Fantage (Giveaway)
March 2nd, 2010
FANTAGE.COM is a colorful virtual world where tweens cruise around castles, forests, and cities on rocket boards. Along the way, they can shop (virtually), play games, and meet fellow Fantagians. They can use their purchases to dress their characters in different clothes to suit their mood. For keeping in touch with buddies, there’s group chat (regular or safe mode), Instant Messaging, and texting. A premium membership can be purchased for $5.99 per month which allows for a bigger allowance and more places to hang out, but Fantagians can also earn virtual bucks through game play. Kids under 13 need a parent to activate their account, and parents can choose levels of safety options. I think Fantage is a great site that allows kids to play freely without parents having to worry about who they are interacting with. The games are fun and entertaining. Fantage has a lot to offer the tween set that is looking for a place to hang out and interact online. There are also extras on the website such as wallpaper, stationery, coloring pages, cards, etc.
Founded in 2007, Fantage (Fantastic Age) is a next-generation destination site for children and the fastest growing community site for children 7-14. Fantage’s games and adventures entertain and delight children, instill important lessons like sharing and giving, and promote positive social interaction in an engaging, exciting, safe environment that both kids and parents love.Upon signing in, users pick the servers they want to join like Emerald Elephant or the popular Auburn Hippo and then select a region they want to visit, whether you want to go Uptown or Downtown; play some games at the Carnival or play some water games at the Beach.
If you want to do secret-agent style missions, you can head underground. You can earn medals and gifts by playing mini-games. Every time you play a game, the user receives stars (money). This money can be used for stickers, clothing, hover boards for your inventory & IDFone!
Some of Fantage’s favorite games include Buzzer Beater, Bricks Breaking, and most importantly our Top Models, Inc. Fashion Show, where there are three rounds of timed themed looks! Warning: this game IS highly addicting!
Not only does Fantage have exciting, fun games, but parties! Fantage hosts a party every month whether it’s for Valentine’s Day, Easter, or Christmas! Each member gets some rare free items then and more chances to win stars! We have our monster color battle planned until Monday!
The best part? Fantage provides an age-appropriate, safe social networking experience within a fun virtual world. They allow the option to customize everything in your child’s communication privilege. Being dedicated to the safety of Fantage members, they have created a highly sophisticated, three-tier safety system providing the greatest level of protection of any community site for children on the Web.
Fantage is also free. However, Fantage also offers premium packages as well to become VIP members!
More information on that and more can be found on their website here: http://www.fantage.com or follow Fantage on twitter here: www.twitter.com/fantagefans
Thanks to Fantage I am going to give away 2 game cards that are worth $10 each. These game cards will give 2 individual readers 50 days of premium membership!
To Enter just leave a comment stating what your favorite part of Fantage is. All entries must have a US or Canadian mailing address. All entries must be received by 5 PM EST Thursday March 15th, 2010. Winners will be selected by random drawing.
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Nanovor
November 20th, 2009
Nanovor is on TOP of the Christmas list here at our house. Tate and all of his friends have kept the phone lines hot with discussions about this new game that combines the strategy of collectible cards and online game play from Smith and Tinker. Nanovor combines so many different elements of play, making it the hot new toy this season.I can personally vouch for the fact that if you get any boy on your list between the ages of 7-12…you will be the BEST person around. The Nanoscope may look small but the graphics are phenomenal! I was shocked at what a fabulous job they have done with this game and Tate is thrilled with all of the aspects offered by it.
Nanovor is a digital battling monster game that combines the strategy of a collectible card game with the appeal of a multiplayer online game. Designed with the mission to reinvent play for today’s connected generation of kids, Nanovor bridges the gap between traditional and digital entertainment, offering the first integration between online and offline play.
