Deal Seeking Mom

Win-It Wednesday: Kleenex for a Month!

by

Join me every week for Win-It Wednesday. I’ll be posting 24-hour giveaways at 8 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. ET to give you plenty of chances to win!


A couple of weeks ago, my oldest daughter and I had the privilege of taking a trip to Bowling Green, Kentucky to meet the ultra-fabulous, award-winning kindergarten teacher, Patrice McCrary, and to participate in a fun day of crafts sponsored by Kleenex.

We had so much fun with these ladies and their kindergarten children:

I can’t tell you what a treat this was for my daughter and me. She’s the middle child, and one-on-one time can be hard to come by, so we were particularly thrilled to spend some quality time together before she starts kindergarten in a few weeks. From being picked up at the airport in a white limo, to breakfast in bed, to learning about germs in a brilliant, fun, hands-on way, this is certainly an event she’s going to remember for years to come.

The theme for the day was learning about germs: what they are, how to prevent the spread of them, and how Kleenex’s new Sneeze Shield technology can help. My favorite activity was when Mrs. McCrary brought out the “germ juice,” which was really just a non-toxic lotion with glitter in it that shows up under a black light. After applying the “germ juice” to the kids’ hands, they were encouraged to touch various objects in the room. Mrs. McCrary then brought out the black light to demonstrate how they’d left traces of their “germs” on all of the items. Brilliant!!!

It was quite apparent why Mrs. McCrary has won numerous awards as a teacher. She’s exactly the kind of teacher that you’d wish for your child to have — warm, patient, caring, and able to keep the kids in line and engaged. I was just amazed watching the interaction!

Patrice offers these Back To School tips:

  • Two weeks prior to the beginning of school, start to ease back into a routine.
  • Let your child be involved in the back-to-school shopping experience.
  • Celebrate the new school year!

Plus you’ll want to check out these fabulous resources from Kleenex:

One lucky Deal Seeking Mom will win a month’s supply of Kleenex!

To enter, tell me what is the hardest part of getting your kids ready to go back to school.

+++++++++++++++

Every reader has four methods available to enter this contest. Choose one each of any combination of method one, two, three, or four for up to a total of 4 entries!!!

If you are reading this in your email or feed reader, please CLICK HERE to visit the original blog post to enter. Email entries will not be counted.

Methods of entry:

1. Leave a comment. What’s the hardest part of the back-to-school preparation for you?

2. Join the Kleenex community on Facebook. Come back and leave a separate comment letting me know you’ve done so!

3. Join the Deal Seeking Mom Forums to chat about your great finds, special coupon codes, and chances to win exclusive giveaways. Come back and leave a separate comment letting me know you’ve joined or that you’re already a registered user!

4. Subscribe to my feed via RSS or email. You must confirm your email subscription for it to be a valid entry! Leave a separate comment letting me know you have done so. If you’re already a subscriber, simply leave a separate comment letting me know you’re already subscribed. Lovin’ my subscribers! You guys make this all possible.

Prize:
(1) Month’s supply of Kleenex

This giveaway ends at 2:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, August 5th and is open to all U.S. residents 18 years or older. I’ll use Comment Contest to select the winning comment. Winner will be notified by email and listed on my Giveaway Winners page. Winners must respond within 48 hours of notification to claim their prize. Good luck!

While you’re in a contest entering mood, don’t forget to check out the Giveaway Gathering for a variety of contests being hosted on Deal Seeking Mom readers’ blogs!

Reader Interactions

Comments

  2. Wendy

    Getting back into a “scheduled” life. We have to be up & have breakfast at a set time, the boys have snacks & homework after school, showers & to bed at a set time…everything goes back to a schedule.

  6. shirley g

    The hardest part this year, will be quite different. I’m homeschooling our daughter (10th grade) for the first time. I want to make sure we start off on the right foot with a regular school routine. Especially setting a bedtime for her. We both work at the daycare at our church part time, so keeping up with school work and babies, we need to stay as germ free as possible.

  7. shirley g

    i subscribe via email. Thanks for all the great tips and hard work that I’m sure goes into all of your posts.

  19. Jacqueline in Atlanta

    Hardest part is readjusting bedtimes. We get used to staying up later and later. Daylight saving time and long days make it 9pm or later before it even feels like night time and sometimes we eat supper so late it just seems like bedtime is nearly midnight. That, of course, all has to change when school starts and it is like pulling teeth to get our systems readjusted!

    Thanks for having the giveaway. Kleenex is the best!

  24. Jan

    Glad you went to Bowling Green … I am actually from Bowling Green!!! All of my family still lives there. Small world!

  25. Theresa

    Hardest thing about back to school – psyching myself up for day one of my oldest at pre-school this year. Already practicing my stiff upper lip!

  26. Christine

    The hardest part is getting back to a normal bedtime. My son likes to stay up late and sleep in.

  27. Dana

    The hardest thing about back to school for me is that my daughter goes to high school tomorrow! She should not be this old already!