Book Review & Giveaway - iDiwali - Interactive Diwali Story & Activity Book For Kids From Your Learning Capsules (VLOG)

iDiwali is an interactive Diwali story and activity book for toddlers & kindergarteners with crafts, coloring, greeting cards, lanterns and sensational Diwali stickers. Watch the inside pages & review in the video below. Do not forget to avail the limited time discount of 10%.

About The Book

The Ramayana story summarized in 10 chapters, with hands on activity in each chapter. Additional Diwali experience activities - Rangoli, fireworks, sweets and more!!! 18 activities packed in one engaging book.

Publisher - Your Learning Capsules 
Age Group - 2.5 Years +
Price - Rs. 299 (FREE shipping anywhere in India)
Get 10% off till 19 Oct 2017. Use the discount code "kjunc10"

Try your luck & participate in the GIVEAWAY HERE where a lucky one can win this book for FREE! Giveaway will close on 11 Oct 2017 11.59pm.

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

The Author Talks
"Love interactive apps, but not the media time"
As a mother I am always trying to balance between the interactive and engaging experience of the digital world and just simple story telling, I present this experiment of mine to you - an interactive hands-on book!

Review
Watch the inside pages of the book & my opinions here in this video



What I Loved About The Book

• Absolutely engaging
• Designing is really nice
• Entire story of Diwali is covered in the form of activities
• Whole range of activities for different age group kids - coloring, tracing, stickers, numbers, writing, sequencing, storytelling etc

• Extra stickers so that if few are lost by kids, the activity can still be completed

• Good quality thick pages & stickers are easy to peel off & use without getting frustrated
• Even after all the activities have been done by the kids, this book can still be used next year as a simple storybook, so this book is going to serve you for the next couple of years surely & you can combine it with other storytelling setups with blocks or figurines etc

You may also like this "Story Of Diwali" book, a fun, non-preachy, simple-to-read rhyming storybook which talks about how five days of Diwali are celebrated. Review & buy links of the book HERE.

What Could Be Improved

• I would have loved if the pages were of laminated quality so that the stickers could be reused couple of times & the book could be reused next year too. But with this competitive pricing, I would not mind the existing type.

All in all, a must have for little kids this Diwali season!

Buy Links

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

You might want to check out YourLearningCapsules.com for more such awesome stuff for your kids and some free printables of activities! 

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CForCat Kids Educational Products - Flash Cards, Organic Crayons, Good Habit Busy Book - Review & Discount Code (VLOG)

I love exploring kids products that are fun, engaging & facilitate learning seamlessly. Recently I came across this brand CForCat and I happened to browse their products. In this post I am reviewing three products by this brand - Flash Cards, Organic Crayons & Busy Book. You can watch the unboxing & product closely in the videos too. These products can be used for babies, toddlers, preschoolers & kindergartners. The brand boasts of organic, eco-friendly & educational toys for developmental milestones. Find an attractive discount offer on all CForCat products at the end of each review.

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About The Brand - CForCat 

Ensuring an exhaustive approach to the early childhood development stage, CforCat works to familiarize parents with the developmental process of young children and its distinctions of developmental milestones and delays. They exist to provide a helping hand to parents who wish for active involvement in their child’s growth. Their dynamic facilities include activities in all nine core skill fields: social-emotional intelligence, linguistic ability, pre-mathematical ability, science, gross motor skills, fine motor skills, cognitive ability, dexterity, and creativity. Though developmental milestones and delays are a common concern, CforCat stresses the notion that each child is unique and advances at their own pace and in their own time.They seek to conceive a world of play and learning for children where they are positively engaged off-screen. CforCat also strives to leave a minimal carbon footprint while standing for sustainability in all its ventures.

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Product Review - Flash Cards (Alphabets & Farm Animals)

To watch the unboxing, product details & how to use these flash cards in various different ways, check out this video below. Do not forget to subscribe my YouTube channel so that you do not miss any future videos!

How To Use Flash Cards - Covered exhaustively in the video above.

What I Liked

• Perfect size for the small hands to hold & explore
• Sturdy material
• Little glossy to touch which makes it easy to flash through quickly
• Alphabet cards have both uppercase & lowercase variants

• Farm animals cards have shadow on the back & that makes it more engaging & versatile

• Good for practicing starting & ending sounds & spellings later on

• Good to use as storytelling prompts
• Pretty much versatile & can be used in many different ways as the child goes through his learning journey from a baby to a kindergartner

• Nicely packaged

What Could Be Improved

• I would have preferred having pictures of real animals in the farm animals cards rather than the cartoonish versions that it currently has
• For alphabet cards, I would have preferred the words corresponding to the letters according to phonics rules. For example, there is icecream on the I letter card & it is phonetically incorrect. Something like an igloo would have been better on the I letter card. Having said that, I would like to mention that most of the cards does have words that adhere to phonics rules

You might also want to read about early childhood brain development & my review on Quantum Cards (Flash Cards) by Brainsmith HERE. 

Buy Links

Official website of CForCat - Use this discount code "Kjunc" to avail 10% discount on all cforcat products when you buy from their website directly - www.cforcat.com.

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Product Review - Organic Crayons

To watch the unboxing, product details & look & feel of the crayons, check out this video below. Do not forget to subscribe my YouTube channel so that you do not miss any future videos!

