Waterford Institute Giveaway

January 27, 2011

I have two fun giveaways for you today! The first one is sponsored by Waterford Institute™ and the Read Strong blog. They are offering up a 4 month subscription to Rusty and Rosy Reading™ for one child ($100 value) — perfect for children from preschool through second grade.

Rusty and Rosy Reading is new-t0-me, so I did a little research and this is what I found:
• This program individualizes learning for your child. Extra practice is provided where your child needs more practice.
• It includes over 185 original songs, 240 digital books with beautiful artwork — that’s hundreds of hours of activities and instruction.
• Children can use Rusty and Rosy Reading™ independently — parents don’t need to know anything about teaching.
• Waterford Institute™, the nonprofit organization that developed Rusty and Rosy Reading™, has been developing educational software for 30 years and has invested over $135 million in its software.

What do you think? Does that sound like something your child would benefit from? Perfect! Go ahead and visit Waterford Institute™ and leave a comment below to enter. The winner will be announced on Monday. Good luck!

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Ayme is the lucky winner! Thanks for playing!

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1 Chelsea January 27, 2011 at 2:47 pm: I need this for my toddlers! I hope I win.
2 wide open spaces January 27, 2011 at 2:51 pm: I am homeschooling my kiddos and we could really, really use this!!
3 NicoleNealis January 27, 2011 at 2:56 pm: love new reading material!
4 Heather January 27, 2011 at 2:58 pm: Does number four ever win? Hope so!
5 Betsy January 27, 2011 at 3:02 pm: This would be perfect for my almost 5 year old! thecoolkidsblog.com
6 trish January 27, 2011 at 3:03 pm: looks interesting, thanks!
7 Melissa January 27, 2011 at 3:06 pm: That looks like a really cool program!
8 Kimberly January 27, 2011 at 3:10 pm: Really fabulous program!!!
9 Emily January 27, 2011 at 3:12 pm: I use their program at a local church and love it. Would like to have it available at home.
10 Heather Rands January 27, 2011 at 3:12 pm: I used this with my six year old for a year and loved it! I would love to win for my 3 1/2 year old.
11 Jennifer January 27, 2011 at 3:12 pm: Really cool, I have a pre-schooler who I’m sure would really pick up reading with this.
12 Emily January 27, 2011 at 3:14 pm: Sounds like a great find for my almost 5 year old.
13 Rian January 27, 2011 at 3:15 pm: We’d love to put it to the test.
14 ginny January 27, 2011 at 3:17 pm: what a clever idea, sound like a great reading tool for the little ones
15 Ceci January 27, 2011 at 3:18 pm: I’d love to use this with my four and two year olds. What a great giveaway!
16 the emily January 27, 2011 at 3:18 pm: I have a 4 and 6 year old who could both benefit from this. I keep hoping my six year old will catch on but even with extra help, he still has more trouble than I would have expected from a smart kid like him.
17 Melissa January 27, 2011 at 3:19 pm: This would be great for my three year old son!
18 Lynette January 27, 2011 at 3:20 pm: My daughter did this program when she was 4 and finished when she was 5 and then took the final test and scored in the 2 grade level! We love this program I would love it for my other little one -pick me please!
19 Joy A January 27, 2011 at 3:20 pm: I’d love to have some curriculum to do with my toddler. Thanks!
20 just January 27, 2011 at 3:21 pm: intriguing!
21 courtney January 27, 2011 at 3:22 pm: this would be so fun for my little girl!
22 Jessica January 27, 2011 at 3:22 pm: Ooh, My daughter loves to read. This sounds like a great program!
23 ann-marie January 27, 2011 at 3:24 pm: I’ve never heard of them, but I’m interested…..
24 Amy January 27, 2011 at 3:24 pm: This is awesome. Thank you for the chance!
25 Emily January 27, 2011 at 3:25 pm: My preschooler would love this!
26 Michelle Torres January 27, 2011 at 3:26 pm: Wow, all my daughters LoVe reading, and I know they would so Love this too!!!!!!

