Kleenex® is giving you the chance to win a $250 gift card by raising awareness of the importance of hands-on learning.

As an education-major I learned that hands on learning is one of the best types of learning for children. As a mother, I quickly learned that little kids are not always careful about WHAT they put their hands on. That’s why all Kleenex® Brand tissues have Sneeze Shield – to help keep kids’ hands clean.

Sometimes it’s tough to know what hands-on learning entails. How can I use hands-on activities to supplement my child’s schoolwork? Prepare my child for the educational activities their teacher has planned this year?

To help answer these questions, Kleenex® Brand, the only brand with Sneeze Shield on all their tissues, is working with parents and teachers alike to create a hands-on learning guide. In fact, they recently sponsored a Hands-On Learning Day where Patrice McCrary, a long-time Kindergarten teacher,demonstrated and taught fabulous hands-on learning techniques. Here’s a video clip of some highlights from that day.

I think my favorite idea from the video was the color activity. Talk about hands-on! What is your favorite tip for hands-on learning? Or a favorite activity you remember from your school days?

GIVEAWAY!  For a chance to win $250 Gift Card and a Mega-pack of Kleenex® tissues:

• Write a blog post highlighting one of your favorite hands-on learning activities, or a favorite hands-on educational moment from your childhood. Include a link in your post to Kleenex® Brand Tissues with Sneeze Shield website.
• Leave a comment here with a link to your blog post.

Prizes:

• One grand-prize winner will receive a $250 gift card and a Mega-pack of Kleenex® brand tissues for home or local classroom.*
• Three additional winners will receive a Mega-pack* of Kleenex® brand tissues with Sneeze Shield.

Connect with Kleenex® on Facebook to learn more about Sneeze Shield and Hands-On Learning and share your best tip for teaching youngsters in a meaningful, hands-on way! Giveaway ends Monday, August 23rd, 11:59pm.

Update! Comment #10 won the grand prize. Comments #4, #6, #13 won a Mega-pack of Kleenex® brand tissues with Sneeze Shield.

This post was written as part of a compensated campaign with Kleenex Brand tissues and all the opinions and written content are original. *Equivalent of more than four regular sized boxes of Kleenex brand tissues boxes.