So today, I have another fun little giveaway from Educational Insights for you! Smens Scented Pens!
The Smens from Educational Insights have become our latest summer school motivating tool! We’ve been using them to complete our Summer Bridge Activities from Carson Dellosa. We do a lesson each day and the Smens are our “special” pens for these activities. Somehow having something special makes the work more fun ;o)
What are Smens?
Smens are gourmet scented pens made from recycled newspapers. Available scents include Red Licorice, Creamsicle, Aloha, Mystery Scent, Banana Fo Fana, Mocha, Passion Fruit, Ninja Berry, Pink Lemonade, and Black Licorice. Each Smen is individually wrapped in a stay-fresh biodegradable plastic tube and is guaranteed to keep its scent for two years.
What’s the Cost? $24.95 for a set of 10 scented pens
The only complaint we had were that the pens are all black ink, my kids were hoping that they were colored according to their scent. We also received some colored pencils though and that seems to have made their color issues disappear. They use both all the time!
I have to say that I love how the pens write. They’re nice and smooth and the ink flows out nicely, no clumping! And I can really tell that something’s a hit when I find the Teeny Tot trying it out for herself. She’s working on her older sister’s 3rd grade book below. Clearly she’s advanced for her age.
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Would you like to win a set of these yummy pens for your own group? I just happen to have a set to giveaway to one of you! Guaranteed to make learning more fun! And definitely more aromatic!
Buy It:
- Can’t wait? Click here to get your own Smens!
Win It:
- To win a FREE set of Smens simply leave a comment below letting me know you could use some scented motivating tools to get your kids going this summer!
Giveaway Information:
- The give away will be open until midnight EST Friday October 14, 2011. Winner will be announced by Sunday October 16, 2011.
- Make sure to leave a separate comment for each entry, winner will be chosen at random.
- This giveaway is offered to US & Canada residents only.
- This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.
- NOTE: In order to enter the contest you must leave a comment on THIS post. To leave a comment scroll to the bottom of the post and click “Post a comment” (If you are reading this via RSS, you will need to visit my actual blog to post a comment.)
Disclosure: I was provided with a free set of Smens to review on my blog. The opinions I have given are mine and may differ from others but were not influenced by the company or the free product provided.
well to say that homeschooling for the first time has been easy is an overstatment LOL…but having a 3year old and just having had a baby a month before school started and being a full time nurse…there is not much time to get to the store to just look through all the neat things there are for the kiddos….my kindergartener would love to try these markers and so would mommy 🙂 I just came upon your site 2 days ago and all i can say is….how much I love all your great ideas!!!!! I can’t wait to follow the blog throughout the year…and ps…i love the links to amazon….makes my life a lot easier!!!
the smens seem like a terrific idea…
i would LOVE to try them for our kids, pre k and jk…
thanks for the giveaway…
I could use some scented motivating tools to get your kids going this summer! But its Fall I and I can still use them for all those great Fall crafts ! 😛
Kelly
Great!! Arely love to write with markers!! Thanks for the chance!!
I haven’t created mine yet (Montessori-like) mostly because I don’t have the right containers. These ones would help!
My daughter bought a Smencil from school last year and loved it. She would really enjoy Smens!
We have a Smencil and my daughter loves it. Would love to try the Smens 🙂
Our family would really love these, and they would be great for doing our journal entries and creative writing. Thanx so much for doing this. Leena
I always wondered what the big deal was with pens that have different smells. Your review has convinced me, that we should try these, maybe I’ll win them so we can do just that. 🙂
My boys (5 of them!) would LOVE these. My oldest, and middle children LOVE to write, and the cooler the pen the BETTER! Thanks for the opportunity to win! 🙂