Nanovor is based in a rich fictional world where nanoscopic monsters, known as Nanovor live and battle inside computers. They ruled our still-molten Earth, long before any other species could survive. As Earth cooled and the atmosphere became oxygen-rich, the silicon-based Nanovor slipped into deep hibernation for billions of years. In 1958, when silicon was embedded within a computer chip and electricity pulsed through it for the very first time, the Nanovor sprung back to life. Fast forward to present day. Lucas Nelson accidentally discovers these tiny monsters living inside his computer. With the help of his high school science professor, he uncovers the fact that the Nanovor must fight in order to produce the adrenaline necessary to avoid going back into a crystallized state. As fate would have it, Lucas has stumbled onto the next boys monster battling mega-hit, Nanovor!
Nanovor has gained rapid adoption with kids, especially 7-12-year-old boys who love the stunning battle animations, splats and green goo. The Nanoscope, a high-tech connected toy, extends the battle offline, allowing players to connect up to four handhelds for head-to-head combat with friends. Monsters literally jump between Nanoscope devices during battle and play thousands of combat animations.
Nanovor lets players download their collection of monsters from the online game onto the Nanoscope via a USB connection, allowing them to take the battle offline, anywhere. Everything players do on the Nanoscope is connected back to the online game, establishing character persistence and an unbroken circle of play.
Further, Smith & Tinker provides parents with a comprehensive set of tools that allow them to manage their child’s experience. The site features a robust section where parents can learn about child safety and set up a Parent Account. As part of this account, parents can choose who their kids can interact with and if they can buy or sell in the Nanovor marketplace.
Smith & Tinker’s founders bring decades of experience to the table and are leaders in successful toy and game innovations. The company is led by executives from some of the world’s top brands including Cranium Inc., Hasbro Inc. (NERF), The Walt Disney Company and Microsoft (Halo and Xbox). Smith & Tinker was founded by Jordan Weisman, creator of the MechWarrior gaming franchise, which has sold over 11 million PC games worldwide.
Smith and Tinker provided me with a product for review. No other compensation was received for this post. All opinios are my own.
Your Passport to the World (GIVEAWAY)
November 19th, 2009THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED !!!
You can however visit Passport to the World for ordering information and you can always check out some of the other great giveaways going on here at The Post-It Place.
Have you ever wanted to travel the world, get a stamp on your passport, experience the culture and food of another country? Then this is the perfect gift for you and your child. Not only is it unique but it teaches kids about other areas of the world, it teaches them cooking skills and it is fun!
Passport to the World is a multicultural kids culinary program founded by Entrepreneur and Family Cookbook author Patricia Green. Passport to the World takes kids on a culinary and cultural adventure of the world through a monthly membership program including recipes, crafts, language, history, geography and more!
The monthly membership provides a fascinating view of the world by engaging all five senses. Children will experience a wide variety of activities in a magical, interactive online journey of each monthly destination. They will listen to a fun-filled musical tour of each cultural destination with a CD from Putumayo Kids. A hands-on cooking experience teaches kids to practice their creativity and imagination, and the result will fill their senses with delightful aromas and delicious flavors.
Passport to the World also has the following benefits:
It helps overcome picky-eater syndrome - kids will be enthusiastic to try what they’ve made.
It brings families together through the joy of cooking - you can even turn it into a monthly family tradition!
A monthly project promotes ongoing learning - and excites kids about their world!
It boosts self esteem by teaching new skills such as foreign language, cooking techniques, geography, travel and more!
It encourages children to embrace and appreciate cultural diversity.
What I love about Passport to the World is that it encompasses so many learning experiences into one site. Perfect for us as homeschoolers who are constantly looking for ways to enrich our curriculum. Perfect because we all love to cook. And Perfect for us because well, you know how we all love Geography. That is why Passport to the World made this years Gift Guide. I hope you will be as in love with it as I am.
Passport to the World has two different memberships available:
Premium Membership - $32.95 per month
Premium membership provides a complete multicultural experience through a “culinary adventure in a box” delivered monthly to your doorstep, and VIP access to the Passport to the World website. The “culinary adventure in a box” includes a non-perishable food product, special kitchen tool, additional recipes and more! Other exciting program details include welcome postcards with problem solving questions delivered one-week prior to the release of the new month, food shopping lists for parents, and birthday greetings for all members!
