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Welcome to today’s giveaway–sponsored by Sparkle Stories:
From Lisabeth and David:
“Sparkle Stories produces original audio stories for children. Our stories are good food for young imaginations. They are simple, delightful and filled with a sense of wonder.
They inspire children to play, to marvel, to laugh and to be kind.
We have eleven original subscription Story Series – all of which follow the seasons of the year.
Families can subscribe and hear fresh stories each week, or they can try our Audio Books — with easy downloads right off the Sparkle site. We also have story packages for travel, story packages to give as gifts, and stories for all ages!”
“If you are looking for a wonderful way to keep kids engaged during holiday travel, I can attest that Sparkle Stories do the trick!
Whether it’s Martin and Sylvia (about homeschooled siblings), Junkyard Tales or The Willowbee Tree (a newer favorite this year!), or great Audio Books for longer trips like How to be Super, children and adults will be entertained and delighted by these wonderful seasonal stories that help families to slow down during this otherwise busy time of year.
And Sparkle Sleepytime is THE BEST for helping kids to fall asleep peacefully, even when away from home.”
Today one lucky Simple Homeschool reader will win the following $100 story package:
A Martin & Sylvia Holiday Package ($122 value):
- Martin and Sylvia “Giving Thanks” Audio Book ($6)
- Martin and Sylvia Audio Advent Calendar ($24)
- Martin and Sylvia “12 Days of Christmas” (NEW this month! when it launches: $15)
- Martin and Sylvia “Christmastime” Audio Book ($6)
- One Year to any of the 4 Martin & Sylvia Subscription Series ($65)
- plus the “Gratitude” Audio Book ($6) for Thanksgiving (it includes a Martin and Sylvia story)
How to Win
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To be entered for a chance to win, leave a comment on this post, answering this question: How old are your kids and when do you think Sparkle Stories would come in handy during your holiday season?
(Note: This giveaway IS open internationally–yay overseas readers!)
(If you’re reading this via email or reader, you must click here to leave your comment on this post at Simple Homeschool. Comments or emails left elsewhere don’t count as entries.)
For an extra entry, “Like” Sparkle Stories and Simple Homeschool on Facebook. Then leave another comment here letting me know you’ve done so!
Special Offer
Sparkle Stories is offering the following special offer to all Simple Homeschool readers: 50 percent off the Martin and Sylvia “Giving Thanks” Audio Book — three stories (one hour) for just $3!
To add the Martin and Sylvia ‘Giving Thanks’ Audio Book to your Sparkle shopping bag, click HERE. This coupon code is good through Sunday, November 23rd.
This giveaway has ended, and the winner is Alexis, who wrote: “My kids are 7, almost 5, 2 and a half, and 7 months! We are headed to AZ for thanksgiving, traveling by car from Utah, and would love to have some great stories to keep us entertained. As well as, the week following, we will be flying to Florida to spend a week at Disney World! In need of something to keep us all inline on the flight, too!”
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My kids are 25, 23 and 12. 😉 But my granddaughters are 4 and 2. They are moving soon. I would love to gift them with this set of stories. I think new traditions and routines will help with their transition to a new town. Thanks for the chance.
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My boys are 9 & 4 and they love love love audio stories!
My daughter is 7 and we are taking a 12-hour drive on Christmas. I would love something like this in the car.
We have so many long road trips coming up in the next few weeks! Not to mention how amazing it would be to have some sleepy times to calm down my overstimulated babies. Mine are 5, 4, 3, 2, & 1 and they love “Smarkle Stories” (as they call them!)
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I’m a highly sensitive parent… So, I can find MANY uses for this over the holoday season. Best use? In the car while getting errands done! 🙂
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We love audio books and Sparkle stories is the best! My youngest 3 will stop and actually stay still to listen to these sweet stories!
My children are 7, 4 and 2. We would use Sparkle Stories during our 9 hr car trip to see family over the holidays. 🙂
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Mine are 7,6,5 and 2 1/2 and I would love to use them in the car!
We have 4 boys – 1,3,4 and 6. They love audio books and I really want them to celebrate the Christmas season by learning it’s about making family memories together and that it’s not about the toys!!!
My children are 10, 9, 4, and 19 months, and I would use these to keep my 4 year old busy do my big kids and I could have a bit if uninterrupted time to do lessons. 🙂
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My kids are 9,7,4, and 2. We love listening to audios while building legos, coloring, etc. We especially love audios that bring us closer to the holiday we are celebrating like thanksgiving and Christmas! This would be an awesome addition to our homeschool…thanks for the giveaway!
My boys are 7 and 8yrs old. We have subscribed to the podcast but with more stories on hand they would listen while traveling and at afternoon rest time.
I like Simple Homeschool and Sparkle Stories on FB.
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My little guy is 4 yrs old and bedtime can be stressful for him sometimes. I’d like to try Sparkle Stories at bedtime and see if it helps.
I have two daughters, ages 5.5 and 7 and they LOVE Sparkle Stories. They have their own MP3players so they can listen on the go and during homeschool time we will often turn them on the podcast while doing quiet, creative work. They stories are so sweet and wholesome. Thanks Simple Homeschool – you’re the best too!
