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Dandelion Moms iPad Mini Giveaway

November 13, 2012 /

We are so excited to be with all these wonderful developers who are helping to sponsor this iPad Mini to help spread some holiday cheer!  As a busy mom I know how my iPad has come in handy at trips to the doctors or grocery store.  With some many educational apps available I am able to ensure that my daughter has some educational time on the iPad as well. But of course, we love all the fantastic storybooks apps out there too.

We are looking to have four giveaways for the holidays.  Please stop by the developers pages to say hello and a big thanks as we couldn’t have done this without them!  And good luck to you dandelion moms! 

WHAT:     Simultaneous iPad Mni Giveaway’s along with a case donated by Domeo Products that will be filled with top apps.

WHEN:  Both start November 13th and ends December 11th at midnight. Winner will be announced at our December 12th Facebook Party.

WHO:  The following developers have sponsored this giveaway:

DEVELOPERS:  SoGaBee; Mobile Education Store; SpeakInMotion; iStoryTime; kidEbook; MacCheeky Books; Super Harry & Other Tales; Bish Bash Books; Speech Pups LLC; Ellie’s Games; “Brush of Truth” by Story Bayou, Inc.; AbiTalk Apps; Let’s Go Chipper; PicPocket Books; ELFISHKI; and Ink Robin

 
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SPEECH PUPS LLC is based in Alexandria, Virginia and develops apps for the iPad to help people who have speech and/or language difficulties. The creator of Speech Pups LLC is Leanne who is a speech language pathologist working with preschool through 5th grade students. Leanne also consults and trains SLPs and special education teachers how to use the iPad and apps in therapy/classroom. So far she has designed her first app “Questions2Learn” (a lite version is also available). “Questions2Learn” is designed to help students and people of all ages understand and learn how to answer who, what, where, and when questions. Many of Leanne’s students who have difficulty using their verbal abilities and have significant cognitive weaknesses have benefited from using “Questions2Learn” during therapy sessions. Leanne’s students have the ability to answer many questions, however, it is sometimes a challenge to keep them motivated and to constantly create picture choices for the students who are non-verbal. This app will save you time when creating activities to work on questions. It will also give you the option to adjust each student’s settings so you can work on their individual needs, that often change from week to week. Speech Pups LLC is working on a Spanish version “Questions2Learn”! Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/SpeechPupsLLC Website: https://www.speechpups.com/

ELLIES GAMES is based in San Marcos, California and develops child-friendly mobile apps. All apps were inspired by Erik’s daughter “Ellie”.  Erik still works a full-time job while putting out high quality apps being used for toddler aged children and therapists around the world for their calming effect on many children and adults with special needs.  Ellie’s Games offer simple fun for kids of all ages with bright colors that give you something to look at along with matching colors and recognizing their differences, all to help kids improve cognitive skills. Ellie’s Games offers simple intuitive games that focus on the basics: eye-hand coordination, color recognition and fine motor skills. Every game that is developed by Ellie’s Games is thoroughly tested by their Quality Assurance team (Ellie) and must be approved by their business management team (Ellie). Currently, Erik and Ellie are hard at work on their newest game “Dot Connector” which will be released this holiday season. Ellie’s Games are universal for iPhone/iPod Touch and the iPad and include such favorites as “Alphabet Dots”; “Counting Dots”; and “Math Duel” to name just a few. Ellie’s Games currently offers several of their apps on GooglePlay, Amazon App Store and the Barnes & Noble App Store. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElliesGames Website: https://elliesgames.com/

 “BRUSH OF TRUTH” BY STORY BAYOU, INC. is based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and was written by mom Julie Landry Laviolette to give elementary- and middle-school age children an engaging full-length, interactive book experience. Written in second person, “Brush of Truth” tells the story of two tweens who find an enchanted paintbrush in a “choose-your-adventure” format. It has 125 pages of story, 65 choices of what happens next, and 20 possible endings. Laviolette’s company, Story Bayou, Inc. is a play on “story by you,” and makes interactive book apps for tweens 8-12 taking them on a literary journey by allowing kids to choose how the action proceeds during critical points in each story along with colorful illustrations that help bring the stories to life so that today’s kids will read more. “Brush of Truth” by Story Bayou, Inc. is available through iTunes on the iPhone/iPod Touch and the iPad. “Brush of Truth is also available through GooglePlay, the Amazon App Store and now for Windows Phone. Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/storybayou Website: https://www.storybayou.com/

