Things To Consider Before Buying Waldorf Inspired Rainbow Stacker Toy

There are many versions of Waldorf inspired Rainbow Stackers (like Grimm's etc) available in the Indian & overseas market now but before you decide which brand to pick up, here are few pointers you should consider so that your child can make the most out of this versatile toy!

• Make sure the stackers are exact semi circles, i.e. full arch. To check that, just see the smallest piece of the stacker, does it look like an exact semi circle or close to 1/3rd of a circle? To make the most of this stacker toy, it NEEDS to be exact semi circle. 
• Make sure that the thickness of all the pieces is at least more than 4 cms. Otherwise they will not stack nicely & tumble down irritating your child 
• Make sure the color of the pieces is not glaze finish and has enough friction to bear the weight while they are stacked. 
• Make sure that the wood used is not too light (it happen in case of mdf wood), otherwise the stacking will not be neat & stable. 
• Make sure the wood used is not too heavy (some kinds of woods are heavier & denser), otherwise it will be uncomfortable for little hands to handle it. 

I hope these pointers are helpful to all. I find all these pointers fulfilled in these Rainbow Stackers by My Dream Shop owned by Surekha Jadhav. So sharing it here for your benefit.

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Check out My Dream Shop's 7 piece Rainbow Stacker HERE. 

Below are some inviting pics of the same.

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Check out My Dream Shop's 12 Piece Rainbow Stacker HERE.

Below are some inviting pics of the same.

The shop also stocks natural (without color) version of these stackers. Check out all the items of My Dream Shop HERE.

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Rentoys.in - Subscription Offer Alert - Online Toy Library For Kids - Review Of 4th Subscription Box (VLOG)

Have you been eyeing upon expensive international brand toys for your kids & not able to justify a purchase because they are so expensive? Are you planning to buy new toys for your kids & thinking how to declutter the old ones? Are you a kind of parent who is constantly on a look out for sustainability, even when it comes to toys? Then this Online Toy Library Rentoys is the answer for you! And if the collection of this library was not awesome enough, I am sharing with you an irresistible deal for your subscriptions that you can order from Rentoys! Also in this post is my review on fourth subscription box that I have ordered from this toy library.

I recently discovered this awesome toy library Rentoys that has some really beautiful, engaging, expensive, international brands' toys for kids that they RENT out. I absolutely fell in love with their collection!!! I had wanted to buy so many of those toys but they are so expensive & hence I could not justify buying for personal use.

Till now I have ordered 4 subscription boxes from them & absolutely loved all the boxes. This review is of my fourth box.

You might want to check out the contents & video review of the other subscription boxes HERE.

And guess what!?! I have An Irresistible Offer

You can get 15% OFF on your first Rentoys box if you use this coupon code "KJUNCTION" , without quotes & all caps.

Visit Rentoys today & start adding your favorite toys into your wishlist!

Video Review Of Our Fourth Subscription Box



Need More Reasons Why To Go For Rentoys?

• The excitement of a new toy box arriving every month gives me a high as a mom, lol! A child will certainly be thrilled!
• Smart educational toys are very costly and can go for ₹5000+ a piece. Now, parents may not feel the heat if buying toys were a one-time expense. However, this is hardly the case.
• Renting a toy saves money! Rentoys has almost all the toys that are super expensive otherwise from brands mentioned below & not affordable for middle class families like mine. 
  
• Decluttering is done on the go! You do not tend to store the toys that are no more relevant to the child. You save a lot of storage space!
• Sustainability issues are addressed. The toys are reused by so many children. We leave lesser carbon footprint on Mother Earth.
• The collection of toys is just amazing! The variety, quality, brands everything is superb! Spoilt for choice! 
• Customer service is amazing! I had some issue with adding toys to my wishlist & they were super quick to revert! They even called me saying one toy from the three toys that I chose, will be available after two days so they are sending the available two toys right away & will send the third one after two days. I mean why would someone call me up for this, but they did! This shows their commitment & service for the customers!

Related Reading - Step by step guide - what are STEM toys?

More About Rentoys

Rentoys is a toy rental service focusing on educational and award-winning toys. We deliver and pickup toys from your doorsteps, anywhere in India.