My kiddos are almost 3 and almost 6 and we have discovered Sparkle Stories through their podcast. It’s not in the budget right now, but we would LOVE to have more wonderful stories to listen to on our car rides 🙂
I have 2 boys under 4. Sparkle stories would be a great wind-down after dinner. We all like our chamomile tea and cuddles. Sparkle Stories would be a great addition to the routine. 🙂
My girls are 8 and 6 years old and we homeschool. These amazing audio stories are crucial to our week. Our most favorite time to listen to Sparkle Stories is when the girls work in their art space. They are most often inspired by Martin and Sylvia’s adventures. We appreciate the stories all year long!
Our girls are 5 and 3 – we love audio stories. Especially during lazy afternoons while we do crafts or color.
Hi,I have two kids.boy–4and1/2,girl–19months.coming school holiday will be great time to listen the stories together.
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My homeschool daughter is 11. She continues to love Sparkle Stories. The stories continue to be a wonderful, safe, wholesome experience for us, with an abundance of joy, just what anyone needs for the holidays.
Listening to Sparkle Stories would afford our six- and four-year-old daughters an opportunity to pause during the holiday season. We strive to keep the days simple but sometimes get caught in the whirlwind of it all.
My kids are 3, 6, and 8 years old. I like to use Sparkle Stories at breakfast so they won’t squabble while they eat. But today is our first snow day of the year so I might be taking advantage of them quite frequently on snow days!
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My daughter is 5 & we already have Sparkle Stories as part of our daily lives! That is what she asks for when I take my shower. Ha! We alternate between Martin & Sylvia and the Little House books on CD in the car too & I love the stories just as much as she does. I’m about to get their advent calender!
My boys are 13, 11, 9, 7, and 6. They would love these to listen to while we are riding in the car.
What a wonderful giveaway! My children are 5 and 1, and Im sure peaceful audio stories will help this our holidays season during long car drives and flights (to be with the family) as well as settling down 🙂
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My kids are 9,7,5,and 20 months. We LOVE sparkle stories. It is how we wind down at night and give the kids something happy and peaceful to go to sleep with. It is great to keep away bad dreams and night time fear 😉 puts happy thoughts in their minds At night
Kids are 8, 6, 4, 2 – the kids listen to stories every day at quiet time.
My children are 8 and 5. They love to listen to stories and Sparkle Stories would be a great help during the early evening when I’m preparing dinner.
My children are 4, 1 & 1. This would be a wonderful resource during our holiday travel as a way to engage & entertain but not overly stimulate. What a great package!
My sweet babes are 6 and 5. We have a long journey to Grandma’s awaiting us. This would be ideal!
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My son is 6, and we have just started homeschooling this year. The new rhythm has been a bit of a challenge for me, mostly in finding quiet time for myself to recharge. We’ve listened to a few of the free stories and loved them, so we would use these on our homeschool days, to give us both a little relaxation in the afternoon.
9 & 6 and they LOVE audiobooks of any kind! We’d mostly use them in the car, and on rainy days.
Liked both on FB 🙂
Our kids are 13, 11, 6, and 4. It’s our 6yr old who really loves audiobooks (although she can read well). We use audiobooks mostly at Quiet Time and long car rides (we’re Canadian – every road trip is a long one – lol!) I would love to introduce this series to her. Thanks for the chance to win!
My daughter is 8 and we are obsessed with audiobooks! Would love to add this to our collection.
We love sparkle stories! My kids are 6 and 3. Sparkle stories would give us some much needed calm and routine moments while filling them up with magic and wonder!
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We have never used these stories, but love reading. My kiddos are 4 and 6. These audios would be good traveling.
My kids are 6 & 4. Anytime would be a good time for Sparkle stories! 🙂
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My kids are 4 and 14. These stories would be used at the start of November at home and in our church nursery. What a fun way to share the season!
Our kids are 4 and 6. Being homeschooled gives them the wonder and magical imagination that Sparkle Stories cultivates. We love listening to them on long car rides and during special occasions like Halloween and Christmas. This package looks like a very special gift that we would use daily. Thank you!
My kids are 4 and 6. Sparkle stories would be great for traveling and helping to wind them down in the evening. Thank you for the offer.
I liked Sparkle stories and Simple Homeschool on facebook too. 🙂
My children are 6, 4 and 1. Sparkle Stories are perfect for our rest times and my girls love them. Over the holidays we travel to Nova Scotia, about a 6-7 hour drive with stops. Sparkle Stories are just perfect for long trips in the car. Having so many new ones to listen to would definitely come in handy this holiday season!
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My kids are 3 and 7 and I think we would enjoy the stories as something quiet to do during the day. Thank you!
Mine are 7 & 8. They love listening to audio books . We will be traveling at Christmas, which would be made much smoother by sparkle stories.
Our children are 10, 9, 3, and 1. My kids love when I read a loud to them, but reading in the car isn’t possible. These would be great for when we’re traveling to see family over the next couple of months.
