2009 Prizes
PRIZE DISCLAIMER: Not all prizes are for each category unless listed that way. If there are not enough of one prize for all categories, the combined prizes will be spread out as evenly as possible so that every category will get a fair amount of prizes. Read our legal page for more information.
Rosetta Stone Ltd.
Rosetta Stone is donating Level 1 language curriculum to one winner. Category to be determined. Approx value $229.
A beginning language-learning curriculum that assumes no prior knowledge of the language, Level 1 builds a foundation of fundamental vocabulary and essential language structures to help students gain the confidence they need to master basic conversational skills.
APC | Artistic Photo Canvas
APC is donating a 20″ x 30″ Custom Gallery Wrapped Photo Canvas to the following HSBA winners:
Best Homeschool Mom Blog
Best Homeschool Dad Blog
Best Photos and Artistic Content Blog
Best Crafts, Plans & Projects Blog
‘Live-What-You-Believe’ Homeschool Blog
Best Homemaking or Recipes Blog
Best SUPER-HOMESCHOOLER
Approx value $155.The winner of each APC prize will receive a 20″ x 30″ custom gallery wrapped photo canvas created from a photo of their choice. Upload any digital photo and APC’s gifted creative team will transform it into a true work of art, ready to hang upon arrival! Artistic Photo Canvas is the only major online lab that prints exclusively with archival inks on eco-friendly OBA-free canvas. So commemorate a special family moment, an adored pet, or a vacation vista you never want to forget. No matter what photo you choose, your personalized photo-to-canvas transformation will be the perfect antidote to generic, mass-produced art — and be cherished by your loved ones for generations to come.
Peachpit
Peachpit Book Package $100 worth of books or videos from www.peachpit.com for three winners: Best Blog Design, Best Photos & Artistic Content, and Best Crafts, Plans & Projects.
NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals)
NAPP is donating the Photoshop CS4 for Photographers DVD. Category to be determined. Approx value $70.
Corey Barker — education and curriculum developer for NAPP — shows you through the basic essentials of Adobe® Photoshop®. Whether you are new to Photoshop® CS4 or even Photoshop in general, this course is the place to start learning. Not only will you learn the basics of the Photoshop core tools and functions, but by the time you finish this course you will be editing and compositing your images with ease. Even if you are somewhat familiar with Photoshop this course will be great to refresh or sharpen your skills.
In this DVD you will learn:
- How to set up your preferences and workspaces
- How to customize Photoshop to suit your needs
- How to create selections
- How to work with layers
- How to create text
As the course progresses and you get more familiar with the tools, we will venture into color correction, image retouching, and basic compositing techniques.
The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
The Old Schoolhouse Magazine will give everyone who wins a one-year subscription (print for US, digital for international winners).
Graphically Designing
Graphically Designing is donating one $150 gift certificate toward design – the equivalent of a Basic Makeover and blog button, and one $40 gift certificate toward design – the equivalent of a twitter background or blog/meme button. Category to be determined.
Wordpress or Blogger/Blogspot Basic Makeover:
$120 bare bones complete makeover, you can add features with a la carte to customize your package.
1. Custom basic template – choose 1 or 3 columns
2. Custom basic header / banner
3. Matching hexidecimal color backgrounds
4. Signature
5. Includes file hosting (for Blogger, Wordpress is self-hosted)
6. Includes installation
Math.U.See
Math.U.See is donating one Stewardship math set to the homeschool blog awards. Category to be determined. $80 value
The revised Stewardship comprises four books – the Instruction Manual, Biblical Foundation, Student Text, and Test Booklet – in addition to an Instruction DVD (or video). The Instruction Manual, Student Text, and Test Booklet are home to 30 lessons on a variety of topics, ranging from managing a checking account and comparison shopping, to the cost of operating a car, and maintaining a home. The Biblical Foundation also has 30 lessons on financial principles based on the Word of God.
Shining Dawn Books
Shining Dawn Books is donating two copies of the NaturExplorers Unit. Category to be determined. Approx value $10.
Each NaturExplorers unit is an educational journey into God’s Creation and literally jam-packed with ideas for nature study – outdoors as well as indoors! Expect to find hands-on activities, research ideas, project suggestions, living literature lists, notebooking pages, ideas for incorporating younger and older students and so much more – all related to an in-depth study of a particular nature study topic! The best part is, you can pull one idea from the unit, or one hundred. All the NaturExplorers units are made to work in whatever way suits YOU! The winners will choose one of the sixteen units currently available.
Madcap Logic
Madcap Logic is donating three copies of the Creativity Express Home Edition CD-Rom. Category to be determined. Approx value $25.
“Created by former Disney animators and professional educators, Creativity Express is interactive visual literacy software for children ages 7-12. The program is a blend of animated storytelling and interactive activities that teach the principles of art, and provide the tools for creative self expression. The program contains 16 modules that explore the elements of art and creativity, and projects that allow children to put these concepts to use in artwork that they can create on the computer with the digital paint software included, or with their own traditional art supplies.”
Elizabeth King Coaching, Inc
Elizabeth King Coaching, Inc. is donating one copy of Outsmarting the SAT. Category to be determined. Approx value $12.
New York City-based test prep expert Elizabeth King’s “Outsmarting the SAT” is the critically acclaimed SAT prep book that’s taking the major test prep companies by storm and helping students earn scores they never thought possible.
Wisdom’s Gate
Wisdom’s Gate is donating a 1-year subscription of Home School Digest magazine to each winner. Approx value $20.
MindBites
MindBites is donating $20 in educational lessons for each category winner.
