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Grateful Giveaways Back to School #4: thinkSMART Games

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Welcome to Day 2 of Grateful Giveaways Back To School Event!  This next giveaway is for younger kids as they get ready for back-to-school!

thinkSmart Games are fun and educational games for Nintendo Wii and DS handheld systems designed to keep children excited and engaged while they play!

  • Crazy Machines for both Wii & DS
    Think outside of the box and push the boundaries of creative thinking as you utilize random objects (anvil, rolling spheres and more!) to build a variety of increasingly complex contraptions that cause chain reactions.  Big picture thinking, big fun and big points await in the construction of Crazy Machines!
  • Cosmos Chaos for DS
    When it comes to fun and educational games, nothing can compare to Cosmos Chaos! Funded by a Star Schools grant from the U.S. Department of Education and developed by PREL (Pacific Resources for Education and Learning), Cosmos Chaos! is a collaborative effort on the part of talented video game developers and respected experts in the field of educational research. The result? An exciting and challenging reading game that’s as fun as it is educational!
  • Labyrinth for DS
    Based on the popular board game, Labyrinth drops players in a series of mazes where logical thinking and problem-solving skills are the only way out.  Move the walls with the stylus and discover all your treasures in the labyrinth before your opponents do!
  • Scotland Yard for DS
    The chase is a-foot!  Scotland Yard is searching for Mister X in London, New York, Berlin, Paris & Amsterdam.  Deductive thinking and procedural logic are key as players aid the famous detectives in the capture of the elusive Mr. X.

One of the things my kiddos really enjoy is playing their game systems.  We have bought a couple of second hand DS’s as well as have other systems which have received much mileage around here.  If they’re going to be playing games, I’d much rather that they are educational.  My older boys love these games so much that they are having fun while they are learning.  The favorite right now is definitely Crazy Machines.  They love building contraptions and are constantly showing me their creations!  I love the creativity and thinking skills promoted by these games and highly recommend them.

One lucky iGoBOGO reader will win a thinkSMART Games prize package that includes all of the games listed above!

Entry is simple! You just need to answer the question below by leaving a comment on this site! You can even gain up to 3 bonus entries for doing each additional item listed (just make sure that you leave one entry for each one – up to a total of 4 comments.) As a reminder, comments left on Facebook, Twitter or other posts will not be included.

REQUIRED ENTRY:

Leave a comment. Which thinkSMART game do you think your kids would most enjoy?

BONUS ENTRIES:

1. Follow iGoBOGO via my daily email newsletter or RSS Feed.

2. Follow iGoBOGO on Facebook or Twitter.

3. Follow thinkSMART Games on Facebook.

This giveaway will remain open until 11:59 p.m. EST, Tuesday, 8/23. Any comments left after this cut-off will not be counted. The winner will be selected randomly and will be notified via email within 48 hours after the close of the contest.

This giveaway is part of the Grateful Giveaways Back-to-School Event being hosted by myself and 9 other bloggers. You can increase your chances of winning this prize (as well as all of the others on this site), by visiting each of them and entering the same way as you did here. You have plenty of time to get to all of them, since the contest will be open for five full days.

If you haven’t already done so, you might want to print out this spreadsheet to help guide you through all of the entries on all of the blogs.

As one final reminder, you will want to check out the terms of the giveaway by visiting the Grateful Giveaways: Celebrating Back to School Facebook page. Just click on the Terms tab on the left side of the page. (Note that by entering this contest, you agree that you have read the terms and are eligible to enter this contest).

Disclosure: I received the same gift package that the winner will be receiving to facilitate my review. I did not receive any compensation to write this post. The opinions are all mine!

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  32. Our kids would like all of the games, but they would really enjoy Crazy Machines and Scotland Yard.

  52. I think we would enjoy the Labyrinth for DS because we love puzzles and problem solving games 🙂

  58. Our family really enjoy puzzles of all kinds, so I think they will enjoy all the games but especially Labyrinth.
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  59. Following you on Facebook as Lynda Clark and on Twitter @lyndacooks
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  75. My kids would like Crazy Machines. Thanks for the chance!
    Kelly D. ~ dkad23(at)gmail(dot)com

  81. My boys would love the Crazy Machines game, and I would love the Labyrinth game!

  104. I don’t have my own kids yet, but I do have a nephew who likes playing on the Wii, and I know that he would like the Crazy Machines game the best!

  114. I think my little one would enjoy the monster machine game for wii. She loves playing the wii.

  122. 1. I think that they would enjoy Crazy Machines for both Wii & DS because they can play on 2 systems (emscout9 at Hotmail dot com)

  132. My 8 yr old son would LOVE this prize. He has a wii and a ds and could def use some more games. I love the fact that they are fun and educational. He would probably love all of them, but his favorite would be the Labyrinth game. He loves doing mazes. Cool prize!

  144. My son will be getting his first DS as a birthday gift this fall…he would love these games!

  168. Either Labyrinth of Crazy Machines. My daughter is 9, and I’m sure she would like them, but I think I would like them too!!!

  230. I would have to say the Crazy Machines for Wii as it would be good for all the different aged kids in my family.

  233. Following ThinkSmart Games on Facebook (beezhappee(at)gmail.com-secondary email linked to Facebook).

  234. My oldest would love Crazy Machines, but my daughter would go head over heals with the Labyrinth game. I would play all of them. It’s great to see games that stimulate the mind. This is a great way to keep learing fun.