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I have been cutting down on doing product reviews towards the last quarter of year 2016 to prepare for our coming 4th kiddo who was born in early November 2016 and I am now slowly resuming doing product reviews but prioritizing those that can fit into our family dynamics (especially books on parenting or educational stuff, family products, something along those genre)

Nowadays, as busy as I am with 4 kiddos, home cooking, helping with hubby's administration site of the business and managing my FB fan page and blog, I started to slow myself down to just reviewing products that either myself and/or my family can use and benefit from.

About the company/brand:

"Fundels card games: “Play&Learn” and “Flashcards”

With Fundels Play&Learn card games, you can quickly learn new things through play. These games teach you how to combine colours and shapes, how to write letters and how to play with numbers. What’s more, the fun plastic case means that you really can play these games anywhere! With Fundels FlashCards you can quickly and easily practise counting, language and conceptual thinking too. The upbeat design and fun colours make learning super fun!"

Since I've got 4 kiddos age ranging from 6 months old to 8 years old, we were sent several items from the new Fundels educational range for our review so that we can cover as much of them with our 4 kiddos hahaha... FYI, there are 2 range of Fundel products:

• Premium Play&Learn box (Drawing with Numbers, Writing Letters, Colours & Shapes and Playing with Numbers)
  

• Standard Flashcards (Multiplications, Learn to Draw and Learn English)
  

Play&Learn (Colours & Shapes)

This is one of my favourite games! Yes, yes, an adult saying this, I know... but hey, I am reviewing the products with my kiddos, so yes, I have the right to say that this is one of my favourite games! Now what do I like about them? With this game, you’ll develop your spatial awareness. How you play the game is you select one of the examples and try to replicate them out again. The tricky part is to ensure the cards' (some are transparent while some are translucent) positions, layouts, colours and shapes are as close as you can match them to be.

I find this game very easy for my kiddos age 3.5-years-old to 8-years-old to understand and follow. Just take one sample card and show them how it is done and then let my kiddos go crazy and creative on their own. The cards' quality is good and durable as well, nifty size which is good for them to hold onto and stack or adjust on top of other cards as they try to replicate the sample card. Lots of educational moments here as I get to teach our kiddos positioning (front, behind, left, right, over, under) as well as colour mixture and shapes combination in certain cases.

Play&Learn (Writing Letters)

This has got to be my next favourite game. My 3.5-year-old girl is particularly enjoying this game so much! She has started to learn alphabets in her preschool and to be able to practice tracing the letters on the colourful and cute little cards are much more enjoyable for her. I don't think she even realises that she is learning at the same time of her 'doodling' and tracing the letters! Win-win!

Play&Learn (Playing with Numbers)

I changed the rules of this game to suit myself and my 8-year-old hahaha. What we did was dividing a stack of numbered cards (I shuffled them first to randomise them) between us and using the dice, we took turns to roll the dice. If we get the + sign, we will choose 3 of our cards (we are playing 3 place values: ones, tens and hundreds) and whoever get the highest values, wins! If we get the - sign, whoever gets the lowest values wins. 

FlashCards (Learn English)

This is a very convenient and easy game to play with my kiddos. I have a few ways to play with these flashcards.

One way is I flashed the cards (image portion) to each of my kiddos in about 3 seconds' time and if they can guess the name of the objects correctly, they get a mini candy treat. Another way I played with these cards was I shuffled the cards, then looked at the image portion and each kiddo take turns to guess the objects on the cards I'm holding. I will slowly give them hints to the cards, such as it is a food item, you can eat it raw or you need to cook it first, or it is a household items etc. Whoever guessed the objects correctly gets a treat!

FlashCards (Multiplications)

These flashcards currently can only be used for my 8-year-old since he is learning multiplications.

If only I have this cards earlier, it would've saved me so much time and energy as I recently DIY-ed some mini flashcards for the exact purposes to teach my kiddo multiplications. Below picture is my humble little DIY flashcards which surprisingly is quite similar style to Fundels' version. I like Fundels' flashcards as the quality is better (of course!) and the numbers are big and bold enough to be seen from a distance. We have an enjoyable time with the flashcards!

FlashCards (Learn to Draw)

These flashcards we got for our review has got to be one of my favourites, which is the "Learn to Draw" flashcards. Each card has 4 simple steps to follow to draw them. The steps to follow in drawing are highlighted in red colour for easier understanding and final design of the object is shown at the bottom of the cards. The cards' drawings go from easy to medium to hard level from what I see, which is just suitable for my 3 kiddos!

I personally think there are many ways to use these flashcards and it has lots of learning opportunities! I started off by getting my kiddos ready with their own scrapbooks and colour pencils. Then I flashed them an example and they get to drawing as close as they can to the sample cards.

