Cuisine & Culture the Chinese Family Way
Earlier this month, Google launched brand new family-friendly experiences on the Google Assistant in the UK. To begin with, Google currently has four apps that families can now interact and play using Google Home and other Assistant-enabled speakers and smartphones.
VR Real Feel Racing is a unique 3D system that allows you to control your car with a patented Bluetooth™ steering wheel. The steering wheel is able to accelerate, brake and steer with Max Force Feedback to feel the vibrations in the wheel when you bump other racers or the wall!
Recently, I came across Mardles while I was at Toy Fair 2016. You might be wondering what they are! They are stickers that come to life via a free app on your smart device! They have been designed, developed and produced right here in the UK.
Have you seen this unique digital membership service for DisneyLife app which allows you and your family to view Disney’s biggest collection of entertainment, including movies, books, music and TV episodes, in one place? Now you can enjoy Disney wherever you are, whenever you want as long as you have the suitable devices! It is available from the App Store and Google Play for a monthly price of £9.99, up to six members of the family can create their own individual profile on DisneyLife using their favourite iconic Disney character to use across 10 different devices. Visit www.DisneyLife.com to start your one month free trial and there is no annual contract so members may cancel at any time.
Did you know that Disney Tsum Tsum has made its way to Disney Stores across the UK? This is following phenomenal success in Japan, with the launch of a range of stackable and collectible soft toys featuring favourite Disney characters from Mickey and Minnie Mouse to Dumbo, Donald Duck, Frozen characters and many more.
Disney Tsum Tsum (pronounced ‘Soom Soom’) means “stack stack” in Japanese, and stems from the Japanese Zen art of stone stacking. The soft toys are designed to be stacked big and high, the soft and cuddly toys are available in small (RRP £3), medium (RRP £10) and large sizes (RRP £20), allowing each individual to build a collection of their most adored Disney characters.
Read with Biff, Chip & Kipper are one of the more commonly used reading books in primary schools. Both my children are using them as their take back homework to read each night. The books start from level 1 to 6 and gradually increases in numbers of words and complexity by level. Some of the books are with phonics.
Chatsters is an interactive doll called Gabby which is suitable for aged 5 and above. Gabby requires 4x AA batteries (2 batteries on each shoe) which are not included. It comes with six interactive accessories (smoothie, cupcake, eye shadow compact, lipstick, Sprinkles and mobile phone) plus three additional accessories (hair brush and two hair clips).
APPen is a brand new line of kids electronic toys and accessories from GPTech, that allows children to enjoy learning, writing and colouring on a tablet. The app is compatible with the majority of android and iOS tablets. Recently, I did have issues when I updated to the latest iOS7 release which caused the app to stop working. So I had to go to Settings, click Privacy, select Microphone and then set the APPen to YES. The app is free to download and it can be used with or without the APPen. The APPen does not require batteries; simply plug it in via the headphone socket of any compatible tablet.
