The New #MagicKinderMY Magic Kinder App

For me, weekends are best spent with family and doing fun things with the kids. Our weekends are usually filled with a myriad of activities - from outdoor activities such as cycling, jogging and swimming to indoor fun such as board games and educational, stimulating games on the iPad and kid's laptop.

Recently, a friend recommended a new app to me, called Magic Kinder. Magic Kinder app is developed by Kinder and is an interactive FREE application to provide entertainment and fun for the whole family in a safe environment. You can definitely bond with your kids over a few games and learn new things at the same time. In the app, you will find games, bedtime stories, puzzles, activities and more that can aid in your child's development.

You can download the app from the App Store or Google PlayStore to your mobile devices (ensure that you are currently set to Malaysian store) for free. Simply search for “Magic Kinder” and it should easily appear. In this app, parents and kids can log on differently (parents will need to insert a 4-digit passcode to access their page), and each child will have their own profile. You can also choose your own avatars - no surprise to us when Daniel picked a penguin (his favorite animal) as his avatar.

I think one of the concerns that parents have with apps is that their children spend way too much time on them or what their kids are exposed to online . Under Parental Control page (which only parents can access with a passcode), you, the parent are able to limit the number of hours per day your child can access this app, lock specific content and also choose to show only content suitable for your child's age. You are also able to monitor their activities.

Under Play & Learn, your kids can play lots of fun, educational games that will stimulate their logical and strategic thinking. Examples are Match for Two (memory matching game), Mathpath (solving calculations game for older kids), Sodoku, reconstructing puzzles and many more. Your child can also play certain games with their friends or other family members (but only you, the parent, can add friends that they can interact with so it's completely safe).

My favorite feature of the Magic Kinder app is Stories, whereby you can record the stories in your own voice and your child will be able to playback and delight in listening to your voice. The first story I narrated for them was "A World of Colours for Zac" starring a cute polar bear. Now they can play it over and over again, and they'll get to listen to stories on demand, not just during bedtime. Furthermore, I find this feature a really great tool for my daughter, in improving her reading skills (with "my voice" there to guide her). I can foresee myself recording more stories for the kids.

Planet is another cool feature - you can select certain regions around Earth and learn more about it. For example, in Australia, you can learn many interesting facts about koalas and then take a quiz to test your knowledge. A fun way to understand things and learn more about our planet.

Creator is dedicated in bringing out the creative skills in your child - you can print out activities for art and crafts or coloring pages. There are also cool videos you can watch and discover new things such as the animal world. Like the fact that pandas spend up to 14 hours a day eating bamboo as they're not very nutritious. And that a giraffe can grow up to 5.5m tall - wow! Daniel also gets to learn more about his favorite animal, the penguin :) There are also videos that show you how to make things out of recycled items such as guitars and crazy glasses.

Overall, Magic Kinder is a fantastic app especially for moms who are always on the lookout for educational and fun learning tools for the kids, so do check it out. I had fun exploring the Magic Kinder with my kids, and I know we'll be spending more time discovering all the fun and entertainment it has to offer. You can find out more about the Magic Kinder app on this website or their Facebook page or by watching this video below.

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Lunch @ Hit & Mrs, Bangsar, KL

We have been wanting to do lunch at Hit & Mrs for ages, and finally found time to do so last week. We've had quite a few good dinners here, so expectations were high.

For lunch, they do a 3-course Business Lunch Menu for RM55++ (or 2-courses for RM45++). And during our visit, we had the whole restaurant to ourselves... nice! ;) The lunch menu can be viewed here.

To start, Hubby had the 63°c Sous Vide Egg served with sabayon, potato, crouton and puffed buckwheat. The egg was perfect and everything just went so well together - I kinda regretted not ordering this! I had the Roasted Pineapple Salad which consisted of cucumber, pomelo, green mango, peanut and ginger flower dressing. It's fresh and appetizing, with a hint of spiciness. Oh, and every set comes with either ice lemon tea or coffee.

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For main course, Hubby went for the vegetarian option - Butternut Pumpkin Risotto with truffle paste and pumpkin seed. It was a huge, generous portion and very very nicely executed. I kept stealing spoonfuls across the table. For me, I had the Pan Seared Trevally Fish with tomato, leek, celery, carrot and clam emulsion. Presentation was very nice, and I especially liked the crispy lotus root chips on top. The fish was nicely cooked, but I found the sauce to be slightly too tangy for me, especially for such a delicate fish.

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And for desserts, Hubby had the Coconut Espuma with passion fruit compote and mango granite. Sour, sweet and creamy, Hubby thoroughly enjoyed this. I had the Baba Au Rhum with vanilla chantilly, hazelnut tuille and nutmeg ice cream. When this arrived, we both immediately said "I see faces!" Don't you think it resembles Elmo from Sesame Street? For this round, I think I will declare my dessert the winner. :P

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We heard that they have recently started doing a daily changing menu at dinner time, so we'll be back to check that out (soon hopefully!).

Pork-free.

Opening times: Tue - Sat 12pm-3pm (Lunch) 7pm-11pm (Dinner).Closed on Mondays and Sundays. Bar is opened from 5pm-1am (Tue-Sat).

Price: RM55++ per person for 3-courses.

Location: Hit & Mrs, 15 & 15A, Taman Weng Lock, Lorong Kurau, 59000 Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Tel: 03-2282 3571

GPS Coordinates: 3.122706, 101.670629


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