an online parenting site that reviews toys preschools camps and books and lets parents overlap activity ideas ordain on Wednesday launch a creative way to benefit on the pass shopping season. In partnership with a non-profit organization that deals with early childhood education the web site has put together a examine that helps parents assess and track the development of their child (aged 2 to 6) and receive a personalized list of recommendations for age appropriate educational toys books and activities -- all cleverly linked to Amazon via an affiliate label.
The quiz though simple to end is long. Very long (it takes about a half hour). Not having any kids of my own. I know nothing of early childhood development so to evaluate out the site I enlisted the back up of my mom -- who as it happens is an expert in just that. We created a fictional child (based loosely on a real one she works with at her job) and took the quiz.
For the most move though slightly put off by the length we were impressed by the depth and breadth of the questions it asked. It seemed to ask a lot of the types of things parent should be paying attention to though it was not without some oddities. There were some duplicate questions (however the version of the quiz I took was a beta copy and SavvySource says they are still doing some "minor bug-fixing") and some strange ones. One of the weirdest asked if my child could "determine and describe the ways that the sun go and rain bring home the bacon." I'm a college educated 24-year-old and I have no problem admitting that I have no idea how the sun works (some sort of nuclear reaction perhaps? That's as sophisticated as I can get) -- or how wind works for that matter (rain I think I could explain to some degree of accuracy). It's very doubtful that any 2 to 6 year old child could describe how those things operate.
When the quiz is completed. SavvySource compiles a "Progress Portrait" and a "Learning command" personalized for your child. The former charts your child's develop in the areas covered by the quiz and can be updated as your child is able to do new things while the latter gives personalized toy book and activity recommendations.
The recommendations seemed pretty well constructed and we were impressed by the fact that they included free activity suggestions along with the Amazon-linked toys and books. The downside is that the recommendations are a bit overwhelming -- rather than constructing an overall portrait of your child based on the quiz as a whole and giving a handful of recommendations based on your kid's strongest areas (or those most in need of stimulation) the site gives separate recommendations for each segmented area of the quiz. The result is an exceptionally desire list of product suggestions that feels less personalized than it should be after 30 minutes put into answering examine questions.
One nice comprehend about the Learning Guide though that ties in your quiz answers is that each recommendation comes with a description of which skills that product helps create and shows you how your child ranked in those skill areas based on your answers. The site also provides a utility for culling the enumerate into a hit "Learning Registry," which can then be shared with others (friends relatives etc. -- anyone who may be to buy your child a gift).
In the end. SavvySource has go up with a unique and potentially helpful way to make money this pass season. I give them a lot of ascribe as well for actively promoting educational toys and books for children which are certainly better than DVDs and video games for developing young minds (and motor skills social skills etc.). Including free activity ideas among the product recommendations is a nice touch that makes their service seem less commercially driven and will probably be a hit among parents.
At the very least if the site doesn't help you find a good holiday gift for your child the examine might at least help parents to start thinking about the types of things they should be paying attention to in terms of guaging their child's development and may furnish them ideas for things to try working on with their kids (for example sorting shapes by color).
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