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This is a fantastic package! My son is 8 and we got last year’s advent sparkle stories. They really helped us slow down and focus our attention on significant things during the crazy holiday season last year. Would love to have this entire package to help keep slow magic alive this year, too!
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This is SO exciting! My little man is 3 years old and loves audio books. Well, he loves Magic Tree House audio books. I’m pretty sure he would enjoy Martin and Sylvia as well. I’ve grabbed a few of the free ones and I know I enjoy them.
I’ve found audio books are great for when Little Man wants to be entertained and read to, but I’m, for some reason, not available. And they are just fun! We listen to audio books and radio drama while he jumps on the trampoline (inside) and I get some kitchen work done (or drink my coffee).
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Our kids are 2, 6 and 10, and we would enjoy sparkle stories on our road travels this holiday season.
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I have 12 kids, with my “Sparkle Story crowd” being 9, 7, 6, 4, 2. We love listening to stories (helps this introvert mama “outsource the talking”) and use them during our collective school time in the mornings. We’ve just discovered Sparkle Stories and would LOVE to have a subscription! I’m headed to “like” SS and Simple Homeschool on FB.
I don’t have any kids but would love to win this for a dear friend’s daughter! I used to listen to tapes of Beatrix Potter stories as I fell asleep every night and think these would be wonderful for something similar!
My children (ages 11, 8, 5 and 3) love to read and listen to stories. We currently enjoy the Sparkle Stories podcast and use the stories both at bedtime and on car rides. We have an upcoming road trip to grandma and grandpas house and this would be lovely for that long car ride and beyond!
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My kids are 8, 6, 2 and 8mo. We love sparkle stories! Over the holidays, we will undoubtedly use them during lunch times and afternoons when we need to slow down. They are also awesome in the car for shopping!
My girls are ages 7 and almost 5 and they love Sparkle Stories! We enjoyed the Advent story series last year and I agree with other moms who turn on the stories to help our kiddos focus and get quiet when the season is so stimulating!
Thank you for running this give-away. We have four living children (9, 8, 4, 3) and one who is Home with the Lord.
My girls are 7 and 4. I think these stories would come in handy during all the ‘waiting’ times during the season. There’s a lot of hustle and bustle, but I think for kids there’s a fair amount of impatient waiting too, and I think these would be perfect for those times.
My kids are 6, 6, 5, and 4 and we would use Sparkle Stories during car rides to visit family over the holidays! We don’t do much technology but our kids each have an mp3 player we load up with music and audio books for traveling and quiet time. This would be a great addition!
My child is 8 and we love sparkle stories. Liked sparkle stories and simple homeschool on facebook also. Thank you!
Yeah! I would love to be able to have these! Thank you for the opportunity to win!! We have four! They are ages 8, 6, 2 and 8 months! We will be traveling all over to see family over the holidays- TN and MI… and we always get through the trips by listening to stories… so these would be amazing. Thank you!!
My girlie girls are 5, 3, 2 and 3 months. We would love Sparkle Stories to listen to on our long car trip from NY to Ohio for Christmas with family.
And yes, I’ve liked both Sparkle Stories and Simple Homeschool on facebook! Thanks!
My children are 6 and 8, we always listen to audio books in the car and it’s almost everyday 🙂 since English is not our primary language it’s one of the way we use to practice their listening skill. We’ll be glad to get Sparkle Stories, thanks so much!
Our love of Martin and Sylvia knows no bounds! We’ve been listening to the podcast for over a year and Martin and Sylvia stories are our favorites. My kids are 9, 9 and 5 (all boys) and we listen in the van and during mealtime once in a while. I already ‘like’ both simple homeschool and sparkle stories on fb.
Thanks for doing this giveaway! Our kids are 6, 5, and 3. We are also in the process of adopting 2 girls that are 5 and 6. We’d love to listen to your stories while getting ready for bed as a family and also during our furlough on break driving to visit grandparents and family on travels.
I have also liked your page simple homeschool and sparkle stories for awhile now!
My kids are 7 and 5 and live listening to stories while we travel.
My kids are 5 &7. We will be missing family from far away this year during hte holidays. Any stories about that would be helpful!
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3 blessings that need to digest these audio stories to remember to slow down and focus on the reason for the season – gratitude, love, charity, and thanks….
And thanks!
My kids are 5, 3, 2, and 5 months. They had a great imagination and enjoy listening to stories. They would prefer a good story over music any day. I have been wanting to try sparkle stories and just haven’t been sure that I want to spend money on something I have no experience with. This could be just what we need to get started. Also it would be great to add to our Christmas.
My kids are 4 and 2 and we have one more on the way and we love audio books and these looks so sweet! Thanks for doing this giveaway!
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My kids are 7 & 5. We’ll be traveling during Thanksgiving and Christmas and these stories would come in handy in the car:)
My boys are almost 4 and 6. Sparkle stories would be fabulous for our many drives to family members over the holidays. They would also be a great addition to the handful of audiobooks we have now for the boys to “read” without me.
