Giveaway!

Over on my other blog, you have 3 chances to win my latest sewing pattern, the Steggie Back pack

Pop over and leave a comment for your chance to win!

© jojoebi designs 2011

and the winner is.....

A few days ago, I saw that Toni had posted that we have raised over $45,000 so far, I am sure it is more now, that is an amazing amount of money. I have chosen to close this raffle a couple of hours earlier than the official midday end of raffle because I have to go and meet our visitors at that time and so I want to get this posted before I go. So with no further ado....the winner is.....

Laura Major

Congratulations!

Please drop me a line so we can sort out your prize.

Thank you to everyone else who donated one way or the other, every little helps.

Still time to win over $100 worth of materials

Pop over to the Flood auction appeal post and sign up, 

not many entries yet so you have a good chance to win!

A giveaway* for the QLD flood appeal

***UPDATE***The raffle will be open until Wednesday 26th, 9.00am JST as requested by Toni

I am sure you will have heard about the devastating floods in Australia, the area that the floods cover is massive, the size of France and Germany combined, many people have been affected, lives and homes lost, personal horror stories are starting to be told such as the 13 year old boy who sacrificed his own life for his younger brother, and I am sure many more will follow. I heard about the flood appeal auctions via Jodie at Ric-Rac, thanks to Toni at Make it Perfect, a group of bloggers have got together to hold auctions, sales, raffles or giveaways*, she will post a master list of all those involved at the weekend.
Many of those involved are from the crafting community of which I feel part of but I also feel part of the online Montessori community and I though it would be good to get the Montessori community involved too. I have a lot of Aussie friends and family who live out there and I know there is a big homeschooling community, I can't bear to think how many children are affected by the flooding for some their whole community washed away in minutes, so please take a minute or two and look around you, now imagine it all swept away.

For my small part I am holding  giveaway*

Please read carefully:


*it is a giveaway with conditions

• This giveaway is open to everyone no matter where you live.
• To enter this giveaway you must donate $5 to the Premier's Flood Relief Appeal. International donations are accepted.
• You may enter as many times as you like but each entry / donation must have a separate receipt number. (eg: donate $5 ten times if you want to donate $50- then comment ten times with your receipt number and yep its a pain in the bum, but that is as fair as I can make)
  A winner win be choose by random generator on March 21st 9.00am JST

After you have done this , return here and leave your comment with your receipt number and an email address so that I can contact you. Please, only leave a comment on this post if you are entering the draw otherwise it cocks up the random generator, thanks.

What do you win?

A bumper pack of all my Montessori PDF files, many of which are for sale in the Goldmine shop others I have put up for free download at some point and some that have never made it off my computer. Totally worth $57.50

Continent 3 part cards, maps and CD covers; parts of bat 3 part cards;
flags of Africa for the puzzle maps; Flags of Africa 3 part cards

fruit 3 part cards; geometric solids 3 part cards;
colour tablets boxes 1, 2 and 3; herbs and spices 3 part cards

knights and castles 3 part cards; knobbless cylinder patterns;
3D knobless cylinder patterns; air, land and water cards

penguin 3 part cards; vegetable 3 part cards
volcano 3 part cards; parts of the farm grammar set


***UPDATE***
Kyle from Montessori For Living is also offering a 
6 month subscription as part of the prize too.

Please help to spread the word by mentioning the giveaway* on your own blog/twitter/FB/neighbour over the road etc. and lets try and raise as much money as possible for those in need. Also keep an eye on Toni's blog to see who else is getting involved.

Flood Appeal Update

If you haven't entered the raffle/giveaway yet you still have time to do so and now the prize is even better!
Kyle would like to add a FREE 6 month subscription to Montessori For Learning as part of the prize. The odds of you winning are pretty good right now so pop over to the post and join in the fun - it is all for a good cause.