ABITALK APPS is based in San Jose, California and was developed by a mom of two, Emmy. At the time of AbiTalk App’s inception, Emmy was teaching her youngest son to learn phonics and reading. During that time, Emmy found out that the iPad was the best tool for kids to learn how to read. The apps Emmy has made available through AbiTalk really helped her son a lot by using AbiTalk’s educational and fun apps. Emmy found that developing apps for her sons was something she really enjoyed doing and was good at. To date, Emmy has developed 80 apps for AbiTalk and will continue to make more. AbiTalk enjoys giving back to the community and their supporters by making their apps free at various times along with constantly offering promo codes. AbiTalk has a wide variety of lite versions for a number of their apps as well. Some of AbiTalk Apps available on iTunes for iPhone/iPod Touch and the iPad are variety phonics apps, “Sentence Builder”, math apps, and serial of reading comprehension apps. Their newly released apps are “Fun Math Facts”, “4th Grad Reading Science Comprehension”, and “5th Grade Science Reading Comprehension”. Currently AbiTalk has four to five of their apps available on GooglePlay, Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/abitalkcommunity Website: https://www.abitalk.com/

LET’S GO CHIPPER is based in San Francisco, California and is nature-inspired, play-based learning. Let’s Go Chipper is comprised of apps, books, movies, and activities. Let’s Go Chipper, Into the Great Outdoors is created and produced by It’s All Good Media Inc., a conscientious media and marketing services company providing positive content and programs that help instill good character and a love and respect for nature. Chipper is a curious suburban squirrel ready to explore the great outdoors and life beyond his backyard. Music, mishap, and humor guide Chipper’s and a cast of animals ready to help him learn about nature and the environment. These experiences directly inspire children’s interpersonal relationships in a positive way. From an undersea adventure to learn about the life of a salmon to a silly and slimy adventure with Bruce the banana slug – Chipper educates and prepares kids and excites families to reconnect with nature. Join Chipper’s path – connecting families, educators and communities together. Help Let’s Go Chipper grow a generation of environmental stewards. Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/letsgochipper Website: https://www.letsgochipper.com/

PICPOCKET BOOKS is based in Silver Spring, Maryland and has over 100 storybook apps to choose from. PicPocket Books is one of the pioneer’s in providing quality storybook apps that are high-fidelity interactive children’s books available for the iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad. Every book comes with the following options: audio narration, automatic page turning, touch-screen interaction and “learn-to-read” functionality in which words are highlighted as they are read aloud and/or can be touched to be heard. We are updating our apps to also include personal recordings and greater interactivity with the text for early readers. Some of the quality storybook apps available through PicPocket Books: “Little Book About Feelings”; “Celtic Run”; “Nora’s Crabby Day” along with several award-winning children’s authors. PicPocket is currently working on making their interactive storybooks available for smartphones. Books are currently available in English, and some titles are in Spanish and Dutch as well.  Additional languages will be added in the future. Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/PicPocketBooks Website: www.picpocketbooks.com

 INK ROBIN is based in Toronto, Ontario and was started by four (4) friends who enjoy dreaming up creative projects together. They love stories: “we love reading them and we love creating them”. Ink Robin believes that stories are good for kids and they believe in the magic of that moment when a parent reads to their child. Ink Robin thinks that their storybook apps have the same potential to captivate young readers as the books they grew up with. They’re excited and inspired by the way new technology allows us to engage with stories as never before. All of Ink Robin’s content is dreamed up and created by them (often around a large green dining table), but they also have the privilege of collaborating with some amazing and talented people who share their passion for good stories and engaging experiences. Current storybook apps available on iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad: “Will & Kate: A Love Story”; “Piccadilly’s Circus”; and “Leonard”. Ink Robin is currently working on “The Hippo, The Rhino, The Elephant and Me”. Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ink-Robin Website: https://www.inkrobin.com/

