Tomoson – Any Second Now

This is quite a fun year for Dominic because he’s really starting to enjoy books. We read a book every night, and this is his newest addition to his reading list. My Twins’ First Christmas is from the “My Friend Paris” book series by Jackie Singer. In this holiday tale, Paris has new twin sisters, Liberty and Victoria, and she shares their adventures learning about the different ways people can celebrate Christmas. Dominic said he really enjoyed this book and loved the colorful pictures. His favorite parts of the book were when Paris and her family donated their extra cookies to charity and when their mommy read them a bedtime story because it’s like when we read him stories at bedtime. Dominic said that although he loves it when I read books to him, he’s excited to learn to read about Paris and her Christmas adventures on his own next year!

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

As a blogger, I’m asked to review clothing, accessories, shoes and events on a regular basis. But with my son getting ready for school, I’ve started to look into other types of “products” to review. I was approached to sign up for an account and review KidsEmail.org, which is a safe site for children to send and receive email from friends and family. Since Dominic is just starting school this September and isn’t quite ready to tackle email yet, I asked my sister to have my niece, Mei-Lin (who is 8 years-old), try the site out and to give me their opinions (below). For an annual fee ($38.95, which comes to $2.99 a month or a one month free trial also available), it looks like this is a very good site to monitor your school age child’s email usage as they take their first steps into the tech world. Thank you Rholnna and Mei-Lin for trying out this great site & service!

What do you think about kidsemail.org?

Mei-Lin: Think it is pretty creative because you get to email people. I like the smiley faces. I like the backgrounds because you can look at the backgrounds. My favorite background the Wolf because they look like huskies.

Is the website easy to use or hard to use?

Mei-Lin: It is easy to use because of the auto-correct. You don’t have to type the whole word. It is easy because when you go into the inbox there is a little box that you can press and mark it as read unread or delete it.

Why do you like kidsemail.org?

Mei-Lin: Because you get to talk to your family that lives far away, like in New York.

Rholnna (Mei-Lin’s Mom): I think that the kidsemail.org seems like a safe place for my daughter to go to and use. The parent control features a great because I can manage who she can contact. I also like the fact it emails me when she is sending out and receiving emails. The whole site is very easy to navigate for both myself and my daughter.

Disclosure: I got this product as part of an advertorial.

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

(Photos of Mei-Lin by Rholnna Jiao. KidsEmail.org photo from their official site.)