Online-Only Membership - $9.95 per month
Kids can still experience the adventure 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with the online-only membership program! The easy -to-navigate online portal provides an entertaining and educational platform to learn about different cultures. The child also receives their own ‘passport’ by postal mail.
The Passport to the World Club membership is available for purchase at www.gingerkidsfun.com Memberships can be purchased on a month to month basis or as a twelve month VIP package. Sample destinations include Mexico, Israel and Morocco! Those that join the twelve month program will receive a FREE welcome package complete with Ginger Kids apron, Kitchen Basics: Rules, Tools & Etiquette cookbook binder, Cookbook binder with country tabs to store 12-months of recipes and a Ginger Kids Passport.
You can enter to win a 3-month online Membership to Passport to the World. To enter just visit www.gingerkidsfun.com and leave a comment here on this post stating what you like best about the program. All entries must be received by November 30th at 5 PM EST. All entries must have a valid US mailing address. Winner will be selected at random and will have 3 days to respond to the verification e-mail.
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My Secret Circle
November 17th, 2009
Do you remember the Best Friends Forever necklaces that you used to share with your girlfriends? Wearing them proudly to show that your status in the BFF circle was secure. They were the “in” thing when I was growing up. As Erin was growing up she was always picking out necklaces like that to show her friends how much she cared about them. Girls and gifts that show friendship have been around for many, many years…and will continue to be around for many years to come. It is because we like to nurture one another I think.
Today’s BFF necklace has been replaced with a high-tech gadget called My Secret Circle.
What is My Secret CircleTM?
My Secret CircleTM is the first-ever secure social networking world designed for girls 8-12 and their internet-cautious parents.
Invisible to the online world, My Secret CircleTM let’s younger girls create perfectly private communities with friends, while avoiding the advertising and strangers present on other social networking sites.
Within the My Secret CircleTM world, your child can create their social circles. The My Secret Circle Access Key give your child access to journal, instant message, play games and photo share. Your child can also have access to unlimited online voice-chat with the My Secret Circle Voice-Chat HeadsetTM.
With the BFF pack you receive a pair of flash drives/access keys so that your child can have one and give one to their best friend to share in their online adventure. Making this the perfect gift for girls and their best friends this holiday season. My Secret Circle Access Keys and My Secret Circle Voice-Chat Head sets can be purchased at most major retail stores. No personal information, additional subscriptions, or additional fees are ever required making it an affordable and fun gift for any holiday.
Get A JumpStart! (GIVEAWAY)
August 4th, 2009
With school starting back for kids a good education is on the minds of parents everywhere. On the minds of kids everywhere is enjoying the last days of summer. For more than 15 years, Knowledge Adventure has set the standard in children’s software by creating the finest educational products for use in the home and the classroom. In addition to their CD games, they’ve launched a beta version of their first browser-based virtual world at www.JumpStart.com for kids 3-10 years old. Kids can create avatars called Jumpeez for themselves and explore magical worlds, discovering and unlocking games, videos, and storybooks that help them practice essential skills from math to reading. Over the next year, they will continue to add more features, portals, and learning games to this site. I encourage you to check it out at www.JumpStart.com and combine your child’s sense of adventure and fun with your desire to educate and teach them.
At first we had several issues with this site. It was slow to load and would skip and act like a record that got hung up. I contacted JumpStart and found that it was me, not them. It is recommended that you use Internet Explorer and I was using Firefox. Once I switched browsers I had no problems at all. So with things running much smoother, the fun began. The kids LOVED the ease of the site and how they can wander around and explore finding fun activities at every turn. You can allow your children to play without the fear of them running into people or things that they shouldn’t be exposed to. It is completely safe. And while they are having fun, they won’t even realize that they are learning as well. The game teaches math, reading, and critical thinking skills so kids get a real jump start in life. They even have several 3D Virtual World titles available on CD Rom.