Rentoys is founded by parents having years of experience of managing kids. Been there, done that. They understand how children's early experiences - the bonds they form with their parents and their first learning experiences - deeply affect their physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development. This is why they are on a mission to help parents optimize their investments in the early years of children's lives to ensure children's future success.

All the toys at Rentoys are selected keeping in mind what they call "open-endedness" which they measure by asking questions such as in how many ways the toy can be played with, is there any rule book, and does the toy force the kids to think/create on his/her own.


Related Read - Tons of ways to play with Waldorf Rainbow Stackers - An open-ended toy

You can get 15% OFF on your first Rentoys box if you use this coupon code "KJUNCTION" , without quotes & all caps.

Check out their toys collection HERE. They deliver all over India. Do not forget to use the coupon code I shared above in this post to avail the discount!

Confused about their working? Click HERE to know how it works. And your FAQs are answered HERE.

Subscription Box Pricing

It starts with Rs 599 per month where you get premium educational toys worth at least Rs 5000 in a box! There are other plans as well, you can visit the pricing page HERE for all the details. If you are concerned about damage of toys from the library, THIS link might answer your questions. 

You MUST read this wonderful article that explains why Rentoys is into toy renting business!

Do let me know in comments below what all you have ordered from Rentoys, I would love to know!


Disclaimer : This is a sponsored post but the views shared are honest and solely mine. I believe in using the products/service myself before putting up the review or opinion about them here.

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Rentoys.in - Subscription Offer Alert - Online Toy Library For Kids - Review Of Our 3rd Subscription Box (VLOG)

Have you been eyeing upon expensive international brand toys for your kids & not able to justify a purchase because they are so expensive? Are you planning to buy new toys for your kids & thinking how to declutter the old ones? Are you a kind of parent who is constantly on a look out for sustainability, even when it comes to toys? Then this Online Toy Library Rentoys is the answer for you! And if the collection of this library was not awesome enough, I am sharing with you an irresistible deal for your subscriptions that you can order from Rentoys! Also in this post is my review on third subscription box that I have ordered from this toy library.

I recently discovered this awesome toy library Rentoys that has some really beautiful, engaging, expensive, international brands' toys for kids that they RENT out. I absolutely fell in love with their collection!!! I had wanted to buy so many of those toys but they are so expensive & hence I could not justify buying for personal use.

Till now I have ordered 3 subscription boxes from them & absolutely loved all the boxes. This review is of my third box.

You might want to check out the contents & video review of our other subscription boxes HERE.

And guess what!?! I have An Irresistible Offer

You can get 15% OFF on your first Rentoys box if you use this coupon code "KJUNCTION" , without quotes & all caps.

Visit rentoys today & start adding your favorite toys into your wishlist!

Video Review Of Our Third Subscription Box

 


Need More Reasons Why To Go For Rentoys?

• The excitement of a new toy box arriving every month gives me a high as a mom, lol! A child will certainly be thrilled!
• Smart educational toys are very costly and can go for ₹5000+ a piece. Now, parents may not feel the heat if buying toys were a one-time expense. However, this is hardly the case.
• Renting a toy saves money! Rentoys has almost all the toys that are super expensive otherwise from brands mentioned below & not affordable for middle class families like mine. 
  
• Decluttering is done on the go! You do not tend to store the toys that are no more relevant to the child. You save a lot of storage space!
• Sustainability issues are addressed. The toys are reused by so many children. We leave lesser carbon footprint on Mother Earth.
• The collection of toys is just amazing! The variety, quality, brands everything is superb! Spoilt for choice! 
• Customer service is amazing! I had some issue with adding toys to my wishlist & they were super quick to revert! They even called me saying one toy from the three toys that I chose, will be available after two days so they are sending the available two toys right away & will send the third one after two days. I mean why would someone call me up for this, but they did! This shows their commitment & service for the customers!

Related Reading - Step by step guide - what are STEM toys?

More About Rentoys

Rentoys is a toy rental service focusing on educational and award-winning toys. We deliver and pickup toys from your doorsteps, anywhere in India.

Rentoys is founded by parents having years of experience of managing kids. Been there, done that. They understand how children's early experiences - the bonds they form with their parents and their first learning experiences - deeply affect their physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development. This is why they are on a mission to help parents optimize their investments in the early years of children's lives to ensure children's future success.

