Simply put, the Boogie Board is a paper replacer.
Let's look at it this way:
We have a 5-year-old who runs through paper as though his father owns a paper mill, which apparently, he doesn't.
He primarily draws dinosaurs, Beyblades and whatever the flavour of the month is. In one sitting, he can singlehandedly finish using, on both sides (because his mother told him to!), a stack of notepads. Diaries, Filos, Calendars and reams of rough paper have been put aside specially for him.
If you have a pre-schooler, I am quite certain you know what I am talking about. I bet you even do the same with the paper scavenging!
In pre-Boogie-Board days, he simply has a stack of papers he brings along and a pencil. Not forgetting the compact enclosed sharpener. These days, the Boogie Board sits nicely in the bag, replacing the need of those papers.
Plus, now we don't have to think twice about throwing away those "what is that you drew?" drawings. They are erased.
For those he wants us to remember, he has learnt to ask us to take a picture, which he proudly shows whilst we snap.
After doodling or spelling, he simply presses the Erase button, and the display flashes twice and he's got a new screen to start again! It's purely addictive to him. We know it because he wants to have it with him at all times!
The good news is that he has started practicing his English and Chinese Spelling on his own, without being told. It's quite funny, when he spells or writes something wrongly, he will go,"Aiyahyahyah..", press the Erase button, and start again! Isn't that SO COOL?
It's so simple that our 20-month-old has taken to it too, asking us to "draw, draw!". Amazing!
We will start uploading pictures of various children, some of whom we really don't know, since they play with our Boogie Boards at Food Centres, Restaurants and coffeeshops. Yes, we eat a lot!
We would like to see pictures too, so please send us your pictures of doodles!
Watch this space soon!