MindBites is a how-to video marketplace, and we have recently greatly expanded our Education lesson catalog. Through partnerships with companies like Thinkwell, we have over 2,000 education lessons taught by award-winning professors covering subjects such as Calculus, Chemistry, Grammar, Biology, Algebra, Public Speaking and more. Homeschool parents have found these lessons immensely helpful; lessons can be used as a quick refresher for homeschool parents before they cover a particular topic or as an exciting video aid to compliment their instruction. Also, because of the on-demand nature of these online video lessons, homeschool parents are able to purchase the lessons and view them instantly. We are very excited to partner with The Homeschool Post and to help sponsor the 5th Annual Homeschool Blog Awards.
Red River Paper
Red River Paper is offering 4 sample kits of Red River Paper’s most popular paper for photographic inkjet papers. Plus four $40 gift certificates to Red River Paper. Categories to be determined.
These papers are compatible with any inkjet printer, come in many popular sizes, and are up to 40% less than retail name brands.
Values-Driven
Values-Driven is donating 3 prizes for 3 different category winners (to be determined). Approx value $70.
The Growing Homeschool paperback book:As a homeschooling mom, your day is full. Juggling home management, family, ministry, often work-at-home, and your children’s education is a challenge. When you add infants and toddlers into the mix, things can get downright hectic. The Growing Homeschool can help you not only survive, but thrive!
You will discover the difference between balance and integration, and how to leverage both for maximum effectiveness. Learn from an experienced, but in-the-trenches homeschool mom of seven how to prioritize, develop a workable routine, address the needs of different ages and stages of children, homeschool with greater ease, keep the little ones productively occupied during school time, and—most importantly—continually focus on the things that are of greatest value to God.
$50 worth of Beeyoutiful Products: Values-Driven offers 15% off of Beeyoutiful’s natural health and wellness supplements and products every day. As a Homeschool Blog award winner, you can choose any combination of Beeyoutiful products you’d like, up to a $50 value! Their flagship product is the Super Mom vitamins, but you can browse the entire product line at www.beeyoutiful.com to choose your prize package.
Bundle of 10 “Keys to Kingdom Expansion” books: Do you want to be the spark that starts a wildfire of Kingdom expansion? This is your opportunity! Time is short. We are living in the second-to-last scene of history and God is mobilizing an army of soldiers for one last burst of revival to gather in the harvest. The Great Commission is now within our reach. Keys to Kingdom Expansion is a handy, pocket-sized book that contains the deployment orders and battle plans for bringing in the harvest.
Learn About China
Learn about China is donating a China Learning Packet to the winners in the following categories; Best Crafts, Plans, & Projects, Best Eclectic, Best Variety, Best SUPER-HS, Best NEW. Approx value $14.
A China Learning Kit comes all the way from China right to your mailbox! Inside the China Learning Packet you’ll find a Chinese papercut, a Chinese knot, a red envelope with real currency, a Chinese flag, postcards, a bookmark, a red scarf worn by young Communist students, a honeycomb lantern, and stickers. In addition, there will be an informational brochure explaining more about the things in your packet. If you can’t take a field trip to China, let a little bit of China come to you!
AGMinistries.org
AGMinistries.org is donating a devotion package to the winners of the best Teen Girl Blogger and Best Encourager.
Devotion package includes: Ebooks Seasons of Friendship, Deception Behind the Candy Coat, Prelude to a Blog, $5 gift card to Starbucks, Notecards and Pen Pack, The School of Christ by T. Austin-Sparks, and Prayer Journal.
Media Angels, Inc.
Media Angels is giving away one Writer’s Gift Bag. Category to be determined.
The Writer’s Gift Bag from Media Angels publishing is a great start for budding authors—both young and old. Includes: Information in a Nutshell-Writing and Publishing, a how-to guide for aspiring authors; the Information in a Nutshell DVD, which is chock full of “insider information” about the publishing industry; and Reach for the Stars, a writing workbook for young authors, which takes students step-by-step through the exciting journey of learning to write a fiction story.
Circle C Adventures
Circle C Adventures is donating a set of 4 Circle C Adventures books and beanie baby keychain. Category to be determined. Approx value $30.
Horses, Adventure, and the Old West! Includes four autographed books that follow the hair-raising escapades of 12-year-old Andi Carter and her horse, Taffy, in 1880s California, where Andi always ends up learning valuable lessons about life, friends, and family. Wholesome reading for ages 9 to 99. A beanie baby horse keychain is included, as well.
Preschoolers and Peace
Preschoolers and Peace is donating one Resource Package to the winner in the category best Nitty-Gritty Blog.
The Resource Package includes; Circle Time: Plan the Best Part of Your Day! ebook, plus 4 MP3 Workshops: Preschoolers, Preparation, and Peace, Organization and the Homeschool, Practical Classical, and Finding Quiet Time.
The Homeschool Toolbar
The Homeschool Toolbar is offering the winner of one category (to be determined) a $25 Amazon Gift Certificate!
Nothing New Press
Nothing New Press All Through the Ages History through Literature Guide, Story of the Ancient World (2 books)All Through the Ages: Bring the “story” back into “history” by using this exhaustive guide to over 7000 of the best in quality historical narratives, historical fiction, literature, and “living books”! Comprehensive lists for grades 1-12 in every historical era from creation to present, and every geographical region.
Story of the Ancient World – The first in the award- winning Guerber narrative history series, which is helping kids all across the country fall in love with history again!
Early Moments
One winner (to be determined) is going to win an Early Moments Book Club subscription.
Prize description:
Winner’s choice of one of Early Moments’ age appropriate children’s book clubs (from 6 months for Disney’s Royal Princess to a year for Disney’s Wonderful World of Reading, Friends of Dr. Seuss, Phonics Reading Program).
Sprittibee’s Aunt
Sprittibee’s Aunt Nee is donating a custom, home-made grocery cart cover to one winner (to be determined). Hand stitched in Texas with love!* Baby not included.