ELFISHKI is based in Los Angeles, California and was created to inspire the love of reading and to teach kids conscious reading skills. Elfishki are little fairy tale creatures who live on the beautiful Rainbow Island in the middle of the Sparkling Sea. Some of them can fly like butterflies and some can swim like mermaids. They share the island with enchanted animals who can speak and legendary trees who do not talk but understand everything. All in all, this is a place where miracles happen every day. ELFISHKI (Elka Palka Production) is comprised of author: Elvira; illustrator: Inessa; and programmer extraordinaire: Pavel. ELFISHKI has recently expanded their team with more illustrators, programmers, animators, composers and more. ELFISHKI team members currently reside in the United States, Russia, Ukraine and Germany. ELFISHKI takes 2D animation to a new level with their colorful iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad interactive storybook apps. Each one of ELFISHKI’S interactive storybook apps come alive on your mobile device offering bright and vivid colors with engaging interactions for your children and beautifully written fairy-tale stories that continue to amaze and engage children and adults of all ages. Current interactive storybook apps available from ELFISHKI: “Elfishki and The Giant Cake”; “Elfishki and The Unwelcome Guest”; “Elfishki and The Performance in the Fountain”. ELFISHKI has also taken some of their more popular games found in their interactive storybooks and offered them together in a game app along with a fun, free Halloween version that was recently released. ELFISHKI is currently working on the next set of interactive storybooks : “Elfishki and Enchanted Water”; “Elfishki and Strange Parcel”; and “Elfishki and the Sea Carnival”. Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Elfishki Website: https://www.elfishki.com/fairy_tales_myths_and_legends.php

PENELOPE THE PURPLE PIRATE is based in Irvine, California and was created by award winning children’s author, Melissa Northway. Melissa’s goal as a mom and educator, is to teach children that they can be whoever they want to be. Melissa’s company, Polka Dots Publishing, supports organizations that empowers girls to have choices, such as www.thegirleffect.com. In a culture of pink and princesses, it is nice to offer girls a role model who embraces adventure-taking, while promoting respect and kindness towards others. Melissa currently has two interactive storybooks available on iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad: “Penelope the Purple Pirate”; and “Gerry the Giraffe”. Melissa has several other titles that are available in print from Amazon. Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Penelope-the-Purple-Pirate/184530521575620 Website: https://melissanorthway.com/

DANDELION MOMS is based in Irvine, California and was created by award winning children’s author, Melissa Northway. Melissa wanted to create a website that embraced all women to show that they all women are beautiful, strong and resilient. Melissa’s journey started six years ago after the birth of her daughter. It was then that Melissa was inspired to write children’s picture books.  Melissa joined the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) to find out how to make her dream of publishing a book come true. The journey was long and tons of work, but in January 2011, her first storybook app, “Penelope the Purple Pirate”, was released through her company Polka Dots Publishing (yes, Melissa started a publishing company to make it happen) and PicPocket Books. Melissa shares her story as often as she can because she didn’t listen to the naysayers who said the way she was going about getting her story published wasn’t the way it was done.  Melissa is a big proponent of carving your own path and going after your dreams. Melissa’s biggest hope is that you are inspired by the women who write about their journey on dandelion moms and she encourages all to share theirs as well! Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/DandelionMoms Website: https://dandelionmoms.com/