We are living overseas in the UK this year and for the first time in four years our kids (7, 5 and 3) won’t be around grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins in Australia for Christmas. Sparkle stories would help us make the Christmas season this year a special time in other ways, as we will all feel the loss of our family. I hope that Sparkle stories will help us build good memories of Christmas this year.
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I have two younger children ages 3 & 5 and we would use Sparkle stories as a calming presence in our holiday season. We love Sylvia & Martin!
My children are 3, 6 & 9. We are a six hour drive from Grandparents and audio books help pass the time as we travel for Thanksgiving (and other times) to see them. Sparkle stories would be a wonderful set to listen to this year! Thank you for the offer!
My children are 7and 4, and we will be undertaking several multi-hour drives over the holidays. We all love Martin and Sylvia and are ready for some new stories! I love how the stories illustrate the joys of simple pleasures in life: making friends with tourists in their own town; taking little day-long adventures with Daddy; playing pick-up baseball with friends (rather than signing up for the stress of a paid Little League team or similar), etc. The values of Martin and Sylvia’s family align well with our own, and I deeply appreciate having these gentle and loving – but still exciting – stories for my children to listen to. It’s a welcome respite from the general attitude of the mainstream culture around us. We would so enjoy having some holiday Sparkle Stories to help set and maintain the beautiful and loving mood that I want the family to experience over the next 6 weeks.
My children are 12, 9 and 5 and what a fun package to listen to in front of the fire on this already cold winter. Thanks for the chance.
My kids are 2, 4, and 6. This package of Sparkle stories would be so fun to add to our holiday traditions. We love to incorporate stories in our day, especially during the holidays.
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My children are 9 and 8. We’ve tried Sparkle Stories in the past and enjoyed them. I think this would be a welcome addition to our holidays…something to do that doesn’t require looking at a screen : )
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Kids are 6 and 1 and we love listening to the sparkle story podcasts during car trips. Martin and Sylvia are our favorite. Would love to win a subscription!
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My kiddos are 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, and 11! This would be a wonderful tool to use for all of them. They would probably use it non-stop during the holidays; while I’m baking, cuddled under blankets, and the little ones are playing with toys.
Hi! Thanks so much for this generous giveaway! We LOVE Sparkle Stories around here! My kids are 6, 4, 2, and 6 months. We have a subscription to the free podcasts, and listen to them at meals, during “quiet time”, and my 4 year-old son listens to them at night when he is afraid. We will have lots of family staying with us through the holidays this year, including a lot of little cousins. I would love to have some new Sparkle Stories to share with them, instead of plunking the kids down to watch a movie. Little secret: I also listen to them when I have trouble falling asleep, David’s voice is so soothing and peaceful, it works like a charm. 🙂 Thanks for all you do, I have found this blog to be so inspirational and peace-giving!
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My children are 8, 10, 13, 14. We would use these over the holiday season when we move. We are moving and these would be great ways for them to escape the stresses of moving and not knowing where all their stuff is. It takes a while to set up ‘home’ and unpack, audio books would be a great escape and bonding time for our family while we go with tv, Internet, and all those brain-sucking ‘must haves’ nowadays.
Thanks for this opportunity! My kids are 5 and 6 years old. My six-year-old has special needs and part of his neurodevelopmental program is listening to audio books. I usually record my own, so something like this would be used immediately in my home. (Poor kid is probably sick of hearing my voice.)
I have three kids (6, 4, almost 2) and one more on the way in February. This would be great this year when I’m feeling too pregnant to play with them! 🙂
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Wow, thanks! We LOVE Sparkle Stories, especially Martin and Sylvia. My son is 5. Sparkle Stories would be(and already are!) very helpful while I am trying to get some cooking done. Thanks for the giveaway!
My girls are 6 and 8. We love sparkle stories at night before bed!
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Thanks so very much for this wonderful giveaway! I have three kids (14, 9 and 6). My children all love Sparkle Stories (even my 14yo!) and we listen to our stories many times. The Martin and Sylvia Advent Calendar stories were a big hit with my two younger ones last year and they listened to them over and over even into January. It was a great way to encourage the anticipation of Christmas without too much intensity. I love to use them during the pre-dinner crazy time or during Saturday/ Sunday afternoon quiet playtime. Thanks so much!
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My kids are 12, 9, 3, 4 months. I think the stories will come in handy the most in the evening during family time
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My boys are 2 and 4 and we’re trying to get into a new routine of listening to music or stories as we wake up and have snacks after nap! Sparkle stories would be perfect for this!
My daughter is 4 and she loves sparkler stories. Hopefully I can play them to replace tv. 🙂
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My kids are 3 & 10. They love to listen to me read them stories. Sometimes I just need….a break from being the reader! Sparkle Stories would be a great addition to a peaceful Christmas season. Thanks!
My kids are 7, 4 and 1. I have bern wanting to start Sparkle Stories but have been intimidated knowing where to start. I think we would use them a lot, especially for my oldest kiddo who has chronic sleep issues and trouble sleeping. Anything to help keep her anxiety down.
