A North Carolina Homeschooling Family won the 2011 LEGO Smart Creativity Contest in the homeschooling category by showcasing how they use LEGO to make stop-motion animation videos. The family plans to give some of the $2,500 LEGO gift certificates to their local 4-H Lego and Robotics Club. Read more Check out all of the winning [...]
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Homeschoolers Win National LEGO Contest
Posted by ginac on November 18th, 2011
Posted in Contests, Eclectic Homeschooling, LEGOs, News 
Tags: contest, homeschool, LEGO 
2 Comments »Inheritance Series Book 4 Release Date Announced – We’re Celebrating with Free Stuff!
Posted by ginac on November 5th, 2011
Our Giveaway has now ended. Thanks to everyone who participated. Congratulations to Melissa Taylor for winning the Inheritance Book! Enjoy the free Inheritance Series resources we’ve created and curated just for Inheritance Series fans. Get the Inheritance Vocabulary List Inheritance series vocabulary list - Google Doc (web page) Inheritance series vocabulary list - Google Doc (Downloadable [...]
Posted in Activities, Books, Contests, Reading Tags: Books, Brinsingr, Eldest, Eragon, fantasy fiction, giveaway, Inheritance, Inheritance Series, Paolini, reading, Saphira, young adult literature 14 Comments »Vote for SpottyBanana – Best Mom Tech Blog on Parents
Posted by ginac on September 19th, 2011
If you’ve found inspiration from our stories, shared stories you found here first, purchased a product we reviewed, engaged with us through Facebook or blog comments, you’re one of our greatest assets! Thank you! For newcomers finding us for the first time, welcome. We love learning and the community that supports it. We’re proud to [...]
Posted in Contests, Just for Fun, News Tags: Blog award, contest, parents.com, spottybanana, STEM, tech mom, vote 1 Comment »LEGO Smart Creativity Contest
Posted by ginac on August 20th, 2011
Calling all educations. Enter LEGO’s Smart Creativity Contest to win great prizes. To enter, simply create a short video that showcases how you use LEGO® Education materials within your homeschool or traditional school curriculum to engage learners! Visit the LEGO Smart Creativity Contest website for more information. Hurry! Registration closes October 14, 2011.
Posted in Contests, LEGOs Tags: innovation, LEGO, LEGO animation, LEGO Creativity Contest Comments OffCheck Out Social Savvy Mom for the Homeschool Mom Twitter Party!
Posted by ginac on August 3rd, 2011
Moms are social by nature, add Twitter and home learning, and you have a fabulous group of engaged people eager to share ideas, resources, and stories! The Homeschool Lounge is hosting a Twitter Party tonight from 8p – 9p EST. All participants will receive free stuff and a chance to win prizes just by participating. Check [...]
Young Author Contest (YACK) from Eifrig Publishing
Posted by ginac on July 25th, 2011
Eifrig Publishing wants to encourage young authors and they’re hosting a writing event to highlight the work of young creatives. The lucky winners of YACK (Young Authors – Creative Kids) will have their books published as a paperback book with all proceeds going to a charity or non-profit of the child’s choice. We can’t think of [...]
MoonBots 2.0: A Google Lunar X PRIZE LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Challenge
Posted by ginac on May 18th, 2011
What a cool summer challenge! Google has partnered with FIRST robotics and Wired magazine to create an X Prize challenge especially for kids. Teams of young people ages nine through seventeen can register for this cool challenge. Teams of between three to six people, including one adult mentor, design a Lego Mindstorms robot to explore the moon. [...]
Posted in Computer Programming, Contests, Electronics, LEGOs, Science, technology Tags: FIRST Robotics Competition, GeekMom, google, LEGO, LEGO Mindstorm, LEGO Mindstorm NXT, Moon, Robotics, Wired (magazine), X Prize Foundation, Youth Comments OffTell Us Why Your Home Learning Method is Unique
Posted by ginac on August 15th, 2010
We believe that home learning is and has always been cutting edge learning. We are looking for your success stories, and we’ll feature the best stories right here on Spottybanana. If we get enough submissions, we’ll make a video, and share your stories on Twitter and Facebook, too. We want to inspire others to join [...]
Posted in Contests, Eclectic Homeschooling, News, Online Tools Tags: Alternative Learning, homeschool, Social Entrepreneurship Comments Off2010 Doodle for Google Contest
Posted by ginac on February 8th, 2010
The annual Doodle for Google contest is now open for registration. As always, Google challenges students to draw the Google logo with an original doodle and complete the phrase If I could do anything, I would . . . Registration closes on March 17th and entries must be submitted by March 31. To get the [...]
2009 Doodle for Google Contest
Posted by ginac on February 5th, 2009
This year, Google’s theme for the doodle contest is ‘What I Wish for the World.’ School children K -12 and home schoolers are eligible to create a doodle using the google logo and this year’s theme. The prizes are as big as ever. Online registration is required for each school or home school. Each school [...]
