$100 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway! (11/27-12/11)

Welcome to the Season's Greetings $100 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway sponsored by the Daily Globe and hosted by The Parenting Patch! Season's greetings! To help celebrate the holiday season, one lucky reader of The Parenting Patch and Frugal Mom and Wife will win one (1) $100 Amazon gift card. 

Free Endless Reader App on iTunes!

*From the team at ORIGINATOR - the creators of the beloved Endless Alphabet and Sesame Street's Monster at the End of This Book and Another Monster.... Originator is a team of passionate artists and engineers dedicated to the best education plus entertainment apps for kids.* As a follow-up to Endless Alphabet, set the stage for early reading success with Endless Reader! This app introduces "sight words", the most commonly used words in school, library, and children's books. Kids need to recognize these words by sight in order to achieve reading fluency. Recognizing sight words is advantageous for beginning readers because many of these words have unusual spelling, cannot be sounded out using phonics knowledge, and often cannot be represented using pictures. Kids will have a blast learning sight words and their context and usage with the adorable Endless monsters. Each word features an interactive word puzzle with letters that come alive, and then a sentence puzzle with words that become what they describe. See the word "dog" as a barking dog, and the word "up" reach for the sky!

Proper Retail Shopping Manners - Don'ts!

It's that time of year again where everyone is hustling and bustling around getting that perfect gift or creating a perfect meal. A time for love and celebrating the joy of one another can turn into an unpleasant headache really quick. It seems people tend to check their manners at the door and turn into a shopping zombie. Completely oblivious to others around seeking only that main objective determined before even entering the store. Tis' the season for giving love not rude comments or gestures. Being considerate of others should be in everyone hearts, as you would want the same for yourself, friends, and loved ones. Heading out with a few simple tips can be quite helpful to ensure a much better time when shopping. After all, you are not the only one shopping.