Michelle Torres
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27 Kimmie S January 27, 2011 at 3:29 pm: My daughter or even my neices would love it!
28 Pepper January 27, 2011 at 3:33 pm: This would be great!
29 Allison January 27, 2011 at 3:33 pm: this is perfect for my daughter right now!!!
30 annie January 27, 2011 at 3:38 pm: I have two boys, 6 and 5. The first flew through reading with nary a problem. The second one struggles at times and, because the first one caught on rather quickly, I’m at a loss! This would be great :)
31 Angie January 27, 2011 at 3:41 pm: My three year old would love to check it out!
32 courtney m January 27, 2011 at 3:44 pm: This is new to me, and looks perfect for my 7 year old struggling reader!
33 Misty January 27, 2011 at 3:45 pm: Oh this looks awesome!
34 Mandy January 27, 2011 at 3:49 pm: My daughter who just started reading would love something like this.
35 Allyson January 27, 2011 at 3:49 pm: What a neat idea!
36 Kristi January 27, 2011 at 3:51 pm: sounds great!
37 Kimberly January 27, 2011 at 3:52 pm: This sounds like a great program. I’ve been having such a hard time with teaching my little girl to read. Nothing has worked for us so far and I’m starting to feel desperate.
38 Allison B January 27, 2011 at 3:53 pm: This sounds cool! My daughter loves computer “books” and that sort of thing.
39 Emily January 27, 2011 at 3:55 pm: I homeschool my first grade daughter and I would love to win this for her!
40 maureen January 27, 2011 at 3:56 pm: Definitely want to check out for my boys… Thanks, Maureen (jnomaxx at hotmail dot com)
41 Beth Bernards January 27, 2011 at 3:57 pm: What a great give away! Thanks.
42 bryssy January 27, 2011 at 4:00 pm: Thanks for the chance! These are wonderful! ~Bryssy
43 Sarah January 27, 2011 at 4:00 pm: I’ve heard a lot of great things about this program.
44 Ivette Camere January 27, 2011 at 4:01 pm: Wow, I’m just now starting to teach my little monkey to read and this would be GREAT!!
45 MamaChristy January 27, 2011 at 4:05 pm: My first grader would love this!
46 M. Peterson January 27, 2011 at 4:05 pm: My little girl is just getting to the point of pretending to read based on her memory of books. It’s awesome, but I know she’d thrive with a little official help. This would be completely great!
47 Page January 27, 2011 at 4:06 pm: My preschooler would love this!
48 Debbie Wallis January 27, 2011 at 4:07 pm: This is awesome! My son would go bananas!
49 erika January 27, 2011 at 4:07 pm: This would be so great and fun! Thanks for the giveaway!
50 Avril January 27, 2011 at 4:07 pm: looks very cool! I’ve got one in Kindergarten and one about to start preschool, so it’s perfect!
51 Sylvia January 27, 2011 at 4:08 pm: I teach preschool in my home and would love to give this a whirl to see how well it works. My daughter just started reading and it would be fun to augment what I’ve already got with her!

