Hello mommies! It has been extremely a while. Haha, setahun sekali baru update blog. This is going to be lengthy though.
Today's topic is about Grolier products. Pls understand that I am not Grolier sales agent. I'm a mother who just recently decided to buy their products.
I saw there was a lot of negative comment/review on Grolier products especially for their services. However the comment was mainly coming from 2-4 years back. Since I've already bought it (just bought it), I just wanted to write our journey with Grolier Products. I'll be very honest with my review, don't worry :)
Last week (23/10/16) there was a book fair in Village Mall, Sungai Petani, Kedah. Long story short, my husband & I attracted to this Grolier products. At first, we decided to let Adellia explore & see how she enjoy playing+learning with the products. Well, it seems fun. She is 3 year old, so we thought this is a very good exposure for her to help feed her curiosity.
FYI, we spent 1.5 hrs just listening & exploring to products ourselves. Why so long? Because it is not cheap & we have this routine to ask more if we really interested on something. So....after 2 separate husband-wife meeting later, we decided it is worth our money & time to try.
Why we decided to buy? Here's why:
1. Earlier that month I've been surveying Montessori school in SP area. The monthly costs would be RM6xx. Bare in mind, to enroll your child to this kind of school you will need to pay a certain amount of money for registration, books, clothes, fees, etc which amounting up to RM1xxx. We want to be able to provide the best that i could for our child, but coming from finance background we've already have this little calculator in our mind calculating the 'worth-it' meter.
Worth-It Meter
1. Worth the money with the services/education level that our child is going to received from the school?
2. Do you trust the system or the learning materials?
3. Is your child going to be happy with the new curriculum at the new school?
4. If you plan to have more kids, do you confident that you will be able to send all child to the same level of school at the same age? We shouldn't favor 1 child with the expense of the other child's feelings.
2. Since she was little (before 1 year old little) we make it a habit to spend time with our child at certain time for reading/playing masak-masak;lego/memorizing the world flags/learn Spanish/flashcards together. As she is now 3 years old, our sessions is more like 60% play 40% learning. We have done this since she was little. Results? She can count in bahasa/english/spanish at, know ABC, shapes, color, dzkir at 2 years old. My point is? TIME. Do you have 30 minutes everyday for your child? If yes, Grolier products should be a good addition to your family.
3. Bonding time - I'm a working mother, working at a private company. Push off from home at 6.50am & arrive home at between 5-8pm. Both my husband & I travel to/fm work, spending time in car at least 2 hrs in total IF not raining & less lorry on the road. My daughter spend most of her time at school. Both of us have freelance part time job which we will do after Subuh during weekend. I have limited time to spend with my daughter, but yet we manage it. Why? My husband play equally important role as I am. If i'm not able to make it, he will spend his time with our daughter & vice versa. We plan to add this Grolier session for our bonding time. My question, what activity do you do with your child during your free time? :)
4. Our daughter loves her current school a lot! It is a normal kindergarden & they teach the students to read via phonics (Peter & Jane + Bacalah Anakku). They also have Quran class in the evening. We decided it is enough for her exposure. We feel that it is unnecessary to send her to Montessori & decide to expose her creative learning ourselves at home via Grolier + her Leapfrog Books :)
Before you decide to purchase Grolier, I believe, one need to understand the product does not grant you more free time & help keeping your child occupied when you are focusing on other things. It takes commitment & time to be able to fully utilized the product. If you can invest that much for your child, I suggest for you to open up your mind & go through their website and decide whether you liked it.
Now, i know some parents can relate to the writing. Some might agree, some might not. We personally think it worth to try.
To add, i just received a phone call from the delivery man an hour ago. I should expect to receive my package today. However the guy mentioned 1 product is currently out of stock, so I shall see how long does it takes them to deliver the remaining later. This is a good example to see their customer services. Hope it won't take so long. We are in 2016, let's see whether they have improved their customer service.
To share, for RM 149/month, below are the lists that we purchased
1. Talking English (20 vol) + 1 Pen
2. I Wonder Why (12 vol) + 1 Pen
3. Logico Primo (1 Set)
4. Morphun Construction Toy (1 Set - 400 pcs)
5. Book Case (1 Unit)
6. Help Me Learn To Draw (1 Set)
7. Fun Thinkers (10 Vol)
8. Raise Your Child's Self Esteem - 99 Easy Things To Do
I will update whether the purchase is worth our money. :)