We have used JumpStart CD based programs for many years. Erin, my 18 year old college bound gal even used JumpStart when she was little. Over the years we have watched as they have expanded their line and grown to meet parents demand for more. While browsing around their website I even found several more things that we want to check out. The Code Heads and Dr. Brain line!
If you are looking for some fun and educational products to help your child get a head start…I highly suggest you give it to them with JumpStart!
And you can enter to win a 3-Month Membership to the new JumpStart browser based virtual world for your child.
To enter visit www.jumpstart.com and browse around and all the great things they have to offer to parents and kids alike. Leave a comment stating what you would like for your child to learn. All entries must be received by August 14 at 5 PM EST. Winners will be selected randomly and will have 3 days to respond to the verification e-mail before another winner will be chosen.
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Bella Sara
June 10th, 2009THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED!!!
The Bella Sara line of trading cards and miniatures are SOO cute! If you have a young girl in your life you have to check these out! You can journey with Sara to discover the royal realms of Bella Sara. Bella Sara Royalty introduces the noble herds, realms, and the castles of North of North and journey with Sara to discover each herds noble traditions. Uncover a magical world of royal horses with positive messages for you. Explore fantastic realms and castles and meet Sara for the first time!
Bella Sara is the most successful trading cards developed specifically with girls in mind. They feature horse-themed trading cards. Each pack includes a secret code that you activate on the Bella Sara website. This offers them the ability to have virtual horses, read stories, play games, etc. If you go to www.bellasara.com, you can create an account and join for free! Once you log in and have created your account you choose a horse, name it and take care of its basic needs ( feed it, groom it, etc.). Every time you log in you check your journal that reminds you to check in on your horse and offers you suggestions of some new places to explore and games that you are close to completing. Playing the games earns you points and horseshoes which is the currency that is used to buy things within the game.To advance within the game you can collect other cards that you purchase such as the 9th in the series “Royalty”.
Each pack will come with:
* 5 Trading Cards
* 1 Ticket Card
* 1 Tattoo Card
* 1 Sticker Card
The ticket cards come in Copper, Silver or Gold, with each offering a different level of access. Each ticket unlocks horses, horseshoes, castle rooms and items for your cottage and different prizes.
This magical land of North of North is chock full of fun and games that any young girl would love. It offers positive, inspirational messages through out the site and it lends girls hours upon hours of fun.
Enter To Win!!
One lucky reader will win a Bella Sara Prize Pack featuring Royalty, Miniatures and Treasures collections
To enter visit Bella Sara and then leave a comment here telling me what your favorite feature is.
Deadline to enter is June 18th at 5 PM EST
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I Found Something!!
April 19th, 2009And it is exciting for me! I am already in love with it. It is called checkAppoinments.com. It is an online service…that is FREE…that helps you keep up with appointments. Now, for some this may not sound veryexciting but for those of you that lead busy live or run a business…it will make your life SOOO much easier.
Here is what their site says:
Appointment Scheduling for Individuals and small businesses
Stop playing phone tags with your clients to book appointments for your business. Use checkAppointments.com to manage your clients and allow them to book appointments online.
Send them automated reminders so they will remember to show up.
You dont need to buy expensive equipment to use our appointment scheduling software. All you need is a PC with an internet connection and you can manage your appointments from anywhere.
Now, for me personally, as a blogger, and as a homeschool mom…I can keep up with fieldtrips, deadlines for some of the paperwork that Erin needs to finish her college enrollment process, family events, contests and giveaways that are ending, reviews that are due, etc. I already have a pretty extensive list of appointments set up. It is easy to use and easy to navigate. Very friendly even for those with limited computer knowledge.
The Main features…
* Accept online appointment with a personal mini website
* Support for multiple locations and multiple professionals/staff
* Accessible from anywhere
* No software to download or install
* Highly secure
* …all this is Free!
So, I am telling you…if you need something to help you manage all of the activities and appointments n your life…check out checkAppoinments.com! You won’t be sorry that you did!
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