Thanks!
52 Anne January 27, 2011 at 4:09 pm: This sounds like it would be great for my son and perhaps some of his classmates. I’d love to be able to donate it to his teacher because she’s been so wonderful at trying to help our kids with disabilities.
53 ginger January 27, 2011 at 4:10 pm: My 4 year old is just starting to read. I bet she would love these!
54 hailey babcock January 27, 2011 at 4:14 pm: I have heard great things:)
55 Melanie Bachart January 27, 2011 at 4:14 pm: My little girl would really benefit from this! If I don’t win I think I will invest:) Thank you for sharing!
56 Andi January 27, 2011 at 4:14 pm: I think my daughter would love it!
57 Beth January 27, 2011 at 4:15 pm: Yes! This is perfect for my soon-to-be five year old.
58 Lachelle January 27, 2011 at 4:19 pm: This would be perfect for the homeschooling preschool that I’m trying to start with my little girl!
59 Cindy C. January 27, 2011 at 4:21 pm: you can never have enough good books in the house!!
60 whitney January 27, 2011 at 4:24 pm: I love good learning tools! Thanks for the introduction to this program, fingers crossed.
61 lifeasthemotherof4 January 27, 2011 at 4:28 pm: This intrigues me. I use to have the videos and my oldest daughter learned all the letter sounds from watching them. I’d like to try it out with my son.
62 Tisha January 27, 2011 at 4:29 pm: Nice, I would love to try this out with my preschooler!
63 Kristin January 27, 2011 at 4:30 pm: How fantastic! Thanks so much.
Kristin
64 Arika January 27, 2011 at 4:31 pm: What a great giveaway! I have a soon to be preschooler who this would be great for!
65 Sandy January 27, 2011 at 4:32 pm: My kids would love this!
66 Kelly January 27, 2011 at 4:35 pm: What a great idea!!!! Always good to find a new way to encourage the kiddos to read:)
67 Kacy Faulconer January 27, 2011 at 4:36 pm: I don’t want to win this. I just wanted you to know that I worked at Waterford and helped create the Rusty and Rosy adventures as a technical writer. Don’t pick me–it’s great, but I already have it. If you pick me, please give it to Sandy.
68 Jen Landstrom January 27, 2011 at 4:44 pm: I would definitely love to win this one for my son…he’d definitely benefit from this! Thanks so much for offering this!
69 Brooks January 27, 2011 at 4:47 pm: my son has mastered letters and really wants to learn to read. what a fabulous looking program!
70 Janay January 27, 2011 at 4:48 pm: This would be wonderful to have for my daughter!
71 Liz P. January 27, 2011 at 4:48 pm: oooh perfect for my baby to start reading! i love the books
72 Brandy January 27, 2011 at 4:49 pm: This looks fantastic!
73 ashlynn January 27, 2011 at 4:53 pm: Love all the help I can get to teach my little ones to read!
74 Lauryl January 27, 2011 at 4:55 pm: This would be perfect for my 5 and 6 year olds. Thank you so much for the opportunity!
75 Lindsay January 27, 2011 at 4:56 pm: So very neat!
76 Cheryl Burchett January 27, 2011 at 4:58 pm: My daughter would love learning to read with this program.
77 Jennifer January 27, 2011 at 4:59 pm: Very neat! I’m a homeschool mom and I had never heard of this.
78 Melissa January 27, 2011 at 5:01 pm: It seems like a great program and I would love it for my 3 year old daughter!
79 amy January 27, 2011 at 5:05 pm: My 5 year old is just about reading. this would be wonderful
80 Billie January 27, 2011 at 5:11 pm: Sounds like a great program.
81 Debra Peck January 27, 2011 at 5:12 pm: i think that any child would benefit from this!
82 Kim January 27, 2011 at 5:19 pm: my son would LOVE this!
83 Rebekah Greenwood January 27, 2011 at 5:23 pm: My girls would love this and we could use the help! We’re a military family who is presently overseas. A little help on the schooling would be fabulous!
84 Kym January 27, 2011 at 5:27 pm: Would be great for my five year old niece!!!
85 Lisa Stenz January 27, 2011 at 5:29 pm: Wow! What a fantastic program! My kiddos (and I) would love this! Thanks for the chance to win. *Ü*
86 Sarah January 27, 2011 at 5:29 pm: My son would adore this!
87 Alicia January 27, 2011 at 5:31 pm: I have a preschooler who would LOVE this!
88 girlsmama January 27, 2011 at 5:32 pm: We are avid readers at our house and have two littles who would love this!
89 m e l January 27, 2011 at 5:37 pm: Perfect for my two little ones!!
90 Nancy Dibblee January 27, 2011 at 5:38 pm: As a Mom to two young children and an early elementary educator I am always on the look for new literacy resources. I would love to get my hands on this.
91 Kelly January 27, 2011 at 5:57 pm: This looks fun, thanks for the giveaway!
92 Anndee January 27, 2011 at 5:59 pm: This would be a great gift for my 3 and 5 year old! Thanks for the lead on a great reading resource.
93 Lauren Dargan January 27, 2011 at 6:06 pm: My 5 yr old twins are so curious about reading…this would help us all out!
94 Rachel (Hounds in the Kitchen) January 27, 2011 at 6:11 pm: My daughter is just beginning to read. She would love this!
95 Hannah Q. January 27, 2011 at 6:13 pm: I’d love to win this for my nephew!
96 Andrea January 27, 2011 at 6:14 pm: Looks wonderful!
97 Chick Hatchers January 27, 2011 at 6:15 pm: This looks and sounds great and we’d love to try it out. I’d even do a review on it if I win it.
98 Denise January 27, 2011 at 6:16 pm: Oooh, I would love this for John and Eliza. The Rusty & Rosy programs are top notch!
99 Jen January 27, 2011 at 6:17 pm: I am just getting my son into reading, this would be such a good way to start. Thanks for the chance!
100 Connie H. January 27, 2011 at 6:19 pm: I have three nephews and nieces starting to read. This would be great for them!