All the toys at Rentoys are selected keeping in mind what they call "open-endedness" which they measure by asking questions such as in how many ways the toy can be played with, is there any rule book, and does the toy force the kids to think/create on his/her own.


Related Read - Tons of ways to play with Waldorf Rainbow Stackers - An open-ended toy


Check out their toys collection HERE. They deliver all over India. Do not forget to use the coupon code I shared above in this post to avail the discount!

Confused about their working? Click HERE to know how it works. And your FAQs are answered HERE.

Subscription Box Pricing

It starts with Rs 599 per month where you get premium educational toys worth at least Rs 5000 in a box! There are other plans as well, you can visit the pricing page HERE for all the details. If you are concerned about damage of toys from the library, THIS link might answer your questions. 

You MUST read this wonderful article that explains why Rentoys is into toy renting business!

Do let me know in comments below what all you have ordered from Rentoys, I would love to know!


Disclaimer : This is a sponsored post but the views shared are honest and solely mine. I believe in using the products/service myself before putting up the review or opinion about them here.

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Rentoys.in - Subscription Offer Alert - Online Toy Library For Kids - Review Of Our 2 Subscription Boxes

Have you been eyeing upon expensive international brand toys for your kids & not able to justify a purchase because they are so expensive? Are you planning to buy new toys for your kids & thinking how to declutter the old ones? Are you a kind of parent who is constantly on a look out for sustainability, even when it comes to toys? Then this Online Toy Library Rentoys is the answer for you! And if the collection of this library was not awesome enough, I am sharing with you an irresistible deal for your subscriptions that you can order from Rentoys! Also in this post is my reviews on two subscription boxes that I have ordered till now from this toy library.

I recently discovered this awesome toy library Rentoys that has some really beautiful, engaging, expensive, international brands' toys for kids that they RENT out. I absolutely fell in love with their collection!!! I had wanted to buy so many of those toys but they are so expensive & hence I could not justify buying for personal use.

Till now I have ordered 2 subscription boxes from them & absolutely loved both the boxes. Currently my third box is in transit & I cannot wait to open the box!!!

And guess what!?! I have An Irresistible Offer

You can get 15% OFF + 40% cashback on your first Rentoys box if you use this coupon code "KJUNCTION" , without quotes & all caps.

Visit rentoys.in today & start adding your favorite toys into your wishlist!

Video Reviews Of Subscription Boxes

Box #1





Box #2





Need More Reasons Why To Go For Rentoys?

• The excitement of a new toy box arriving every month gives me a high as a mom, lol! A child will certainly be thrilled!
• Smart educational toys are very costly and can go for ₹5000+ a piece. Now, parents may not feel the heat if buying toys were a one-time expense. However, this is hardly the case.
• Renting a toy saves money! Rentoys has almost all the toys that are super expensive otherwise from brands mentioned below & not affordable for middle class families like mine. 
  
• Decluttering is done on the go! You do not tend to store the toys that are no more relevant to the child. You save a lot of storage space!
• Sustainability issues are addressed. The toys are reused by so many children. We leave lesser carbon footprint on Mother Earth.
• The collection of toys is just amazing! The variety, quality, brands everything is superb! Spoilt for choice! 
• Customer service is amazing! I had some issue with adding toys to my wishlist & they were super quick to revert! They even called me saying one toy from the three toys that I chose, will be available after two days so they are sending the available two toys right away & will send the third one after two days. I mean why would someone call me up for this, but they did! This shows their commitment & service for the customers!

Related Reading - Step by step guide - what are STEM toys?

More About Rentoys

Rentoys is a toy rental service focusing on educational and award-winning toys. We deliver and pickup toys from your doorsteps, anywhere in India.

Rentoys is founded by parents having years of experience of managing kids. Been there, done that. They understand how children's early experiences - the bonds they form with their parents and their first learning experiences - deeply affect their physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development. This is why they are on a mission to help parents optimize their investments in the early years of children's lives to ensure children's future success.

All the toys at Rentoys are selected keeping in mind what they call "open-endedness" which they measure by asking questions such as in how many ways the toy can be played with, is there any rule book, and does the toy force the kids to think/create on his/her own.


