NanceXToo Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I posted about this once before but here's one more PSA for those of you who didn't see it last time. It's time to sign up for the 10th annual Million Minute Family Challenge- it starts a week from today! It runs from September 1st to December 31st. From the website: Registration for the 2010 Million Minute Family Challenge™ has begun. Participation is easy: 1) Get together a group of friends or family that will commit to playing a non-electronic game at least 20 minutes sometime from September through December. 2) Sign up on this website to receive your free organizer kit by mail. 3) After you play games, come back to this website and log your minutes of game play. Every minute your group plays and logs contributes to our goal of reaching 1 million minutes of game play across the United States and Canada before December 31, 2010! We know people enjoy the entertainment and education value of non-electronic games and here is your chance to prove just how popular they are! http://www.millionminute.com/ P.S. I participated last year and at the end, they sent me a free game ("Buzzword Bits") just for participating. :) "You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation." -Plato, Greek philosopher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elinnea Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Looks like fun! Thanks for posting this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deece in MN Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 We love playing games at our house. Thanks for posting this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Seems to me I signed up, but never received anything by mail...Hmmm.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted August 25, 2010 Author Share Posted August 25, 2010 Seems to me I signed up, but never received anything by mail...Hmmm.... Hm maybe it still will, but if you go to their site and click on the link that says "Organizer Kit" you can download everything from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Thanks, Nance! I hadn't heard of this before, and I think it might be a really neat thing to do with our recreation committee. If nothing else, our family will be sure to do it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4besitos Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Thank you for posting....I hadn't seen this before. y Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 neat idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaffodilDreams Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Thanks! I just signed up. Looks great - - and might just inspire me to have more gameschool days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted August 31, 2010 Author Share Posted August 31, 2010 I got my packet in the mail today, AND it included a free game! Last year they didn't give me a game til the end, this year they sent one with the initial packet. Did anyone else get theirs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontier Mom Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Thanks. This looks fun!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansamy Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 We're all signed up and I shared the link on our co-op Yahoo group. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooblink Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 I just signed up and posted to my FB. Thanks! I'm sure I'll blog about it, too... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Food4Thought Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 I just signed up. Thanks for sharing the link! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolally Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Going to apply right now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindygz Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 oooh fun! Thank you for sharing this. Now I'll feel DOUBLY productive when we play learning games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5wolfcubs Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Thanks for the reminder! I signed our family up last night! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renthead Mommy Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 We're signed up and have a team of 6 different families. None of them wanted to go on their own and have to deal with 'paperwork', but said sure if I was going to ''run" the team. So were are going to have a little inner team competition as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saille Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Our packet came yesterday, and we got a free game, too! Thanks so much for posting this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K in MI Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Thanks for the info; our family really enjoys board and card games. I just signed us up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoyfulMama Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Thanks for sharing!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phathui5 Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Thanks for posting! I signed up today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 I signed up too. Thanks for sharing this. It looks like fun. My family is going to try to play at least 20 minutes a week. It seems like we've set our goals very low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Thank you! We signed up also! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piraterose Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 We got out packet and game in the mail this past weekend. My Boo love the game, and at this ponit we don't play it "correctly" but we work together to find words and have her write them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonsmama Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 I have never heard of this and we play games regularly. Thanks, we are signed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5wolfcubs Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Off to a great gaming start! We logged 40 minutes tonight playing Apples to Apples Jr (family favorite!) and Blokus! Our group name is Stonewall Academy. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhea Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Thank you for sharing this! Rhea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5knights3maidens Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Thank you! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted September 2, 2010 Author Share Posted September 2, 2010 I must confess, I didn't log any minutes for the very first day of the challenge. Oops. I will make a point of logging minutes today! (Somewhere in between my weight loss support group and my eye doctor appointment lol). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renthead Mommy Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 We've got 50 minutes in so far. We're the Boardwalk Landlords My son is inspired. He wants to beat the 6 other families on our team. (We have a little inner team competition going.) Three of our families have 4 kids. Mine's an only. He's on a mission. So while the other can log minutes by just their kids playing together, it looks like I'm going to be personally involved in every single minute:eek: Thank god he's moved past Chutes and Laddres and shudder Candyland! LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted September 2, 2010 Author Share Posted September 2, 2010 We've got 50 minutes in so far. We're the Boardwalk Landlords My son is inspired. He wants to beat the 6 other families on our team. (We have a little inner team competition going.) Three of our families have 4 kids. Mine's an only. He's on a mission. So while the other can log minutes by just their kids playing together, it looks like I'm going to be personally involved in every single minute:eek: Thank god he's moved past Chutes and Laddres and shudder Candyland! LOL! LOL...my son is still at the Chutes and Ladders and Candy Land stage... but the good news is, my daughter isn't, and SHE can play those games with him! haha. (At least he's starting to be able to play other kinds of games, too, as long as we help him out)! I just named our team "Nance's Homeschool." You'd think I could be more creative with a team name heh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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