Congratulations to Channah @ Get a Grip, Mom! who said: “I love the Brainy Baby 4 in 1 book!”

Please check your email for your $50 gift certificate!

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It’s that time of the year!

No - it’s not quite Christmas shopping season (but don’t tell my mother-in-law - she’s almost done).

IT’S BACK TO SCHOOL and out of Mama’s hair TIME!

Even if your kids aren’t heading to school yet, your kids can still start their learning at home. Having educational toys, books, and games at home are important in the development of your kids. Good for the Kids has a wide range of books, DVDs, toys, and games to aid in your children’s learning.

Early Learning (0-12 months) - Encourage learning with Brainy Baby books, DVDs, and Flash Cards and stimulate the senses with Melissa & Doug First Play toys. Easily-manipulating toys that fit in your baby’s hands encourage sensual development.

Toddler Learning (12-38 months) - Toddlers learn anything and everything very quickly. Encourage their learning patterns with engaging, entertaining products. Potty training, balancing, coloring and coordination are just some of the many activities featured in this learning category.

Preschool Learning (3-7 years) - If you have or know a young child, you know they have many questions. Help them to answer their own questions with your encouragement. READING is KEY to early learning. Good for the Kids has a wide variety of themed books and matching stuffed animals to pair tactile, visual senses with auditory learning.

DISCOUNT
For the first time this year, we’re offering a HUGE 25% off discount code for all of our readers. Use coupon code aug14blog for 25% off your ENTIRE ORDER including sale items now through Tuesday, Aug 19th! Take advantage NOW!

GIVEAWAY
We love a giveaway as much as everyone else, so we’re giving away a $40 gift certificate to one of our readers. Leave a comment here by Tuesday, Aug 19th, at 11:59pm EST with the name of your favorite engaging educational product offered from Good for the Kids. (If your comment does not include the name of your favorite engaging education product, you cannot be chosen as the winner.) Entries are limited to one per day, per household. We’ll announce the winners on this blog, via email, and on Prizey.Fetch. This giveaway is an international giveaway open to everyone 18 or order.

If you happen to be the lucky winner and you place an order between now and Aug 19th, your payment will be refunded (up to amount of the gift certificate). No excuses - so go buy now!

Congratulations to

delores who said: “i pick blue!”

Melinda Toungette who said: “I still like the aqua or green one.”

Marlena who said: “My first choice would be the green but I’d take any color if chosen! ”

Please check your email for your winning information.

SPECIAL ALERT: The Safe Sippy Cup is BACK IN STOCK!

BECAUSE WE LOVE THE SAFE SIPPY SO MUCH, WE’RE OFFERING A 15% OFF DISCOUNT ON ALL ORDERS.  SEE COUPON BELOW.

No-leak valve inside spout - clean, non-toxic silicone. When children suck on The Safe Sippy™ spout, liquid flows, when they don’t it doesn’t.

ABOUT THE PLASTICS - Our plastics are certified free of Bisphenol A (BPA Free), phthalates and DEHA. We pay for extensive independent laboratory testing on our cups to make sure they are free of these chemicals.

Cap - Polypropylene, #5 plastic (PP is the most stable of all plastics)
Inner sleeve - #5 plastic, completely free of Bisphenol A (BPA Free), phthalates and DEHA
Removable handles
Body - durable and lightweight medical grade stainless steel
Rubbery sleeve - TPR, or thermoplastic rubber; Bisphenol A (BPA Free), DEHA and phthalate free
$16.95 each

15% off all orders through Aug 13th with code aug8post.

GIVEAWAY
We’re giving away 3 Safe Sippy Cups to 3 lucky winners! Leave a comment with your choice of color, and we’ll pick a winner at 11:59pm EST on Wednesday, Aug 13th. Entries are limited to one per day, per household. We’ll announce the winners on this blog, via email, and on Prizey.Fetch. This giveaway is an international giveaway open to everyone 18 or order.

Head over to First Impressions for our latest giveaway of a $50 gift certificate hosted by my friend, Ashley.

Congratulations to our winner chosen at random, Audrey, of our Bloggy Giveaways $50 gift certificate to Good for the Kids!

Audrey Says: July 30th, 2008 at 2:35 pm “Melissa and Doug Numbers Chunky Puzzle Melissa & Doug. I really like this puzzle. I remember as a child having a state puzzle, with pick chunky pieces and I was a teen before I’d get rid of it. Great items you have ”

Please check your email with details on your win!

Hello there, Bloggy Giveaways visitors! Peruse, shop, and check out our stuff. We like it, and we know you will, too.

Have you seen the “Gift Ideas” section of Good for the Kids? If not, skidaddle on over and check it out. We’ve separated the Perfect Gift Ideas into age categories to make it easy on you to pick a great, original gift for the kiddo in your life. Whether it’s a gift for your own child, a niece or nephew, grandchild, or kid down the street, you’ll find a unique gift from Good for the Kids.

Dushi

We’ve recently added a quirky Dutch blankie to our store that we want to give to every new baby. The Dushi Bacladi Baby Blanket Pacifier Attacher is incredibly soft and insanely cute and will attach to the baby’s pacifer. You can guarantee this baby blanket will be a hit at any baby shower and the ONLY one the new mom receives!

Nuby

Did you know Good for the Kids sells Nuby sippy cups and Nuby replacement parts? Did you know you could BUY Nuby replacement parts for your sippy cups? Check out the wide variety of sippy cups and replacement parts we have available.