Related Read - Tons of ways to play with Waldorf Rainbow Stackers - An open-ended toy


Check out their toys collection HERE. They deliver all over India. Do not forget to use the coupon code I shared above in this post to avail the discount!

Confused about their working? Click HERE to know how it works. And your FAQs are answered HERE.

Subscription Box Pricing

It starts with Rs 599 per month where you get premium educational toys worth at least Rs 5000 in a box! There are other plans as well, you can visit the pricing page HERE for all the details. If you are concerned about damage of toys from the library, THIS link might answer your questions. 

You MUST read this wonderful article that explains why Rentoys is into toy renting business!

Do let me know in comments below what all you have ordered from Rentoys, I would love to know!


Disclaimer : This is a sponsored post but the views shared are honest and solely mine. I believe in using the products/service myself before putting up the review or opinion about them here.

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My Hopscotch Journey - Story & Activity Book For Kids Showcasing India's Unity In Diversity - Book Review

My Hopscotch Journey is a story & activity book for kids showcasing India's unity in diversity. It has a story weaved into the festival of Makar Sankranti & how it is celebrated differently with different names in different states of India. Apart from the story, it also has an amazing set of engaging & educational activities for toddlers, kindergartners & little older kids too. It has over 200 stickers for the related activities & some craft supplies too. Check out the inside pages, review & buy link in this post.

As promised, here is a video review of this beautiful book - My Hopscotch Journey - written by Kajal Dharod from Your Learning Capsules. If you are a regular follower of my blog, you must have seen Kajal's previous books that were received so very well by fellow parents - Interactive Diwali Book  and All About Christmas Book.

Publisher - Your Learning Capsules
Age Group - 3 Years +
Price - Rs. 249 (FREE shipping anywhere in India)

Click HERE to buy this book!

BUY NOW to showcase India's unity in diversity to your kids this Republic day. This will certainly give you child a whole new experience of the celebration of Makar Sankranti festival in India.

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Related - You might also like these Montessori inspired, fun, educational & hands-on engaging activities for the festival of Makar Sankranti that I did for my child last year.

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Here are few pages from this book and my almost 3 year old son enjoying the activity of taking a dip in the river in West Bengal :)

You may like more of our featured products & discounts related to early learning for kids HERE.

Click HERE to buy this book!

Check out YourLearningCapsules.com for more such awesome stuff for your kids and some free printables of activities!

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Related - Check out HERE, how I welcomed Spring (harvest) season with my son during Sankranti, where we explored how grains like Jowar, Wheat after harvest, going through so many stages, finally come to our homes. This helped my son appreciate that efforts that go into farming & growing food.

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Disclaimer : I received this book for free in return for a review but the views shared are honest and solely mine. I believe in using the products/service myself before putting up the review or opinion about them here.

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All About Christmas - Story & Activity Book For Kids - Book Review

All About Christmas is a story & activity book for kids based on the Christmas theme. It has the Nativity story, facts & stories about Santa Claus, and an amazing set of engaging & educational activities for toddlers, kindergartners & little older kids too. It has over 400 stickers for the related activities. Check out the inside pages, review & buy link in this post.

As promised, here is a video review of this beautiful Christmas book - All About Christmas - written by Kajal Dharod from Your Learning Capsules. If you are a regular follower of my blog, you must have seen Kajal's Diwali activity book few months back. Me & my 2 year old liked it a lot! You can check out Diwali book HERE.



Publisher - Your Learning Capsules
Age Group - 2.5 Years +
Price - Rs. 349 (FREE shipping anywhere in India)

Click HERE to buy this book.

BUY NOW so that the book reaches you well before Christmas this year! This will certainly give your kids an enriching experience!

Here are few pages from this activity book that my almost 3 year old son has done.

You may like more of our featured products & discounts related to early learning for kids HERE.

Click HERE to buy this book.

Check out YourLearningCapsules.com for more such awesome stuff for your kids and some free printables of activities!

I also have a FREE collection of 18 Montessori Inspired DIY activities for Christmas & New Year from the year 2016 & you can do those activities as well with your kids! Check out the entire collection HERE. 

Disclaimer : I received this book for free in return for a review but the views shared are honest and solely mine. I believe in using the products/service myself before putting up the review or opinion about them here.