For those with older kids, you could get them involved too, challenge them to raise $5. As for the payment, it is pretty straight forward, you just need a credit card, it takes a couple of minutes and you will be given a number at the end of the process and send a payment confirmation email.

Toni put up the master list for all the bloggers who have giveaways and auctions, there is plenty to go at, have a look here.

and the winner is....

First, I would like to thank everyone who commented on the Diana's Handmade Giveaway.

Sorry not every can win.

So, with no further ado, the winner is...

Commenter number 17 who said....

Congratulations, I will drop you a line.

Introducing a New Sponsor and Giveaway - Diana's Handmade

I would like to welcome Diana to The Montessori Goldmine. Diana is a trained Montessorian, a mother of two young boys, a wife, a gardener, a cook, a baker, a knitter and is a woman just trying to do a little crafting in her limited spare time. 

Logical Adjective Pouch and Labels, for the Montessori Classroom

Since she is out of the classroom while home with her boys, making language materials is just one small way for her to try to stay connected to my Montessori training. 

Impression of the Verb Pouch and Labels, for the Montessori Classroom

When she is not chasing her toddler or studying over a puzzle map with her eldest, she also enjoys trying out all sorts of crafts. 

Travel Bingo Game - Yellow Fire Truck Pouch

She knit balls, dye scarves, needle-felt foods, create block sets, melt crayons, 

make games – to name a few! 

The Princess Pack, 8 silk scarves

Being part of Etsy allows her to have a creative outlet and a small way to help out other Montessorians looking for handmade goodies for their classroom.

Wooden Geometic Puzzles, Set 1

Diana is kindly giving a $20 gift certificate to be used in her shop, to get the chance to win simply leave a comment of this post saying what you would spend the gift certificate on, be sure to leave an email address so that we can contact you.

A winner will be drawn 7.00am November 8th (Japan time)

and the winner is....

Who was Katherine of One Inch World

Congratulations Katherine, I will be in touch...

and if you would like one of these aprons made with fabric from my store, please 

drop me a line and we will sort something out.

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GIVE-AWAY

How would you like to win a cute Montessori Style apron? I have worked on this design since Ebi-kun was a toddler and we love how it have evolved. It has an elasticated neck and easy to use velcro fasten, three different sized pockets and it is backed with soft rubberised towelling so spills won't soak through. The aprons below are available in the SHOP.

So, onto the give-away.  If you would like to win the apron below then simply pop over to my shop and decide which fabric that I sell you would choose for an apron for yourself then come back here and leave a comment. You also need to follow The Montessori Goldmine to be eligible to enter.

I am happy to ship internationally.

This is the apron you will win, it has a different pocket than the ones available in the Shop
but the rest is the same.

Entries close October 12th and a winner will be picked by random 

generator on October 13th (Japan time)

and the winner is.....

well just before we get to that, I would like to thank everyone for their comments It has been really interesting reading through them. I would also like to thank everyone for their support this week, you really are wonderful. And now, onto the winner, using the random generator we have...

Comment number 18 who is Shumim, who said...

Congratulations

I will be in touch!

Win!! Items for your culture box

If you have just arrived then welcome, please pull up a chair and have a look around, there are some great blogs featured I am sure you will find something you love!

To help get this blog off the ground I am having a giveaway, how would you like some great Japanese items to add to your culture box? or if you prefer a collection of miniatures to use in your phonics boxes? The choice is yours! and I am more than happy to ship worldwide.

So, how do you get your hands on such goodies?

Just leave a comment on this post and tell me what it is that draws you to the Montessori theory?

You MUST leave an email address with the comment. That is it! It would be lovely if you also followed or subscribed to The Montessori Goldmine, blog/tweet/FB about it too and please feel free to help yourself to the badge at the top of the left side bar, if you are not sure how to do it, follow the instructions HERE

I will draw a winner using a random generator on May 14th around 8am Japan time.

Don't forget to check out the other giveaways going on on 

A Bit Of This and A Bit Of That all week.