POLKA DOTS PUBLISHING is based in Irvine, California and was started by award winning children’s author, Melissa Northway. Polka Dots Publishing, Inc. was founded in December of 2010. Melissa’s goal was to create interactive and educational children’s storybook apps and books utilizing digital technology. Polka Dots Publishing’s first storybook app, “Penelope the Purple Pirate”, was released by PicPocket Books January 2011 and has gone on to be a Top 25 iTunes book app as well as chosen as a Top 10 Must-Have eBook by lilsugar of Popsugar.com and a Top 10 Educational iPad App by Digital Storytime with over 12,000 downloads. Together with PicPocket Books, Polka Dots Publishing will be releasing two new storybook apps and books this winter including “Penelope the Purple Pardner”, and “Clarence and the Traveling Circus”. Melissa’s most current release through Polka Dots Publishing, Inc. and PicPocket Books: “Gerry the Giraffe” has already received numerous top reviews and a 5 Star Rating from Readers Favorite.  Polka Dots Publishing, Inc.’s services now include consulting for new and established authors and developers looking to maximize social media platforms. From concept to creation, they can provide you with expert advice and strategies to make sure your app or book gets noticed. Part of Polka Dots Publishing, Inc.’s promotion package includes Facebook Parties that place your product in front of an engaged audience. You can read more about what Polka Dots Publishing, Inc. offers to promote your business or product in the Consulting section on Melissa’s website. Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Polka-Dots-Publishing/401732829896180?ref=ts&fref=ts Website: https://melissanorthway.com/

DOMEO PRODUCTSis a new company that makes iPad cases. Domeo Products has provided us with a case for each of our [four] giveaway winners! Domeo Products iPad Mini Cases come in four wonderful colors to choose from.

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Melissa Northway, M.S. is a mom, founder of dandelion moms, and a children’s book author. Her award-winning book Penelope the Purple Pirate was inspired by her little tomboy. Penelope is a modern-day Pippi Longstocking who teaches girls and boys the importance of having fun while at the same time teaching them to be kind and respectful of others and their differences. Dandelion moms was created for moms to share their stories and to inspire and be inspired! You can reach Melissa at: info@dandelionmoms.com and follow her @melissanorthway and @dandelionmoms. Check out her author web site at: www.melissanorthway.com, as she hands out loads of goodies from the treasure chest.

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79 Comments

  • Elizabeth

    November 13, 2012 at 3:26 pm Reply

    Hello Dandelion Moms, Wow I am so happy I found your Facebook page. I would love to win the ipod mini for its compact size. I can use it to teach my 4 year old with all the wonderful educational apps I have found. Its small size would make it great to carry in my purse where ever we go. Thank you.

  • Bonnie Bobeck

    November 13, 2012 at 3:51 pm Reply

    Winning an iPad mini would benefit 2 autistic children! My son would get the mini because he has trouble handling the larger iPad due to his fine motor skills issues. My niece would then get my son’s iPad because she is older & is more able to handle the larger size. Both children are autistic, my niece more so, and iPads are wonderful educational tools that make a world of difference in their lives.

  • Niamh

    November 13, 2012 at 8:08 pm Reply

    Hi, I live in the US & I would love to win the ipad mini for my own personal use. My son has taken over the family ipad and I don’t get a look in these days at all. Of course it with an ipad mini it will be easier to have apps on the go for both our use.

  • Jeannette Solimine

    November 13, 2012 at 9:31 pm Reply

    I live in the USA. I have two special needs daughters, and an iPad mini would help me with educating them and organizing their lives. Thanks very much for offering the opportunity to win something I can’t afford to buy.

  • Denise L

    November 13, 2012 at 11:11 pm Reply

    I’m in the USA and the iPad mini would be wonderful for my very bright, very precocious 3 year old. As much as try to steer him away from technology, he craves it more and more – and he learns so much from it!

  • Helen Wagner

    November 13, 2012 at 11:37 pm Reply

    Hi! I live in the USA (Alabama). I would like to win this for a student in the autism class at school, to give him a communication system!

  • Ellen

    November 14, 2012 at 12:59 am Reply

    We’re in Baltimore, and I would love to win the iPad Mini for my three year-old daughter. She’s reading now and LOVES any game that adds skills to her reading set. She needs to work on her number recognition a bit more and the iPad is so motivating. Our fifteen month-old son with special needs is enthralled with the few games we have on our family iPad for him and it would be great to have a dedicated kids-only Pad for educational purposes. Thanks for the opportunity :). (and a shout-out to my friend Leanne of Speech Pups LLC!)