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Rentoys.in - Subscription Offer Alert - Online Toy Library For Kids - Review & Recommendation

Have you been eyeing upon expensive international brand toys for your kids & not able to justify a purchase because they are so expensive? Are you planning to buy new toys for your kids & thinking how to declutter the old ones? Are you a kind of parent who is constantly on a look out for sustainability, even when it comes to toys? Then this Online Toy Library Rentoys is the answer for you! And if the collection of this library was not awesome enough, I am sharing with you an irresistible deal for your subscriptions that you can order from Rentoys!

I recently discovered this awesome toy library Rentoys that has some really beautiful, engaging, expensive, international brands' toys for kids that they RENT out. I absolutely fell in love with their collection!!! I had wanted to buy so many of those toys but they are so expensive & hence I could not justify buying for personal use.

I have ordered my first toy rental box from Rentoys & eagerly waiting for Jr. Rainbow Blocks, Tegu wooden magnetic blocks & Dado cubes! All of these are open-ended toys and my son loves such building blocks & comes up with so many different interpretations everytime!

A video review of the box will be on my YouTube channel super soon! Stay tuned & subscribe to my channel HERE.

And guess what!?! I have An Irresistible Offer

You can get 15% OFF on your first Rentoys box if you use this coupon code "KJUNCTION" , without quotes & all caps.

Visit rentoys.in today & start adding your favorite toys into your wishlist!

Need More Reasons Why To Go For Rentoys?

• The excitement of a new toy box arriving every month gives me a high as a mom, lol! A child will certainly be thrilled!
• Smart educational toys are very costly and can go for ₹5000+ a piece. Now, parents may not feel the heat if buying toys were a one-time expense. However, this is hardly the case.
• Renting a toy saves money! Rentoys has almost all the toys that are super expensive otherwise from brands mentioned below & not affordable for middle class families like mine. 
  
• Decluttering is done on the go! You do not tend to store the toys that are no more relevant to the child. You save a lot of storage space!
• Sustainability issues are addressed. The toys are reused by so many children. We leave lesser carbon footprint on Mother Earth.
• The collection of toys is just amazing! The variety, quality, brands everything is superb! Spoilt for choice! 
• Customer service is amazing! I had some issue with adding toys to my wishlist & they were super quick to revert! They even called me saying one toy from the three toys that I chose, will be available after two days so they are sending the available two toys right away & will send the third one after two days. I mean why would someone call me up for this, but they did! This shows their commitment & service for the customers!

Check out this video to know why people love Rentoys!

Related Reading - Step by step guide - what are STEM toys?

More About Rentoys

Rentoys is a toy rental service focusing on educational and award-winning toys. We deliver and pickup toys from your doorsteps, anywhere in India.

Rentoys is founded by parents having years of experience of managing kids. Been there, done that. They understand how children's early experiences - the bonds they form with their parents and their first learning experiences - deeply affect their physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development. This is why they are on a mission to help parents optimize their investments in the early years of children's lives to ensure children's future success.

All the toys at Rentoys are selected keeping in mind what they call "open-endedness" which they measure by asking questions such as in how many ways the toy can be played with, is there any rule book, and does the toy force the kids to think/create on his/her own.


Related Read - Tons of ways to play with Waldorf Rainbow Stackers - An open-ended toy


Check out their toys collection HERE. They deliver all over India. Do not forget to use the coupon code I shared above in this post to avail the discount!

Confused about their working? Click HERE to know how it works. And your FAQs are answered HERE.

Subscription Box Pricing

It starts with Rs 599 per month where you get premium educational toys worth at least Rs 5000 in a box! There are other plans as well, you can visit the pricing page HERE for all the details. If you are concerned about damage of toys from the library, THIS link might answer your questions. 

You MUST read this wonderful article that explains why Rentoys is into toy renting business!

Do let me know in comments below what all you have ordered from Rentoys, I would love to know!


Disclaimer : This is a sponsored post but the views shared are honest and solely mine. I believe in using the products/service myself before putting up the review or opinion about them here.

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Sea In A Bucket - Children Book Review By Shital Choudhary - #MondayMorningReviews

Wondering which books to read to your child? Welcome to this wonderful 10 weeks long project of #MondayMorningReviews where Shital Choudhary, a passionate storyteller & a mom herself, shares children's book reviews every Monday! The age group for these books is 0-4 years. This review series will help you choose the best books for your baby / toddler / preschooler / kindergartener. This week's pick is Sea In A Bucket. Read on this full book review. 

