resource – I want one!
When is it write two tell a lye?
Would love to get this book, homophones are tough to learn.
Hi oh we would to love to win this and we very much need it! Thanks so much for such opportunities!
I have liked the post on Facebook!
I have commented on Facebook too.
The Homophone Machine is great!
My sentence: “Their is a cloud up inn the sky.”
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!
homonym?
I would like to enter. Thanks!
we often play word games in the car with homophones
It wood bee reel nice too have this book four my boys.
What a wonderful and needful give-away. Thank you for the possibilities.
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.
would love to get this book. thanks
THis is a great give away. Thanks so much Lori
Homophones are fun!!! We want it! Thanks!
We love All About Spelling program!
Friend on Facebook
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. 🙂
I would love to add this to our school library
My sentence: I rode the train to the city. Eye road the train two the city.
thanks for the giveaway! sounds like a great book and easy to use:)
Oh my goodness…my boys are always getting there and their messed up! Please, we could use this!!! 🙂 LOL
Hey! We’d love to win this. Shared on FB too.
Love All About Spelling! Great giveaway!
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!
Very cool! And liked you on facebook too. 😀
Would love this for the creative suggestions on how to teach homophones! (besides the Veggie Tale version 😉
Going to share on FB too!
what two dew four dinner? from the Homophone Machine
What a wonderful giveaway! This book looks great and one I am sure we could put to good use!
just posted on FB! What a great thing to share.
I’d love to add this to our book shelf!
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
I would like to be entered for this drawing.
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!! 🙂
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!!
Shared the Giveaway on my Homeschooling Page. You can find me at
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Homeschool-Families-of-Blount-County-TN/109874225756347
Completed #5 entry on my Facebook page as well 🙂 All shared!
I “Liked” you on Facebook.
we love homophones, pare, pair, pear!
I’d love to win this book! Thank you for the opportunity!
This would be great to use with my boys. Thanks!
Eye love this book four my boys.
That book would be so helpful! Thanks for providing this way to enter.
This looks like a great book…I’d love to win a copy. Thanks.
My kids would love this!
Would love to use this book with my kids!
Eye wood love two rays good spellers!
We love homophones at our homeschool!!
I follow you on facebook.
Hey! Love freebies!
Don’t know where my comment went, so here’s another!
http://twitter.com/#!/jaslinn77/status/41075516379381760 Status Tweet! Thank you! ~ Jessica
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.
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.
Thats fine, Sharon!
Would love to have a copy of this e-book.
It’s very frustrating trying to teach homophones! I’d love an easy way to teach!
Would definitely love to be the blessed recipient of this goodie!! Thank you!!
These can be so confusing so good curriculum is a plus!
Please enter me in the drawing.
Love homophones! I’d like to get the book. 🙂
I liked your Facebook Page
I would love this resource for our library. I think it would really help my kids with their spelling.
I shared about the giveaway on my Facebook.
At The Homophone Machine website, I entered:
I know all about them, too.
and got:
Eye no awl about them, two.
Haha! Too funny!
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.
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
Thank you for the chance to win this great ebook!
Oh what fun….pick me:)
Went to the Homophone Machine and typed in my sentence. Here it is.
Why is my write foot sew soar?
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
I’d love to have this book for my daughter!
Sounds great! I would love to win this.
What a great giveaway! Very useful!
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.
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
That would be great! Thank you Lori. Did a post just a few mins ago to both pages. 🙂
Would love to win this!
I am considering buying the all About Spelling program! I would love to win!
Eye love two teach my sun two red. He is a vary smart kid.
CentsableLady
I just signed up to win All About homophones @freelyeducate. I tweeted!
Just liked Freely Educate on facebook.
Posted to FB wall today!
Posted to Homeschool Page wall!