I choose the harder drawings for our 8-year-old to practice on, such as the helicopter, robot and dinosaurs drawing. He enjoyed the challenges and even came up with his own drawings to complement the flashcards designs hahah...

Instead of getting my kiddos to draw out the objects, another way I use these flashcards is to select some and get them to build it using Lego bricks hahaha. Look at how creative they get in trying to build their Lego creations as close as possible to the drawings on the flashcards.

A cute and fun way to get our kiddos to learn about mathematics, language and conceptual thinking in an easy way.

A must get products for your kiddos, really! 

Fundels are currently for sale at Parkson at Pavilion KL and Hamleys at One Utama. More stores will follow!

For more info on Fundels, check out: http://www.fundels.com, https://www.facebook.com/fundels/ and https://www.facebook.com/CartamundiAsiaPacific/

Do note that I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with the products in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine.

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I have been cutting down on doing product reviews towards the last quarter of year 2016 to prepare for our coming 4th kiddo who was born in early November 2016 and I am now slowly resuming doing product reviews but prioritizing those that can fit into our family dynamics (especially books on parenting or educational stuff, family products, something along those genre)

However, as busy as I am with 4 kiddos, home cooking, taking care of hubby's administration site of the business and swamped up with managing my FB page and blog, I just can't say no to reviewing products that either myself and/or my family can use, so of course I gotta give this product a try! I was told that this is the latest series from Flipper, once that uses built-in sand timer, how intriguing! 

About the company/brand:

"Flipper is a nifty toothbrush cover with a unique patented design. Through a cleverly-designed mechanism, a Flipper stores your toothbrush in an enclosed compartment and yet opens / closes automatically and conveniently. Flipper keeps your toothbrush easily and hygienically. With a properly-enclosed storage, Flipper protects your toothbrush from contamination by airborne bacteria, dust and other foreign particles that may cause oral diseases. Besides, it's simple, adorable and fun to use!"

We received 3 packs of Flipper Owl series - Smarty, Hearty and Earthy. Brilliant bright engaging colors that catches the eye. Our older 3 kiddos quickly took turns choosing their own Flipper toothbrush cover.

Now you might think what is so special with this new Flipper series? It has built-in sand timer in it! Just gently rotate the owl's eyes and you can see the bright orange sand started trickling down and once it is done, you see the owl's orange beak materialising. So cute and creative!

Did you know most dentists agree that proper brushing should take at least 2 minutes? And hence Flipper OWL is designed with a 1-minute sand timer to make our brushing fantastically fun. What you need to do is rotate the owl's eyes twice for 2 minutes.

Design wise, like I mentioned earlier, the colors are bright and eye-catching. At the back of the high-quality BPA-free owl, you can see a dual suction cups that sticks firmly to your bathroom mirror or tiles. Sideway view, I believe the tiny little gap at the wings part is in such way so that it keeps your toothbrush properly ventilated as it air dries your toothbrush bristles.

Functionality wise? Our 3.5-year-old girl still needs a bit of a practise to rotate the owl's eyes (she's quite rough, and the OCD in me had to stop her from handling the owl roughly so I ended up rotating the eyes for her) but she pretty much can stick through 1-minute of brushing time. We are still trying to get her to brush for longer period.

Pictures below shows our 5.5-years-old girl during her turn to brush teeth. She finds is entertaining to watch as the sand trickles down and she said she likes seeing the owl's beak getting its' orange-y beak haha. Also the patented one-touch mechanism makes it easier for our kiddos to take out their toothbrush and store it back.

Pictures below shows our 8-years-old boy during his turn to brush teeth. He gently rotates the owl's eyes and dutifully waited for the timer to finish before rotating the owl's eyes for another time making it total 2 minutes of teeth brushing time. He said it is fun to look at the owl while he brushes his teeth.

A cute and fun way to instil good teeth brushing habits in our kiddos. Recommended! 

The Flipper Owl is available at www.myflipperstore.com

But wait!!! Flipper has generously offer 15% discounts to all my wonderful followers!

You just need to use the promo code “OWLRJ” to enjoy discount on all Flipper products.

Do note that the promo code will last till 30/06/2017 and can be use for Flipper Online Store in Malaysia.

Do note that I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with the products in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine.

** Note: I have disabled the commenting feature on my blog engine thanks to all the spammers who happily spam my blog every day. If you wish to ask me any questions, you can find me at my Facebook page (I'm there almost every day) or just drop me an email if you wish to maintain some anonymity.