  • Angie Gorz

    November 14, 2012 at 2:34 am Reply

    I live in the Suburbs of Chicago, IL (US). The mini ipad would benefit my son, who has Autism and CP. It smaller and easier to hold. My son has difficulty with speech, sensory issues, etc, but enjoys all electronics, and will play educational games. He could really benefit from this. It is also calming.

  • Glenda Rogers

    November 14, 2012 at 10:33 am Reply

    I entered this contest as I have a special needs child. I have an iphone3 (need and desperately want to upgrade but can’t right now.) I have alot of apps on it has benefited him greatly. I would so love to be able to supply him with his own ipad somehow. I am even looking on Craigslist for a reasonable first generation ipad as I figured there would be someone upgrading but even they are being priced out of my range. Guess I was dreaming HUH. Anyway I grabbed the opportunity to enter for this mini ipad when I saw it come up on my FB newsfeed. Thanks so much for giving and sharing with others.

  • Amy Wolek

    November 14, 2012 at 12:05 pm Reply

    I live in the US (though we are in Norway for 2 months while husband works on a research project). We homeschool and this would be so great to have to use for homeschool!! Thank you for doing the giveaway!

  • Melanie

    November 14, 2012 at 1:26 pm Reply

    Hello, I am in the USA, and the iPad mini would be a great tool for my 6 year old daughter with Down Syndrome. This would help her be verbal and also a great learning tool!

  • Tricia Elsner

    November 14, 2012 at 3:43 pm Reply

    I live in Federal Way, WA USA and would love the iPad mini for my 15 yr old non verbal son. He is starting to communicate with Proloquo2Go on an iPod touch and I would love a biggger screen.

  • Angela

    November 14, 2012 at 3:57 pm Reply

    I live in Canada. I have 6 children which I homeschool. Our 4 year old daughter has autism and an iPad would greatly benefit her! I know there is so much inside her that is just waiting to come out and I feel like the ipad will be the tool to do it! We live on one income and can’t afford to buy one so winning one is just what we need! Thank you for this opportunity!!

  • Sandra G

    November 14, 2012 at 5:15 pm Reply

    I live in the USA. If I won the iPad mini I would give it to my 2 year old grandson. He has ASD and is non verbal. I think this would serve as a wonderfal AAC for him!

  • Nadyne

    November 14, 2012 at 6:36 pm Reply

    I live in the us and winning this ipad mini would be so wonderful for my kids. It is such a great learning tool! Thanks for this chance to win

  • Cassandra S.

    November 14, 2012 at 6:37 pm Reply

    I live in the USA. I would love to add the iPad Mini as a therapy tool with my speech-language clients – especially as an option to trial/consider when conducting AAC evaluations. Thank you so much for the giveaway opportunity.

  • Frannie

    November 15, 2012 at 12:15 am Reply

    Frannie here, born in Chicago and now residing in Ohio. Would love a mini as I spend a lot of time with the neighbor’s four year old

  • Daily Woman (Lacey)

    November 15, 2012 at 1:39 am Reply

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    I live in the USA. My son could benefit from a Mini Ipad with all these app, he has autism and love computer games. I think it would really help him.

  • Steven L.

    November 15, 2012 at 3:26 am Reply

    I’m in the USA, and I help look after my cousin’s kids; I already have my own iPad , but this would be great for educational/edutainment apps and interactive books.

  • Cindy Beeler

    November 17, 2012 at 2:10 pm Reply

    Hi! I live in the US and would love to win a mini iPad! It would save me time and money if I would be able to download books for myself and my boys directly from the library. My oldest son and I are avid readers and always looking for books to read. Thank you for holding this giveaway! I love seeing all the developers most I would never have found if not for events like this!