Also, I too already like Simple Homeschool and Sparkle Stories on Facebook. 🙂
Hi, my children are 5,8 and 10. We will enjoy the stories on those cold days with a cup of hot cocoa and warm blankets
What a great giveaway! My kiddos are 6, 5( in 2 weeks), almost 3, and 4 months. This would be an amazing addition to our routine for when I need to get one on one teaching time in. Plus, it would be great for our rest time/ night time to hear a voice other than Mommy’s! 🙂
We love Sparkle Stories! My kiddos are 5 and 18 months and Sparkle Stories would be great while traveling to see family and for quiet mornings when kiddos are overwhelmed from being up just a bit too late at that family get together.
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My girls are 4 and 2. We love your stories! There is so much anticipation during the holidays, and your stories really help with the “countdown”.
I also like sparkle stories and simple homeschool on FB. Thank you!
My daughters are 7 and 10 and I’ve been wanting to try Sparkle Stories for some time now…what a wonderful way to use some downtime this holiday season!! Will like on Facebook now, too!
Our children are aged 5 and 8 and love story time. I have looked at Sparkle stories a few times but am unsure what my children would like. Christmas holidays in NZ are long and hot, often in the evenings the kids are way over tired (and the parents too) a good story read by someone else, about children like themselves or animals would be calming…and something to build on that’s not Enid Blyton who my kids love.
I have three girls: 6, 4 and 2. Sparkle stories are a lifesaver all year long – Friday is their favorite day (because the new stories in their subscription arrive!). They are especially helpful during the holiday season because on top of providing me with fight-free time during dinner prep time (especially challenging during winter when we don’t always get outside), they provide a wonderful way to keep the true meaning of the holidays in perspective in a way they understand. And, my husband and I both love to listen WITH the girls! I cannot imagine bedtime, dinner prep time or travel time without sparkle stories! Thank you so much for your amazing work.
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We are just getting into the habit of listening to stories! I have two six year olds and a two year old. My son just told me the other day while listening to Swiss Family Robinson that he likes to listen to stories and he “even tries to imagine them in his mind!”
My kiddos are 5, 3 and 4mo and Sparkle Stories would be a great way to transition them back into the house after playing out in the cold; listening to the stories as they sit by the fire with some warm tea. Thanks for the opportunity!!
We have boys 8, 5 and 3. Sparkle stories would be great to listen to during holiday craft time. Thanks !
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my children are 3 & 5 and they LOVE Martin and Sylvia! I think Sparkle Stories comes in handy everytime things start to get too busy and hectic. This will be especially helpful during the cooking, shopping, cleaning, travelling of the holidays.
We are just getting started with audio stories my kids are 4 &2 and would love to win this.
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She’s 6! I’d use the cd for my classroom too!
My boys are 4 and 2 and baby girl is 2 months. These would be great for afternoon quiet time when the 2 year old SHOULD be napping, but doesn’t want to stop.
My kids are 10, 7, 6, 3, 2 and 4 months. We won’t be traveling at all during the holiday season, but I think these would be great during down time when I have projects to do and an excellent alternative to watching tv! Thanks for the opportunity.
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My children are ages 3, 6 and 9. They all love a good story! I institute a lovely quiet hour at dusk during the winter months and these would be ear candy!
My Kids (ages7, 5, 1) love sparkle stories! Especially Martin and Sylvia! We love to listen to the stories when we have art time. Or need a special quiet time while the baby takes a nap. They are always excited to hear what adventure Martin and Sylvia will have next. But their favorite by far is Daddycation. These would be great during the long winter when we need a fun distraction, or a when we need a calm time during a crazy Christmas season.
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Hello, my children, all boys are 7, 4 and a half, and 11 months old. We have many homemade gifts we will be giving this year and the Christmas stories would be great to listen to as a family while we work on our projects together. We love sparkle stories and have created a rhythm where on Thursdays for lunch we eat homemade popcorn and nuts and listen to a sparkle story. We all really enjoy them. 🙂
My kiddos are almost 1, 2, 4, 7, and 8. We’d love to listen to these on snuggly evening around the fireplace! Thanks for the opportunity!
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I have 7 year old twins and we love sparkle stories. We listen to them during art and quiet times. My son loves listening to them while playing with Lego. Thanks!
Our children are 5,3,1. We would love these stories to be able to use them in the car for travel as well as in the house when mom needs time to get work done but have the kids occupied. Thank you for the opportunity!
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Wow, what an awesome giveaway! My kids are seven, five, and two. They love listening to audio stories and we enjoy celebrating the seasons with them. Just as we do throughout the year, I could see having the kids listen to their holiday Sparkle Stories at the end of the day. The calming tone of stories is such a lovely way to wind down the day.
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We love sparkle stories! I love the subtle lessons they teach and the great parenting examples for me as well 🙂 I already “like” sparkle stories and simple homeschool on Facebook.
my girls are 5 and 7 and as we travel to Barcelona from France, where we are currently living, I think sparkle magic is in order to save our sanity!
