Rosetta Stone has been the #1 foreign language curriculum among homeschoolers for a while -- next week they are unleashing a brand new curriculum, and you can WIN the *all new* Rosetta Stone Homeschool Version 3… FOR FREE! 

This is a $219 program (and believe me it's worth every penny!) and the winner gets to pick from any of these 14 languages: Spanish (Spain or Latin America), English (American or British), Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Irish, Hebrew, or Russian.

This will also include a headset with microphone, and students will participate in lifelike conversations and actually produce language to advance through the program.  Rosetta Stone still incorporates listening, reading and writing as well, in addition to speaking.  Many homeschoolers requested grammar and vocabulary exercises, and with Rosetta Stone Homeschool Version 3, they're included!  For parents, the new Parent Administrative Tools are integrated into the program and allow parents to easily enroll students in any of 12 predetermined lesson plans, monitor student progress, and view and print reports. 

   Well, I did get two entries who left very nice comments on that post so I entered them into the contest for a free copy of the magazine! Then because there were only two entries, I decided to be super generous and give them both a copy!! (aren't I nice?? See next time you should enter too!)

   Anyway, here is the catch! Neither one of them has a blog here at HSB yet! They are both new homeschoolers, and I'd love to treat them to the magazine (and it's a good one!).

   So Anonymous and Laney if you are out here and you read this - contact me!!!!! You can click on the link at the right of here that says 'email me' and then if you send me your postal address (and you names might help too!) I'll get a copy of the magazine in the post to you - OK?

   I've got some great new resources and a special homeschooler's event coming up to post about. Hopefully I'll have time to post them tomorrow or later this week. Hope you've had a great Monday!

   I just received my winter issues of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine!!! WOW!! What a great issue! (as always of course!)  And there is a great article written by Jane from Living Heritage UK telling all about the new organization and homeschooling in the UK. It's BRILLIANT!!

   Now, (I must be crazy to do this again!) I thought that some of you who have maybe never seen a copy of the magazine might like a chance to win a copy - hot off the press! So I'm going to make this really easy on you all. All you have to do is leave a (nice) comment on this post between now and next Wednesday! That's it!! Leave a comment and we will put your names in a hat and draw a winner, then we will post you a magazine! It doesn't get much easier than that now does it?!?!? You must leave the comment before I log in on Wednesday morning and we will announce the winner later in the day on Wednesday!

   Oh and be sure to pop on over and say hi to Jane and the rest of the team at Living Heritage!

   Once again the winner was easy to choose since we only had one entry!! Congratulations to Violet for her winning entry! She actually sent it to me via email so I'll copy and paste it below for you to all read!

   I think I'll give the contests a miss for awhile! They just don't seem to be getting the excitment that they do from the states! So, is that because you don't like the prizes? You don't like the things you have to do to win? People in England just don't like contests? You all just don't like me???  Give me a clue guys!!! I know from the stat report that we are getting between 50 and a 100 hits per week, so somebody is reading this blog!!

   Anyway, here is the winning entry!

    Just one last reminder of the contest that was supposed to end last night! Seeing as DH has had to go out to preach elsewhere for the day and can't judge till later this week, I'm extending the contest till Monday night at midnight! Just scroll down a few entries to find the details and leave your answer in the comment section.

   Don't forget to enter the contest a couple of entries down. It ends at midnight on Saturday, and has a book of books for a prize. You just need to write about a cute or funny thing that your kids have said. Scroll down to get all the details! Let's try and get more than one entry this time!! Makes it feel more like a contest that way!!

   Taking a deep breath, I think I'll try this again! Maybe we can get more than one entry this time!!

   I have a copy of a book about books as the prize!'Books Children Love' A guide to the best children's literature by Elizabeth Wilson.

   This book is one that I purchased to help me find decent children's literature after picking several books at our local library that I was less than pleased with! About that time a dear friend gave me a copy of 'Honey for a child's heart' which is the same sort of book, and being the sentimental being that I am, I'd rather keep the one from my friend!! So this would technically be classed as a used book, although only barely used!

   So, now you know what the prize is, here is what you must do to win it! Write a comment about the funniest, cutest, or downright craziest thing that one of your kids have ever said! You know - the things that you write down and will never forget and will tell the story about for as long as you live so as to embarrase them with!

   DH will judge the entries for me (since he didn't really get to judge anything last time!) next Sunday. So you have till Midnight Saturday the 18th to enter.

   Well, seeing as we only had one entry to the competition choosing a winner was kind of easy!!! So congratulations to Steen! I'll sort out your magazine copy with you when I see you this week.

   I'll try and post another contest in about a week or so with another prize. Maybe a different prize will be more tempting to everybody! So watch this space!

   OK! I'm assuming that three days just wasn't long enough for you all to decide what your best resource was and that is the reason why NO ONE has entered the contest which was supposed to end last night!! So I'll extend it to next Saturday 14th of October at midnight to give everyone another chance to win a copy of the latest TOS magazine. So, scroll down two entries and enter the contest!

   OK! So I've decided that it is about time we had a contest on this side of the Atlantic! So this one is just for UK bloggers!  Sorry to all of our American friends, but this one is just for us. You guys have TONS of contests.

   I think I'm going to try and have one a month and I've got some neat homeschool books as prizes! But for this first one, I've got something VERY special!! Drumroll please!  The prize is a copy of the LATEST, Fall issue of TOS!!!!! I had a few copies arrive in the post this morning and I'm going to share!!! (for anyone who didn't realize, this issue only came out this week in the states. So you can get it almost hot off the press!)

   I know that many of you have never seen a copy of the magazine! So here is your chance! Now, what do you have to do to win this fantastic prize? Well, here it is! Tell us about the best resource for homeschooling you have ever found!

   Now, you can't just say 'the internet', or 'the TV', or 'the Bible',or 'the library'. All of those are TERRIFIC resources, but we all have them. I mean a specific website, or book, or place to visit, or game, or whatever!

   We want to hear about the best stuff available to us over here. Or that has been worth the cost of shipping in from the states. So get writing! Just leave a comment on this entry with your best resource, and I will have my DH judge the contest since he doesn't know who any of you are from your blog names, he will be an impartial judge!  The competition closes on Saturday night at midnight. (Then DH can read the entries on Sunday and decide) I'll post the winner  on Sunday night and send the magazine out on Monday morning! 

   So get entering! I can't wait to read all the entries. Oh, and in case of a tie breaker if two of you list the same best resource, it will go to the one who tells about it most enthusiastically!