  • Robin Slone

    November 17, 2012 at 11:13 pm Reply

    I am in the USA and this would be perfect for my son! He is special needs, but he loves to learn if it is made fun. I should admit that I wouldn’t be able to resist using it when he’s not home;) Hey this is a site for Moms, eh? 🙂

  • mihaila carmen nicoleta

    November 18, 2012 at 3:13 pm Reply

    hello we are from Romania ,happy that i found you on facebook .my son really love to win the ipad!!! thank you the support for that!!!

  • Mandy A.

    November 19, 2012 at 2:19 am Reply

    We live in the USA. My kids and I would benefit from winning an iPad mini so that we can keep up to date with technology. Thank you for this giveaway!

  • Maria Malaveci

    November 19, 2012 at 2:15 pm Reply

    I reside in the US. I would love to win for my kids, because it would be an amazing learning tool for them! Thanks for the giveaway!

  • letessha

    November 24, 2012 at 1:23 am Reply

    I live in USA. Having an ipad would help my 12 yr old son who has autism and epilepsy. It would help with behavior problems, learning, memory and more.

  • Blair Hoffman

    November 24, 2012 at 6:32 am Reply

    I live in the US. I would use an iPad Mini with students (K-2nd grade) on my Speech/Language caseload. I would love to use it with various apps, but most importantly, I would use it for AAC/communication practice.

  • Karen Tolman

    November 24, 2012 at 10:35 pm Reply

    It has been a very trying year for my daughter and I. We live in the USA. Some things happening at the end of August that rocked the foundation of our lives. My daughter was born to a mom that drank alcohol her entire pregnancy as well as doing drugs. She has FASD, autism, Sensory integration disorder, depression, anxiety, cerebral palsy thankfully mild, asthma and a number of other diagnoses and in September PTSD was added. There are meds to be given, doc appointments, specialist appointments, therapy appointments and my own health issues. I cannot keep track of much as my own brain is totally mush from stress. This would help me to greatly keep track of appointments, med times, remember why I am at the store or therapy office, have documents available for IEP meetings and so much more. If you need to know what happened the end of August please email me and I will disclose it to you.

  • Sharon Turriff

    November 27, 2012 at 3:12 am Reply

    I live in Australia and this would benefit my son and daughter with their learning as they love all the educational apps that are around. And then I might finalyy get my iphone back 🙂

  • Kelley aka Daisyjane

    November 27, 2012 at 3:20 pm Reply

    Wow so excited I found Dandelion Mom’s..and thank you so much for a chance to win in this awesome giveaway! I am so hoping to win this for my disabled daughter..will be keeping my fingers crossed..And good luck to everyone!

  • Loris Ayoub

    November 28, 2012 at 5:05 pm Reply

    I live in Israel
    I would love to win this
    1.- My daughter has speech delay and I know this can help her, I cannot afford one.
    2.- Only one laptop at home and I don’t get much chance on it.

  • Kay Flanigan

    November 28, 2012 at 5:20 pm Reply

    Hi, I live in the US in Illinois. The ipad mini would be for my 12 year old son who has Down syndrome and recently diagnosed with Celiac disease. It would help him communicate better when he is sick and in pain. There are also all the wonderful educational benefits Thank you!

  • Barb Waller

    November 28, 2012 at 7:22 pm Reply

    We live in Canada Toronto, Ontario… I would love to win this mini ipad for my son Matthew.. It’s the perfect size for him to use for his communication needs when out in the community.. He can be the kool guy with a voice… 🙂
    Thank you for the amazing ipad mini giveaway.. 🙂
    Good luck everyone!!

  • Sarah Shelby

    November 29, 2012 at 4:45 am Reply

    Hello! Enjoying your page! What winning the iPad mini would mean to me is that I would be able to help my son with his speech delays, help with reading, help with learning emotions. Right now, he uses my nieces iPad. I was lucky enough to win some awesome apps during one of the parties held around Halloween and I put them on her iPad for him to use. He loves them. The iPad has so many wonderful applications that would benefit him in so many ways. My son is 11 years old. He started junior high this year. He has such a hard time communicating. It would be so wonderful to not have to borrow a device from family when they visit. I know there are so many deserving people, children and adults alike who need one just as much, if not more so than my son. So good luck to all who have entered this drawing as well as all other drawings!! And thank you for the consideration and reading my comment! 🙂