Melissa & Doug - 20% off

If you’re not already a fan of Melissa & Doug toys, once you buy your first toy, you will be. Good for the Kids has a HUGE variety of wooden toys, puzzles, and stuffed animals ready to ship! This is our LAST WEEK of our 20% off sale on all Melissa & Doug products. Don’t wait to get your hands on these incredible toys.

Giveaway

We love giving away goodies, so we’re giving away a $50 gift certificate good for anything you might want from our incredibly stocked store! Leave one comment (per person/per day) here by Saturday, August 2nd, 11:59pm EST with the name of your favorite “WHAT’S NEW” item. Your comment must include the name of an item from the “WHAT’S NEW” category. If your comment is chosen as the winner, and a “WHAT’S NEW” item is not included in the comment, we’ll pick another winner. Sorry - them’s the rules. (BTW - I know them’s not a real word. A little attempt at nerdish grammar humor.) The winner(s) will be notified here on the blog, via email, and on Prizey.Winners.

The BEST part of our giveaway (and yes, it CAN get better) is if you make a purchase between now and the end of the giveaway (and why wouldn’t you?), we’ll refund your payment in the amount of the gift certificate! Triple Bonus Score!

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Head on over to Nap Warden for ANOTHER chance to win a $50 gift certificate to Good for the Kids!

Now through Aug 1st, use coupon code 10bloggygive for 10% off your orders at Good for the Kids.

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Congrats to our recent winners:

Jennifer Says:

I love the Melissa and Doug First Play Soft Toy Pretty Purse Fill and Spill. My daughter is always playing around trying to get into my purse. I know she would love one of her own!

Jessica C Says:

I love the Melissa and Doug Basic Skills Board.

Please check your email for winning information.

Soothie bottles (limited quantity) - up to 40% off

The Soothie pacifier you know and trust…now for bottles! Same nipple shape and feel as hospital distributed Soothie Pacifier - Medical grade silicone nipple - Vents for less air - Bottle cover snaps on bottom so it won’t get lost! Starter set includes: 3 - 5oz bottles; 2 - 9oz bottles; 3 - Snack/formula containers; 1 - Bottle brush;  1 - Newborn Soothie Pacifier

Melissa & Doug - 20% off ALL Toys

From puzzles to puppets, plush to play food, magnetic activities, music, magic and more, Melissa & Doug® has grown to be one of the leading designers and manufacturers of educational toys and children`s products.

All Melissa & Doug products carry a lifetime guarantee. Visit our site to find a large selection of brand new-in-stock toys, dress-up, and learning manipulatives.

Gund Plush Toys (limited quantity) - 15% off

GUND is known worldwide for its top quality, soft and huggable plush designs and gift products. Award-winning GUND products appeal to all ages, from infants up, and are perfect for both play and collecting. The 110-year old company is based in Edison, New Jersey, and distributes throughout the United States and Canada as well as in Europe, Japan, Australia and South America. GUND products may be found in gift, specialty, toy, book, museum and department stores and many other retail outlets.

Zoobie Pets - 10% off

Zoobie™ Pets are incredibility simple to use. The durable easy fasten Velcro latches are child friendly, and easily unlatched to transform the animals into cuddly pillows. The durable zips located on the bottoms easily unzip, exposing the inner blankets (which can also be detached from the animals for easy washing). Along with our focus on children, we also had MOMS in mind when we designed these. Each animal comes with an instruction hangtag that illustrates how to properly fold up the blankets—a simple and easy to follow 1-2-3 process!

The First Years Breastflow Bottles (limited quantity)- 25% off

The 5 oz Breastflow bottle is ideal for newborns and young infants and includes a Stage 1, slow flow nipple. Includes three 5 oz bottles and three Stage 1 Breastflow nipples.

The Breastflow System is ideal for nursing moms who would like to introduce a bottle, are returning to work, or need to supplement while their baby is in day care or with a caregiver. Because Breastflow bottles so closely mimic the feel and action of breastfeeding, care givers can bottle feed baby while Mom is working and Mom can still continue to breastfeed.

Nuby Training Bottles & Sippy Cups - Up to 15% Off

All-in-one training sippy cup system to wean your child off of the bottle and onto a sippy cup! Easy to hold and designed to adapt to your growing baby, this well-designed nursing bottle promises an end to leaks and messes.

As always, replacement spouts and replacement nipples available from Good for the Kids.

GIVEAWAY

We love giving away goodies, so we’re giving away a $50 gift certificate good for anything you might want from our incredibly stocked store! Leave one comment (per person) here by Monday, June 30th, 11:59pm EST with the name of your favorite “WHAT’S NEW” item. Your comment must include the name of an item from the “WHAT’S NEW” category. If your comment is chosen as the winner, and a “WHAT’S NEW” item is not included in the comment, we’ll pick another winner. Sorry - them’s the rules. (BTW - I know them’s not a real word. A little attempt at nerdish grammar humor.) The winner(s) will be notified here on the blog, via email, and on Prizey.Winners.

If we receive more than 250 comments by Monday, we’ll pick TWO winners for a $50 gift certificate! We love when you talk nicely about us (even to our face), so spread the word on blogs, websites, Twitter, Plurk, and every other way possible to increase your chances of winning. Let us know that you’ve spread the word about Good for the Kids or our giveaways, and you can enter more than once. Leave your second/third/eleventh comment, each with the site to which you submitted our giveaway or posted about (we’ll check it out to make sure it’s live), and you’ve got yourself another entry! You can use our handy-dandy banner <—— to promote the giveaway or your creativity. Whatever works.

The BEST part of our giveaway (and yes, it CAN get better) is if you make a purchase between now and the end of the giveaway (and why wouldn’t you?), we’ll refund your payment in the amount of the gift certificate! Triple Bonus Score!