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It Is Time to Use Your Imagination With Kazoops

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This post is part of a sponsored campaign for Kazoops. I received compensation for my participation, but my review and opinions are my own.

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Andrew and I watched the first episode of the new Netflix show, Kazoops. It was adorable. The show is for children ages 3-6. It is bright and colorful and there are some cute songs, which did not get stuck in my head, so that is great. I’ve watched so many kids shows in the past 10 years that I am grateful to ones that have solid songs that you can enjoy, but not find yourself absentmindedly singing. The show follows the adventures of six-year old Monty and his best friend, Jimmy Jones, the family pet pig. Monty has a mom, dad, grandmother and older sister also in his family. Monty uses his vivid imagination to challenge preconceptions about life such as “you have to wear matching socks” or “all games need rules” and, in doing so, demonstrates the value of critical thinking and creative play.

You can watch the official trailer on the Kazoops YouTube Channel – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWdf8VLC8sjQ0D0-aI8_59A

Creative is an excellent way to describe the show. From the episode I saw it was a nice show with some creative animation. There are moments in the show when Monty closes his eyes and tells his pig, Jimmy Jones, “just imagine”. It is then that the animation changes from a 3D sort of animation to a more 2D animation. Those moments the animation has a real paper feel to it. It is quite beautiful. You just know that Monty is in his creative zone during those moments of imagination. Monty is a kid who is so full of life and curiosity. He’s looking for ways to accomplish things, but in his own unique way. The problem solving is also more subtle than other kids shows, it does not hit you over the head with the message. Kids pick up on the message without hearing it over and over. Continue reading It Is Time to Use Your Imagination With Kazoops →

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Review: Tiggly Words

Excited to start playing Tiggly words

We’ve been fans of Tiggly since before they launched. We’ve reviewed all of the products and apps that have come before. We received a copy of Tiggly Words to play with and review. Opinions of this new app and toy are 100% our own. We have used Tiggly almost exclusively with Andrew. Those very first games had Andrew identifying his shapes and colors within the span of 30 minutes. With Tiggly Counts Andrew was excited about counting and he’s counting to 100 all the time, especially at the supermarket. Now with Tiggly Words we are beginning to start early reading with Andrew.

Using Tiggly Words

A significant improvement with the Tiggly apps happened with Tiggly Words. The toys work perfectly on iPads that use screen protectors. We’ve had no problems at all with the game recognizing the letters that Andrew choses while playing. Andrew started off playing the Tiggly Submarine app. That is the words related app that he likes the most. The game kept him occupied and engaged for an hour right out of the box. The next day I came home from work and my wife asked Andrew to spell his favorite word. It is HUG. I picked him up and told him that I would make his favorite word bigger and add an “e” to it to make it huge, and I gave him a huge hug.

Playing Tiggly Submarine after Tubby Time.

Andrew has been using Tiggly Words for a few days now and it is working well for him. He’s noticing words more and he is spelling them for us. Tiggly Submarine is still his favorite but he also enjoys Tiggly Tales. When Tiggly Doctor comes out later this week (June 11th) he’ll try that as well. Each game comes free with the purchase of Tiggly Words. Now Tiggly can be found at Target stores in the us and Best Buy stores in Canada. You can learn more about that in the press release below. Continue reading Review: Tiggly Words →