Book: The Sea in a Bucket (An Avehi-Abacus Story)
Publisher: Eklavya Pitara
Illustrations: Deepa Balsavar
Age Group: 3 years +
Recommendation: Strong



About The Book: 

The book is a pictorial representation of our 'Water-Cycle'.

It starts like this, "This is Sonu", "This is Sonu's Bucket", "This is the tap that brings water to fill Sonu's Bucket" and so on it goes to describe backwards what gets water to the tap, lake, river, mountain, clouds, and role of the Sun and the Sea.

The previous sentences gets repeated with each step forward, which makes the reading rhyming and fun.

The last page also deals with what happens to the water after Sonu bathes with it. It completes the circle.

Illustrations:
Illustrations steal the show here. At the end of the book, there is a chart given compiling all the illustrations of this book. This 'all pics-no text' chart speaks for itself and explains the whole water cycle.

And of course there is more to the illustrations then just water-cycle. The detailing of - at the residence, river, lake, mountains, at the sea has much more to talk about than just the water-cycle. 

Somebody is feeding the dog, someone's brushing teeth, a lizard on the wall, fishing, goatherd, some writing happening at the banks of the river, snow clad mountains, Yaks, Snow leopard, monks pine trees, mountaineers, and more. 

Oh! One can play a fine spot game with these illustrations. 

Our Experience:

We vacationed in Sikkim this summer. I had ordered a set of 22 books from Eklavya Pitara and this book was one of them. I had no clue what was inside the book except for the concept. Imagine our surprise when we received this book just after returning from Sikkim! It was like re-visiting our memories of the mountains we had just visited. How? (see pics) the snow clad mountains (Zero Point), the Yaks, the flower valley (Yumthang valley), Teesta river, the monks and the monastery, the pine trees, the flags of monks on the mountains, the tea leaves plucker with her basket.... woohoo! Couldn't have asked for more!

A must have book!

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Book review contributed by Shital Choudhary
Chief Reviewer at Children's Book Reviews & Stories

Shital Choudhary is a passionate storyteller (a Kathalaya Alumina) and a mom to a 6 year old. Apart from power of stories in teaching concepts and values, she believes that stories can come at your rescue absolutely at any situation in your parenting journey. You can reach out to her at storywayschool [AT] gmail.com. She documents her book reviews, recommendations and reading out experiences at her Facebook page - Children's Book Reviews & Stories

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This book review is a part of 10 week long project #MondayMorningReviews which is going on in our Facebook Group. Join in the tribe of involved & conscious parents HERE now! You can find ALL the book reviews under this project HERE.

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1001 Words To Talk About - Children Book Review By Shital Choudhary - #MondayMorningReviews

Wondering which books to read to your child? Welcome to this wonderful 10 weeks long project of #MondayMorningReviews where Shital Choudhary, a passionate storyteller & a mom herself, shares children's book reviews every Monday! The age group for these books is 0-4 years. This review series will help you choose the best books for your baby / toddler / preschooler / kindergartener. This week's pick is 1001 Words To Talk About. Read on this full book review. 

Book: 1001 words to talk about
Publisher: Alka Publications
Age: 0-2 years
Recommendation: Strong




Wondering why have I placed this book (1001 words) in 0-2 yrs age group?

Let me tell you why and all about it..

The book claims to cover 1001 words (who knows? I have never counted... Because I didn't buy the book to teach a number of words)

Experience With The Book: 

About this... As I see it... (Why I bought the book):

When I saw the book in a bookstore, all I saw were pictures of our day to day lives to talk about to my tiny tot, such as:

• our family
• wake up time scene
• going to school
• indoor, outdoor play time
• in the kitchen
• bedtime
• at the beach
• at the doctor's

So on and on ... About 38 topics are covered.

(Two pages cover one topic)

Each page/topic has a) one big sized illustration for that particular topic b) sentences within the illustration c) questions about the picture d) pics of objects covered in the illustration.


For instance - (See pic) Topic: 'let's get dressed' - 'father is ironing his trousers', Ena is combing her hair, etc. Sentences can be read to a toddler while pointing at the pictures.