I have been cutting down on doing product reviews towards the last quarter of year 2016 to prepare for our coming 4th kiddo who was born in early November 2016 and I am now slowly resuming doing product reviews but prioritizing those that can fit into our family dynamics (especially books on parenting or educational stuff, family products, something along those genre)

However, as busy as I am with 4 kiddos, home cooking, taking care of hubby's administration site of the business and swamped up with managing my FB page and blog, I just can't say no to reviewing products that either myself and/or my family can use, what more a world-known product which I had reviewed 2 years ago! 

About the product:

"Jordan is an award winning oral care brand since 1927. Having awarded the prestigious global Red Dot Design award, Jordan is one of the oldest oral and dental hygiene brands in the world. It designs and produces toothbrushes for the whole family, giving them clean, healthy and beautiful teeth. The company also offer a high-quality range of products for cleaning between the teeth, from dental floss to different sizes of interdental brushes."

Like my previous review experience with Jordan, they generously sent me a range of oral care products for my family (young and not so young hahaha...) to try.

Our littlest family member has just turned 6 months old a few days ago and has only been sprouting 1 small little dot of tooth on his front gum, I have yet to introduce any oral care products to our baby yet.

So, I will proceed to share my review on the Step 2 range of products, which are meant for kiddos aged between 3 to 5 years old. This round, our 3.5-year-old princess upgraded her toothbrush for Step 1 to Step 2 products and she chose the purple neon blue color toothbrush and proceeded to squeeze on a pea sized toothpaste onto her new colorful toothbrush!

FYI, the Step 2 toothbrush is specially designed to clean milk teeth in children around the ages of 3 to 5 years old. I like that the toothbrush has an ergonomic handle, easy for small hand grip and I personally like the colorful funky colors really! I don't hear any complaints or fuss from our little fussy princess so I guess this is approved! Hahaha!

Next up is the Step 3 range of toothbrushes which our older 2 kiddos are using. FYI, the Step 3 toothbrush is designed to meet the challenging oral needs of 6 to 9-year-old children. The challenge at this age is that, with both milk and permanent teeth, the positioning of the teeth may be uneven. The quality and placement of the bristles and head become even more important - hence you can see there are 2 bristle heads on the toothbrush where the integrated ‘solo brush’ reaches molars and hard-to-reach spaces between the teeth and gums ensuring that no teeth or surfaces need be forgotten.

Our first kiddo is 8 years old now and will still be using the Step 3 toothbrush for this review. He chose the colors he wanted and off he goes to brush his teeth like normal. He still has quite a few milk teeth and already growing some permanent teeth, so I really appreciate that he can still use the Step 3 toothbrush at this stage.

Our 2nd kiddo who will be 6 years old in this coming September has yet to experience any tooth loss but I'm prepping her up to use the Step 3 toothbrush. She was a bit sad to have to stop using her Step 2 toothbrush though. I feel now that she is using the Step 3 toothbrush, her grip is firmer and the way she brushes her teeth is steadier.

Both the Step 2 and Step 3 range of toothbrushes came with the travel cap which I really appreciate a lot! It helps to protect and keep their toothbrushes clean whenever we go for traveling.

Next up, both hubby and myself tried the Slim range of toothbrushes. It has 0.01mm ultra soft bristles which are gentle on your gums and yet, delivers a deep clean for both teeth and gum. I felt like the toothbrush is hugging my gum, cradling it softly and warmly! In fact, it is much better than my previous Target Sensitive range of Jordan toothbrush. I have no issues with the toothbrush, I can actually feel the bristle sinking in deep to clean and yet gently caressing my teeth and gums at the same time. I do feel that the toothbrush handle is a bit slippery sometimes.

This round, we got to try out a new product, which is the Easy Clean Flosser! I tried it on our kiddos and they were amazed to see there are still some remnants that can be flossed out even after they have brushed their teeth! Compared to the traditional string floss, I personally prefer this as I just love the ergonomic handle with soft rubber which allows for better grip especially when small hands are holding it and trying to floss their own teeth themselves. The Easy Clean Flosser comes with 1 handle and 20 fluoride coated thread refills.

Overall feedback, I'm very happy we get to review these products AGAIN!

With a brand name that is celebrating its 180th anniversary this year, Jordan oral care products are definitely worth the long run for our whole family!

The new range is available from all leading retail outlets.

Similarly, you can also read more info from http://www.jordan.no/en

Do note that I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with the products in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine.

** Note: I have disabled the commenting feature on my blog engine thanks to all the spammers who happily spam my blog every day. If you wish to ask me any questions, you can find me at my Facebook page (I'm there almost every day) or just drop me an email if you wish to maintain some anonymity.