What I Liked

• The fact that they are organic. There are so many brands of crayons in the market these days but when we give our little child that piece of crayon, we often are concerned if he puts them into his mouth. These are 100% organic & non-toxic

• They are made of wax from soya & palm oil & food grade colors are mixed

• Nice texture while coloring. They of course do not feel the same way as normal crayons when used but I really liked this different experience

• Super cute cloth bag in which they are packaged

What Could Be Improved

• More range of colors. The current pack of organic crayons contains five of them
• I would prefer all the primary colors to be present in the pack 
• Thicker crayons would be better for toddlers & preschoolers as their grip is still not fully developed 

• Perhaps it is a good idea to have two variants of these crayons - a pack of 6 & a pack of 12, just like any other brand in the market

You might like THIS article on open-ended art for kids & how to encourage creativity in kids at home.

Buy Links

Official website of CForCat - Use this discount code "Kjunc" to avail 10% discount on all cforcat products when you buy from their website directly - www.cforcat.com. 

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Product Review - Good Habits Busy Book

To watch the unboxing & product details of this busy book, check out this video below. Do not forget to subscribe my YouTube channel so that you do not miss any future videos!

What I Liked

• It has a theme that a child can relate to & hence it engages the child a lot
• Children can be taught this healthy routine of bedtime using this busy book. My son repeatedly played with the teddy and put him to sleep following this routine. So he is now more willing to follow the bedtime routine for himself

• The pages include various activities to develop fine motor skills 

• The material is all cloth so pretty much safe & sustainable
• It has a wonderful look & feel to it

What Could Be Improved

• Few pages have no activities as such to build a skill but it does have the thematic relevance to it. For example, pages of reading a story and saying a prayer. I would have loved if these pages also had some activities for fine motor skills

Buy Links

Official website of CForCat - Use this discount code "Kjunc" to avail 10% discount on all cforcat products when you buy from their website directly - www.cforcat.com. 

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DISCOUNT COUPON CODE

Use this discount code "Kjunc" to avail 10% discount on all CForCat products when you buy from their official website directly - www.cforcat.com.

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You should also check out the blog by cforcat, it has some wonderful articles about early learning & parenting. 

Follow cforcat on their social media - Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.

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Exclusive Discounts On Kids Imported Books & Indian Publisher Books - THE BOOKMARK

[NEW DISCOUNT OFFER ON KIDS BOOKS]

We, at THE K JUNCTION, realize the importance of reading aloud to kids - starting from newborn phase to toddlerhood & beyond. We are excited to roll out an EXCLUSIVE 10% discount offer on kids preloved imported books & all major Indian publisher books that are available at this awesome webstore called THE BOOKMARK. The discount code is available in our closed group here www.facebook.com/groups/thekjunction and it expires on 15 MARCH 2017. So join my group right away & grab the books with this irresistable offer from THE BOOKMARK. Please note that you have to sign in to their website http://thebookmark.in/ to be able to use this discount code. 

Now you can, rather you SHOULD, go on & read the details below :) 

Here is what Swathi, Founder @ THE BOOKMARK has to say -

Reading to children, even before they can understand words, teaches them to associate books with love and affection. There are so many little ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of all. BOOKMARK is a complete bookstore for kids of all age groups, where the books are available at unbelievable prices and will be cheaper than any other stores without compromising on the quality. LET US SPREAD THE JOY OF READING. Shop without draining your pockets. “There is more treasure in books, than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.”-Walt Disney. 

Join THE BOOKMARK facebook group today - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thebookmark4kids/

Brand New Website - http://thebookmark.in/

Here is my own short & simple story - 

Books have been our best friends since my son was in my womb. I used to read a lot of spiritual books when I was pregnant. I would sometimes read him Panchatantra stories too back then. After he was born, once I got settled in some kind of a routine, I or any family member would read aloud books to my son. He seemed to enjoy a lot :) It was when my son was 3 months, I came across the concept of preloved imported books, those were sold for much less than the MRP. There was no need to browse Amazon or Flipkart for the international bestsellers & US/UK publisher books & make a huge hole in the pocket. Preloved books were much more affordable. Then I got to know many of the Indian publishers as well, for kids' books. They are equally good, sometimes better because the illustrations, storyline, characters in Indian publishers' books were very relatable. THE BOOKMARK has been operating through their facebook group for long & I myself am a happy customer of THE BOOKMARK. Recently, they have launched their beautiful website & this offer is to celebrate the website launch.

So what are you waiting for? Browse away their wonderful collection & build a mini library for your child! Gift him/her the treasure & love for books :)

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Exclusive Discounts On Montessori Inspired & Wooden Toys & Activity Kits For Kids - Skola Toys & Creative Express

Hello Parents,

Wish you all a very happy Republic Day!

As promised, here are two offers from The K Junction for your kids :) I have teamed up with Skola Toys & Creative Express to give you all an exclusive 15% discount on all of their wooden toys, Montessori toys & activity kits!

Head on (and pls join if you haven't yet joined :) ) to my facebook group HERE www.facebook.com/groups/thekjunction - to check out the details like their product range, discount code & validity in these individual posts -

Skola Toys - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thekjunction/permalink/233933220398823/

Creative Express - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thekjunction/permalink/233940890398056/
So browse along & grab what you like!

Happy learning & happy parenting :)

Share this post with your friends who have toddlers, preschoolers & kindergartners & earn good karma ;)

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