My sons are 2.5 and 7 months … a little on the younger side, but I was listening to some clips of Sparkle Sleepytime stories and I think that the simple, soothing stories will be just right for introducing my boys to the amazing Sparkle stories!
i love both simple homeschool and sparkle stories on FB.
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Our children are seven, five and three. English is their second language and I thing hearing stories read by English speaking people will help them both in maintaining the language and understanding the stories.
I have three kids ages 2, 5 and 8. We use audio stories for SO many things from making driving to classes more fun to helping everyone relax at bedtime…or anything! New stories from Sparkle would be a welcome change to the amazing but overused collection we currently have.
My kids are 2, 6 and 10 and these would come in handy during a couple of road trips we will be taking during the holidays. Thanks so much
My kids are 9 and 7 and they LOVE audio books and being read aloud to. We will use these Sparkle stories on holiday road trips to visit family and while we go about all our holiday craft-making and baking!
my boys are 4 and 2, and listening to sparkle stories during long car rides to visit family would be great!
we have a 5 year old, a 3 year old, an 18 month old, and a baby expected tomorrowish. The older kids could listen to these while I’m feeding the baby!
My kids are 6, 4, and 1 month. We LOVE sparkle stories. They are always asking for new ones so I know they would love a subscription to a new series. They are great for quiet time in the afternoon when everyone needs a little break.
I have two children, both age 4. We have never listened to audio books before, but they love listening to music and reading books. Perhaps it’s time to introduce audio books and these look like a great option for that! This would be a great option in the vehicle also. Thanks for the chance to win!
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We LOVE Sparkle Stories; my kids get SO excited the second the Sparkle Stories intro song comes on, every time! They are 5, 3, and two months old :). We listen in the car, while they play with LEGOs on the living room floor, and on cozy snowy afternoons while curled up on the couch by the fireplace. We would LOVE to hear more of them!
My kids are 7, 5, and 3, and I think they would most benefit from these audio stories when we are making a trip up to PA to visit grandparents.
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I “like” sparkle stories and simple homeschool on FB!
I liked both Simple Homeschool and Sparkle Stories! 🙂
Our kids are 6 and 2 and we love Sparkle stories!! We would listen through the holidays to slow down and reconnect as a family because I enjoy these stories as much as my kids!!
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Our kids are 12, 10, 8 and 3. We would enjoy listening to these on our road trip to Grandma and Grandpa’s house at Thanksgiving, and also as we lighten our academic load a little bit as we prepare for Christmas. Thanks for the opportunity!
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Liked both FB pages 🙂 And discovered that you’re in Charlotte, VT – My husband spent some childhood years in Burlington/Essex Junction and has fond memories of the area!
Our kids are 5.5 and 7.5 and we love sparkle stories! I can see us using them in the car, as a reminder to slow down, and for quiet time 🙂
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I have a 14-year-old girl, 4-year-old girl, 2-year-old twin girls, and a brand new baby boy. Sparkle Stories would be SO HELPFUL this holiday season because I broke my foot two weeks ago and will be in a cast until the new year. I would love to be able to sit on the couch and listen to these stories with my kids.
I not only ‘liked’, but ‘loved’ Sparkle Stories and Simple Homeschool!
My kids are 5, 2, and 10 months. These stories would be great to encourage quiet times during all the busyness of the season!
My kids are 8, 6 and 3. Sparkle Stories would be wonderful to listen to while wrapping presents, baking cookies—or distracting the kiddos while I order their gifts online. 🙂 haha
I liked Sparkle Stories, and I already LOVE Simple Homeschool!
My boy is five and he is ecstatic whenever I read books to him out loud. This Hoiday Season, Sparkle Stories will introduce him to a whole new world of audio books. In lieu of material stuff, it will take him on a holiday ride of creative imagination.
My kids are six and ten and they love audiobooks! This would come in handy during those times when I am secretly crafting in my room for their Christmas presents!
I have a 6, 5 and 3 yo – and audio books SAVE us on our long trip home to extended family many states away – this would be such a blessing!
My boys are 9,6,4 and we love snuggling and listening to audio stories. This is our first year overseas so we are looking for new ways to celebrate advent being so far away from family!
My kids are 6 and 2. We love Martin and Sylvia! My 2 year old ask for “Sylvia” all the time in the car :). We’re travelling this year, so we’ll use it at Nana and Grandpy’s house for quiet times!
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Sparkle stories! We love at all times. A cozy day at home or out and about in the car. We LOVE Sylvia and her cute voice. This holiday season we will be listening in the evenings!
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My boys are 6 and 4. These would be amazing to listen to as quiet time during our cousin get-togethers this holiday season.
My kids are 3 and 5. We’re planning to buy the Audio Advent series for December.
My kids are 8, 6, 4, and 2 months. We listen to audio books everyday so we’d use some holiday ones the whole season.
My kiddos are 2 and 1. My 3 year old has these on her Christmas list!
My kids are 6, 4, and 6 mo. We think Sparkle Stories will be great on the super cold days!
