Category Archives: Contests

Around the Blogosphere: Special Needs Edition

We are rolling out a brand new feature here at 5 Minutes For Special Needs! Welcome to Around the Blogosphere: Special Needs Edition (This space reserved for really cool ATB:SNE button. As soon as we get one made. ahem. Anybody want to make us one? ) This is the place to link up all the…

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We’re Not So Very Different…

I sat backstage tugging off her ballet slippers, coaxing her to help put crayons away amidst a giggling knot of pint-sized ballerinas. With the recital just days away, it was a relief to finally be done with the dress rehearsal and my thoughts wandered toward dinner and bedtime plans as I scrabbled after one last…

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And The Winners Are…..

I LOVE announcing winners! It totally makes my day! The One Step Ahead winner is: #5 Maddy! The FuzziBunz winner is: #35 Carey, from Dream Big! I want to thank everyone for entering. And I especially want to thank the Random Generator for choosing the winners. Cause if it were up to me I’d simply…

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Able Play Toys at One Step Ahead!

Psssst: Got Grandparents and friends who want to purchase just the right toy for your child? You are going to want them to read this review. Just a friendly heads up! Lake Bluff, IL – All kids love new, cool, fun toys, and that includes kids with disabilities. But it’s not always easy to find,…

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A FuzziBunz Cloth Diaper Giveaway!

This contest is now closed! For the last few years Parker has been rocking it in cloth. Cloth diapers that is. With all of our medical expenses I went looking for ways to economize and started researching cloth diapers. Parker goes through a lot of diaper changes. It isn’t unusual for us to go through…

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Hazelnut Kids Stockmar Block Beeswax Crayon Giveaway!

Hazlenut Kids is an online toy store that has provided me hours of recreational dreaming. Many a visit has been spent drooling over the natural, earth-friendly, wooden and organic toys for children and babies. Cause as any parent of a child with special needs will know, a toy is just a toy…..it’s therapy. In this…

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Zebra Mix Winner

The Winner of our Zebra Mix Giveaway is: #79 Janet F! Janet, you are going to absolutely LOVE these.

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Stiring Up Fun With Zebra Mix

As parents we are always trying to multi-task. Teaching while providing experiences that peak their interests. Offering experiences that build confidence, support risk taking and are easy for time strapped parents to pull off. Being the Mom of a kid with special needs can sometimes make my other kids feel left out. They understand why…

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CellKeeper Giveaway!

I’m one of those kind of people. The kind that puts their glasses down ‘just for a sec’ and then promptly forgets where she put them down at. Recently, while trying to multi-task by straightening up as I was getting ready to run a few errands, I threw away not only the stuff that needed…

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Spreading The Love With My Wonderful Walls.com

Some people just like to spread love. Stephanie and her husband from My Wonderful Walls are two of those people. Creating individual works of art with their Kids Murals and Nursery Murals, this husband and wife team are growing their new business by planting seeds of love. Stephanie was so sweet to send Parker a…

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