  • Jacqueline aka LantauMama

    December 4, 2012 at 1:46 am Reply

    I am American, but live in Hong Kong, and my kids go to local Cantonese school. Before this, we lived in Beijing, and they went to local Mandarin pre-school. As a result, I have to supplement English learning at home, and apps on my very old iPod help me do that.
    We use a lot of storyapps, listening apps, reading and writing apps as well as apps for helping to write Chinese! This really makes a difference for my children’s experience and I am convinced that thanks to the storyapps and Tales2Go their fluency and vocabulary in English is much beyond where it should be for kids whose whole day is in Chinese.
    Now that my kids are almost 6 and 7 and in primary school, a larger screen would be much more useful, especially for more writing practice and educational apps that are only available on the ipad.
    Thank you all for your great products and this giveaway!

  • Nicole Bilges

    December 6, 2012 at 2:28 am Reply

    I am from the U.S and winning an iPad would not only benefit me in the help of teaching my children, but to benefit my sn children with their speech, motor, learning, and other skills that I know all of the wonderful apps can help with!

  • Daniel Lance

    December 7, 2012 at 12:14 pm Reply

    Excellent. Thank you all for this contest and I do hope I win. With no computer save a barely functioning netbook, I need this iPad to help me in my University studies.

  • Amy Catherine

    December 8, 2012 at 12:00 am Reply

    This giveaway is amazing, I live in the UK and I’d love to win an iPad mini as they seem pretty handbag worthy 🙂 could help me organise myself and help organise my boyfriend 😉 haha

    Thankyou for the giveaway and fingers crossed everyone!

  • Catherine W

    December 10, 2012 at 12:58 am Reply

    I’m from Australia and winning the ipad would mean I could use it in therapy sessions (I’m a SLP) to benefit lots of kids needing early intervention!

  • Sheila Noble

    December 10, 2012 at 6:32 pm Reply

    Hi Dandelion Moms. I am from canada. I would love to win an ipad mini for my daughter as she enters kindergarten She currently has an Ipad she uses for communication . It has been dropped several times and has started to shatter. A smaller and lighter ipad will be easier for her to hang onto when she goes to school. Thank you for the great giveaway.

  • Emily

    December 11, 2012 at 6:46 pm Reply

    I reside in the USA. Wow, an iPad mini would help out so much. I am currently engaged to be married and on a very tight budget. We are hoping to get an iPad mini and create a playlist for music using wireless speakers in order to save on the DJ. This way we not only save, but we can have the iPad for married life, as both of our computers (Apples) are getting to the end of their long lives.

  • Dianne Saunders

    December 11, 2012 at 7:42 pm Reply

    I live in Canada and I would use the ipad mini with the children that I work with, there are so many great apps that can be used in therapy.

  • Jessie Rogers

    December 11, 2012 at 7:46 pm Reply

    I live in the US. I would like to win to give this to my daughter. She is developmentally delayed due to a rare chromosome syndrome. She has an iPad but I think the smaller mini would be easy for her little hands.

  • Caren Sue Evans

    December 11, 2012 at 9:03 pm Reply

    I live in the United States. In the state of MO. I would love to win the ipad mini to use with my 17 year old with autism. We are working on improving his expressive speech. This would be excellent due to it’s compact size. Thanks for the chance on behalf of my family. God Bless you all for what you are doing to give hope to all!

  • jennifer

    December 11, 2012 at 11:32 pm Reply

    I reside mostly in Japan and an iPad mini would benefit my students, child, and my education so much! I am always on the go and don’t have an iPhone, so a lighter device would be so nice!

  • Gianna R

    December 12, 2012 at 4:21 am Reply

    I live in the US. My son would be the one benefiting from an iPad mini. He has autism and is drawn to technology and can’t stand doing work on paper. PicPocket Books has some good app suggestions for apps with curriculum. If we win, we’ll definitely be trying those out to supplement his education. He could really use the extra help right now.

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