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Our kids are 6,4,2, and 2 months. These would be great for travel!
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I have a 3.5 yr old and an almost 1 yr old and these would be great for travel!
My daughter is 6. This would be so great for us!-we are always on the go and my daughter loves books! What a great thing to have when traveling. Thank you for the giveaway 🙂
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My children are 7, 4, and 3…these would be great for afternoon rest times! Thanks!!
I have two boys, 4 and 7, and we aren’t traveling for the holidays but the weather here has quickly turned colder which means more time curling up in the house to keep warm. Sparkle Stories would definitely come in handy while we snuggle together!
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kids are 7, 4, and 2…we would definitely use these on road trips! 🙂
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I have three children, ages 5, 3, and 1.5. We have listened to a few sample Sparkle stories and the children love them! Martin and Sylvia and their adventures have helped make getting dinner on the table possible those evenings. We would love to win! As we are hosting family for the holidays, momma will be extra busy and having these stories to play would sure help.
My daughter is five and would enjoy these stories. We have a couple of road trips coming up, and they would keep her occupied.
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My boys are 8, 7, 5 and 1.5 Sparkle Stories would be wonderful for their non-nap quiet times!
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Road trips, and quiet time during the holiday season!! 🙂 Kids: 6yo, 4yo, 2yo, and 4months.
12, 8 & 5. When we need some quiet time away from the bustle & over stimulus of the holidays.
13, 7, 4, 2, 9 months
Quiet time!!
My kids are 6, 4, 2, and 1. This would be perfect while we drive
My boys are 7, 6 and 2 and sparkle stories would be great for quiet time or at night time.
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I have a 4.5 year old and a 2.5 year old. My 4 really likes books on tape, so I’m hoping it isn’t a stretch to move on to audio-only. We are driving from California to Texas in December, so I could definitely use some things for the car!!
I liked Sparkle Stories and I already liked (more like loved?) Simple Homeschool :).
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My son is almost 6. He enjoys listening to audio books, especially before bed.
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My kids are 7, almost 5, 2 and a half, and 7 months! We are headed to AZ for thanksgiving, traveling by car from Utah, and would love to have some great stories to keep is entertained. As well as, the week following, we will be flying to Florida to spend a week at Disney World! In need of something to keep us all inline on the flight, too! 🙂
My kids are 10 and 1. We have listened and relistened to stories I have on audio cassette when I need a break and in the car they keep the older one listening instead of bugging the younger one.
My children are 4 and 6 but will turn 5 an 7 in December, so this would be PERFECT for them!!! We could listen to it on our long car rides (3 different Thanksgivings and 8 different Christmases). Thank you for the opportunity!
I have 10 yr old twin boys and these would be great for going to Grandma’s hous, six hours away, for Christmas!!
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My girls are 5 and 2. These would be great to listen to while we are in the car, when my girls are doing crafts and when we are taking a train to our family at Christmas!
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My kids are 8,6,3,2,10 months. We are missionaries overseas and the holidays are a busy time for us as we reach out to the community so I think we would use them most as we prepare all of the treats for our events.
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My kids are 4 and 2and both light up when they hear the sparkle story intro song playing. We love them on road trips and they are also great when visitors come to stay and the kiddos need a distraction so the adults can visit for a few minutes uninterrupted!
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I like both pages on FB! My kidlets are 9, 7, 5, 3, and 10 months. Sparkle stories would be awesome for our New Zealand summer holidays so that I can finish reading the TJEd books and do level 2 of the course. Jamie I’m sooo indebted to you for introducing me to TJEd!!!!! =)
2, 4, and 5.
would come in handy anytime!
We have two girls, Sylvie (7 yrs) and Juna (5yrs old today!). Sparkle Stories would be great as we are driving to Colorado from California for Thanksgiving. Thanks!
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Thank you for sharing the Sparkle Story love with your readers!!! My son is 6 and love stories of all kinds but especially so when I am busy with home duties or when we are driving in the car. We’ve got a couple of long drives coming up during the festive season and this would be a wonderful link in. Love th blog! Thanks again!
Oh yay…open internationally! Here in New Zealand we have a summer Christmas so we often stretch out our family roadtrips to other family for Christmas Day to encompass a few days by ourselves. Hot pools, a stop by Lake Taupo, a deep breath. Sparkle stories always come in handy on the long car journey. We homeschool, and my son, who is seven will often have a restful period in the day listening to stories, drawing and building while I work. xx
My boys are 2 and 7. The stories would be fantastic when I am trying to calm them down after all the excitement of these pre-Christmas days.
I have heard such great things about the Sparkle stories and I think my 5, 3 and 1 year old would love them! My 5 year old listens to audio stories everyday so we would get a ton of use from this.
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My kiddos are 11, 9, and 8. Sparkle stories are one of my “go to” activities when we need some time to calm or need to transition out of an activity we will have trouble leaving (ie. putting Legos away to work on chores, school work etc.)
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These would come in handy every day during rest time, and on road trips! One of my goals right now is to get my girls listening to audio books on a regular basis. They are 4, 3, and 1.
