Feedback
from Karen – Capital E
The
book –
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The story is great and very creative.
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Keep
the end open! Don’t make too many suggestions, as kids will stick to them
rather than being creative.
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Let
the child decide what they would do with the play cloth and kit at the end.
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If
you keep it open it will be challenging for children and they also thrive when
it comes to challenges.
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Illustrations
are great. Very captivating and great use of colour.
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Very
unisex which is spot on.
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Maybe
try keeping the sentences shorter? Especially when it comes to descriptions
e.g. mums rose bush and dads apple tree just pick one.
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Use
of repetition is great!!
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What
about trying to get kids to really interact with the book as well as the play
cloth and dress up?
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Such
as the reader could ask the kids ‘what can you find?’, sounding out the
rustling leaves (use different fonts), encourage kids to do actions such as the
bear has his hands in the air so they should to, ‘what is this sound?’, kids
will remember and enjoy the ‘Oo, Ah, Ee!’ so encourage them to say this too.
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The
things above could be represented in different fonts, or with the use of
italics? Or with small suggestions at the bottom of the page.
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The
book has great morals for kids to follow.
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Allow
the kids to get physical and interactive with the story – on the page where the
snake slithers how about encouraging the kids to do this as well?
It
would be awesome to test this product with the children from the age group and
ask them about the book etc. What would they like to see on the page Uma takes
the play cloth and starts getting creative?
The
play cloth –
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Such
a good size! Not to big that one child can’t carry it but big enough to really
create some cool structures and forts.
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The
elastic is good for attaching to objects but what about attaching things to it?
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The
polo fleece should be a brighter colour like the colours in the print.
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What
about if you introduced colour ribbons instead of the elastic? They would be safer in terms of health and
safety and they would be more interactive for attaching to objects and
attaching things to the play cloth. Ribbons would probably be less problematic
in terms of wearing etc as well.
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What
if the corners were more triangular and long? So they could be tied around
things and a little more ‘wizardy’ and ‘magical’
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If
the corners were like the above you could have less ribbon attachments maybe
just a couple in the middle of each side.
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The
fabric choices are great! Especially bringing the print in from the book.
Parents will love that it is machine washable.
The
dress up + bag –
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The
accessories are great! They will really allow the children to be a part of the
story and be fully immersed in the activities they do.
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The
hat/head piece is perfect.
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The
drawstring bag is great as it doesn’t take up much space so will be easy to
store and take places.
Overall
it is a great idea and there is definitely a market open for this! It would be
awesome to trial this at Capital E to see how the kids interacted with it and
if it was something a facility like this could do with in stock. Capital E
would also be a great place to ask the kids about the aesthetics of the book
and whether they like it.
I
would suggest aiming your product at 3-6 year olds. At 3 kids are very
imaginative and playful and as they grow up into 6 year olds they become very
self-aware. 3-6 year olds explore in
very different ways to 7 year olds.
In
terms of advertising ‘The Parent Show’ would be great for marketing this
product and online in stores. Parents shop A LOT online these days. This
product would even be a great gift for a 2nd birthday so they can
grow with it and it will last a long time.
It
is definitely interactive play.
As
a mum I would definitely buy this product and roughly at a price of $80-$100
price bracket.
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