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Weekend Giveaway: Sparkle Stories

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Today you’re in for a treat: an introduction to one of my family’s recent discoveries, Sparkle Stories. My three children have fallen in love with these imaginative tales, and I think yours will as well.

From Sparkle Stories:

“Sparkle is an online resource for high-quality audio stories for children and families. Each week Sparkle Stories delivers delightful audio stories to subscribers around the world.

We offer three original Story Series, plus a fourth Series with classic stories, songs and games, all designed to entertain and inspire the whole family. (Jamie’s note: One of the storylines, Martin & Sylvia, features a homeschooling family.)

Audio stories, or stories told out-loud, are untethered to images viewed on a screen. The child is free and able to paint her own pictures out of her own imagination. She becomes relaxed and entranced – committing herself fully to a fantastic adventure.

Sparkle Stories are fun, Sparkle Stories are inspiring, and Sparkle Stories are good for young minds and spirits! Our stories inspire a sense of wonder and magic in life, encourage creativity and a strong sense of self, and even illuminate common childhood challenges.”

Two Simple Homeschool winners will receive a 3-month subscription to the full Sparkle Story series–that includes all four stories.

How to Win

To be entered for a chance to win, simply leave a comment in the comment section below!

Sparkle Stories is also offering an incredible discount to all Simple Homeschool readers: Try a full month of audio stories (a $17 value) for just $1! Simply sign up here with the code AF0D  (That’s “A F zero D”).

This giveaway has ended and the winners have been contacted via email. Thanks!

About Jamie C. Martin

Jamie is an introverted mom of three, who loves books, tea, and people (not always in that order), and avoids answering the phone when possible. She co-founded SimpleHomeschool.net in 2010 and began IntrovertedMoms.com in 2020.

Jamie is the author of four books, including Give Your Child the World (reached #9 on Amazon's Top 100 Best Sellers list), and her latest release, Introverted Mom (an ECPA bestseller). Her work has been featured by LeVar Burton of Reading Rainbow, the Washington Post, Parents, Today Parenting, and Psychology Today.

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  2. jessamyn

    Oh, we have been listening to the sample stories and loving them for some months now. My little one is just now getting interested in sitting still for a story without pictures. This would be great to have in the coming winter months. Thanks for the opportunity to win them!

  8. Sarah M

    I have seen this before from Soulemama and thought it looked like SUCH a neat idea for a future subscription for home-schooling. We would love to try it out.

    Sarah M
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  11. Nancy Mosley

    Listening to audio stories is a daily routine in our home. We purchase them for long car rides to visit family and so the children love to spend time listening to them each day. I’m sure they have all the Narnia books memorized by now. 🙂 We’d love something new. Thanks for the giveaway and introducing me to this website.

  12. Jen T

    Oh wow! I actually suggested it to my dad as a gift idea, but he went with something else (my daughter will be thrilled, I am less so ;)!!) I would love to have this for my kids as they love to listen to stories when they are playing in their room or at bedtime.

  16. Julie

    My daughter loves audio stories and always has something playing at bedtime so she can fall asleep. She will love hearing something brand new, we’ll definately check out the 1 month deal.

  18. Ronessa

    We recently learned about Sparkle Stories from a friend. We’ve enjoyed the story pack we downloaded and would love to try the full subscription.

  22. Tiffany H.

    My eight-year old son loves audiobooks and listens to them most of the day. These sound wonderful. Thanks for introducing them to us.

  23. katherine

    Audio stories have been our biggest secret to traveling well with a house full of little children. What a neat resource!

  24. angela

    We do a lot of reading at our house and Sparkle Stories would be a great solution for when mama’s voice wears out 🙂 We’ve listened to the sample stories and they are wonderful!

  26. Lauren

    I would love to win the whole subscription, but even if not, I feel like I won a bit with that coupon code! Thanks!

  29. cardi

    My friend just referred me to these, and we listened to the sample ones online. My children love them! We would be so happy to win! Thank you for doing this!

  36. Nancy Wang

    These sound like so much fun! I am learning to appreciate audio-only content more and more (I am so visually-oriented). My kids love it!

  41. Monique

    I have checked out the Sparkle Stories web site before and think it looks wonderful. I’d love to give it a try! Thanks!

  43. Kristen

    My kids would LOVE this, and I would love entertainment that would allow us to do other things simultaneously…draw, knit, color…this sounds FABULOUS for the dark winter months. I hope I win! 🙂

  44. Justi Thomas

    This would be wonderful as we help train our son to sit still and listen and as a great alternative background to music.

  48. Maggie

    My 6 year old loves to listen to stories and these stories sound wonderful. Would love to win a a special little extra stocking stuffer!

  61. Sarah

    This sounds like an awesome resource! I grew up listening to dramatized American history on cassette tapes and there really is nothing like listening and letting your imagination fill everything else in!

  66. Roxy Schow

    We just tried the sparkle stories for a trial month and oh. my. goodness! My kids (age 5 and 2.5) are absolutely enthralled. We would love to have this giveaway as we are sparkle believers!! 🙂
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  75. Ashly

    This would be awesome for my 3 yr. old daughter. We just recently made a life change of no TV in the home. She is in love with books on tape and this would be a great addition. I really hope we win.

  98. Andrea

    I hope I win this one. I just found Sparkle stories the other day and am considering a subscription for my kids.

  110. Emily Marshall

    These books look amazing! Thanks for your awesome website–all the articles and advice and expertise really helps me so much with my homeschooling! I am so greatful I found this site!! Thank you, thank you for all you do!