How to go about:

1. First just read out the pictures by reading out sentences written within and add your own sentences if you wish (I did. For eg. I would say Ena was looking at herself in the mirror, there was a yellow round clock above the mirror, etc.)
2. Second, play spot Game... ask them to point out objects within illustrations. Eg. Spot an iron, spot a clock, etc.
3. Third, at later stage when you have chewed and chomped this book with your toddler and have practically taped each page (like us ... oh! very important parameter of judging .. ha ha)

Go on with asking questions suggested on each page.

Don't buy this book:

1. for teaching kids anything
2. period

Buy this book:

1. to show relatable situations based illustrations and to talk to the kids.

... and be rest assured to achieve what the book is probably intended for by the publishers, that is learning 1001 words more or less.

We loved this book no ends. You will too. Have fun! Learning is a by-product.

Source: I bought from a bookstore. However on the book they have given website address, you can check there too. (www.alkapublications.com)

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Book review contributed by Shital Choudhary
Chief Reviewer at Children's Book Reviews & Stories

Shital Choudhary is a passionate storyteller (a Kathalaya Alumina) and a mom to a 6 year old. Apart from power of stories in teaching concepts and values, she believes that stories can come at your rescue absolutely at any situation in your parenting journey. You can reach out to her at storywayschool [AT] gmail.com. She documents her book reviews, recommendations and reading out experiences at her Facebook page - Children's Book Reviews & Stories

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Phonics Story Time Library - Children Book Review By Shital Choudhary - #MondayMorningReviews

Wondering which books to read to your child? Welcome to this wonderful 10 weeks long project of #MondayMorningReviews where Shital Choudhary, a passionate storyteller & a mom herself, shares children's book reviews every Monday! The age group for these books is 0-4 years. This review series will help you choose the best books for your baby / toddler / preschooler / kindergartener. This week's pick is Phonics Story Time Library. Read on this full book review. 

Book: Phonics Story Time Library (6 in 1 stories)
Publisher: Shree Book Centre
Age: 6 months +
Recommendation: Strong

Experience With The Book: 

Learning Phonics the fun way is the aim of the book. So basically it is for pre-primary school kids (Age 3.5+) learning Phonics.

Then why am I recommending it for 6m+ babies?

Well, because my reasons for buying this book were completely different from what is supposed to be the aim of this book. I bought this book when I didn't know what the word 'Phonics' meant.

I bought this book because it had -

• silly simple fun stories, with JUST ONE sentence on each page
• big fonts

You see? 

I was looking for books for my then 8-10 month old.

So we enjoyed each story of the book as it is, without caring about learning sounds and for next 4 years post buying!

It's a progressive concept book (which I realized much later when I learned about Phonics along my parenting journey). Let's look at a few sentences from a story called 'Chippy and Chuck' to showcase how the story and learning progress.

Page 1: Chippy was a chicken

Page 2: One day, Chippy was munching chestnuts when someone said:
Page 3: "What a charming Chicken you are!"
Page 4: Chippy looked up and saw a smart Fox.

......story goes on to describe this cunning fox luring chippy to come to dinner with him promising chocolate and chips and cherry-pie etc. Naive chippy thinks fox is kind. Just then Chippy's best friend Charlie the Chimp arrives there and chases the fox away, scolding Chippy on being so foolish.

Simple, isn't it. A good message too (though that's not the aim). You can notice lots of 'Ch' digraph words and other sound based words too.

You can start reading out these stories to your tiny tot and keep on doing so, till the child is about 3-4 years old when you or the school introduce Phonics, sounds and Digraphs. At which stage the child will be able to (without any provocation) tell you .. "look mumma, it's Ch/Sh/Ou/ng etc. digraph!"

A wonderful collection of 6 stories to be read again and again to learn sounds without being aware of it.

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Book review contributed by Shital Choudhary
Chief Reviewer at Children's Book Reviews & Stories

Shital Choudhary is a passionate storyteller (a Kathalaya Alumina) and a mom to a 6 year old. Apart from power of stories in teaching concepts and values, she believes that stories can come at your rescue absolutely at any situation in your parenting journey. You can reach out to her at storywayschool [AT] gmail.com. She documents her book reviews, recommendations and reading out experiences at her Facebook page - Children's Book Reviews & Stories

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