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My kid are 5, 3, and 11 months. We already know Martin and Sylvia from their free weekly podcast, and we’d love to have them join our family for the holidays! We already have Advent traditions that M and S would fit into nicely.
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my nephew is 4 and he likes being read to before his afternoon nap…
My kids are 9 and 8, and we like listening to / reading stories at breakfast, late afternoon and bedtime!
My youngest two are 5 and 7. I’ve been wanting to try audio stories with them because some days I just don’t have it in me to read aloud!
My son is 8 (I also have three teenage daughters), and he LOVES to listen to stories while playing with his Legos.
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My boys are 6 & 7.
What a great, quiet -time activity for the cold and blustering winter days.
Thank you for offering this excellent giveaway! 🙂
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I am a mom of three, I just started homeschooling my first grader and my 3 year old. I read everyday to them, and I love finding new ways to introduce reading to my children. Audio Books, books, videos,
I will check this out
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I forgot to add that I believe it will sparkle stories will be great for the holidays because my beautiful, 6yr ol, 3yr old and 7 month old can hear wonderful stories to enrich their lives.
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My daughter is 7 and we will be traveling during the holidays, so this would be great for our trip.
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My kids are 3 and almost 5. We are traveling for both thanksgiving and christmas this year and sparkle stories are a go to for long car rides!
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My daughters are 7 & 5, and these stories would be perfect for our before-bed reading time this holiday season! I’ve lost my voice this week, and we have tried out some of the free Sparkle Stories for read-aloud time… they’ve been a huge hit! Thanks for the giveaway!
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I have a 7 year old, and two 4 year olds, plus one on the way. They love being read to, and the audio books would be great for in the car during all the holiday travel we have planned this season!
My kids are almost 4 and 18 months. The older one will benefit from some good stories anytime, maybe at the end of a stressful day or when I’m busy working on holiday cooking, etc.
I liked simple homeschool and sparkle stories on facebook! Thanks for the chance to hear more great stories!
My boys are 6 & 2–we often listen to Sparkle Stories during lunch and in the crazy early evening hours before dinner!
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My son age is 5. He loves when we read together and Holiday stories are just perfect this time of year. The audio books will be great traveling this holiday season.
My kids are 5.5 and 3 (on Monday!!) and they love Sparkle Stories. I would love to have the day begin with a Sparkle Stories and have another for quiet time. They would get a ton of use here!
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I have a three-year-old daughter and a six-year-old son. My six-year-old son also loves to listen while playing Legos. We’d definitely use sparkle stories during quiet time and while traveling for the holidays. Thanks for a great giveaway!
I liked sparkle stories and simple homeschool on Facebook as well!
My kids are 5, 3.5, and 8 months. My oldest loves to listen to audiobooks while doing art projects. Would also be great in the car.
My kids are 4 and 7. The love Sparkle stories about would overjoyed to have a Sparkle Stories Christmas. I already “like” both Simple Homeschool and Sparkle Stories on Facebook 😉
My kids are 13, 11, 10, 8 and 5(tomorrow)! We would love any books however with the holidays we would love the Advent and the Gratitude books.
I’ve liked both Sparkle Stories & Simple Homeschool!
my kids are 10,9,6 and 3. i would love to light a few candles, turn off the lights, knit, and listen to some stories with my kids.
13, 11, 8, 6, and 3. We like listening to audio stories at quiet time, driving, or when I need an extra break. Durning breaks it could happen any point of the day.
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i think my almost 2 year old, 5 year old & 10 year old daughter would love this!
We listen to audio books at dinner at least once a week, the whole family loves it.
It’s better than reading aloud, cause you can still eat….no bad manners.
My children are 7, 3, and 1. We have enjoyed sparkle stories for quiet time daily and at bedtime to help older ones quiet down while I get youngers to sleep first. I love them!
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Aloha,
We would love to add the Sparkle Stories to our book collection! Mahalo and have a beautiful day!
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My kids are 2, 4 and 6. The younger two have been listening to Martin and Silvia as long as they can remember, but we’d love to get the advent stories! They sound like they’d be great breakfast time listening in the days leading up to the holidays. Thanks for all you do!
My kids are 2 and 6 months in utero 😉 I think these stories would come in handy for the long drives to relatives houses for holiday celebrations. And in general! We live from 30-60 minutes from all friends and family and spend a lot of time in the car. We haven’t tried audio books with our daughter yet, but if her insistence on reading for 2 hours each day is any clue than I think she would like them! 🙂 Might be the perfect solution for making car rides a bit more enjoyable on those rough days. Thanks for sharing and the chance to win some.
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Sweet give-away! My kids are just-turned-10 and almost-7.
My kids get sensory overload, so audio stories have been fabulous for much needed “quiet time.”
My kids are almost 4 and 5. They’ve been enjoying audio books more and more during their afternoon quiet time, but maybe sitting down and listening with them to try to combat the busyness of the holiday season would be good for me as well. 🙂
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Sparkling is great for any time, we love them at bedtime, morning wake up, afternoon rest, snuggle time
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