Personalized Calendars from Tukaiz: Review

Since my son started school this year, he has been obsessed with tracking what day it is. We have several calendars in our house, because each person likes to keep track of their own schedule, as well as a family calendar with all the major events marked on it.

I was recently introduced to Tukaiz Products. Tukaiz offers very unique personalized calendars. Each page of the calendar can be personalized with your name or your child's name. There are two "Smile Sets," or groups of photos, to choose from. And choosing is the hardest part of the process.
We received a personalized calendar with my 5 year old's name written on it. He was absolutely thrilled to see his name on the pages. I honestly heard him gasp when he spied his name written out by fish in the May photo. It looked like it could be straight out of Finding Nemo.

I'm impressed at how well the names blend into the photos. It looks as though each name really does belong there. The wall calendar we received from Tukaiz came spiral-bound, making it easy for little fingers to flip through over and over, and the high-quality paper looks like it will do exceptionally well from the force that is my 5 year old.

Tukaiz offers both an 11"x17" wall calendar ($19.99) and a 5"x7.5" desk calendar ($14.99). They also carry 5"x7" cards and invitations, which include holiday, baby shower, and birthday images, among others (starting at $21.99).
Thanks to Tukaiz for providing a calendar for our review. All opinions are our own.

Melissa & Doug Magnetic Calendar Review

Since Little Man started school, our schedule has gone from busy to hectic. We have to remember school events, library days, tumbling classes, and all the other outings we schedule in. Our wall calendar is full of penciled-in birthdays, dinners, and anniversaries. And though Little Man checks to see what's going on that day, he can't always read momma's scribbles.

You may remember a few weeks ago we gave away a Melissa & Doug magnetic calendar to one lucky reader. Well, we recently had a chance to try one out in our own home.
The Melissa & Doug magnetic calendar includes 140 magnets, such as numbers for the day and year, month names, and holiday and activity squares with photos. The calendar is also a dry erase board to easily allow for other occasions to be marked.
Little Man is more than thrilled with it. It's a space all of his own, where he can mark the events that are important to him: gym class, trips to grandma's house, holidays. He uses the white magnetic square to track the current day and is excited to move it ahead each morning.

Every week, he gets excited to see what plans he has. He double checks the date with me. Are you sure it isn't Christmas yet?

The calendar is a great tool to teach responsibility and sense of time. Little Man is responsible for keeping track of the day and seeing if he needs to prepare for anything on a given day. For example, if he sees a book on the day's square, he knows his library book must be in his backpack.As the month changes, we sit down together, put the numbers on the correct days, talk about the month, and decide which events to mark. It's been interesting to see which activities are the most important to my 5 year old. Both momma and little one give the calendar 2 thumbs up. It gets daily use and has been educational for us both.

Buy It:
The Melissa & Doug magnetic calendar can be purchased for $15.99 at CSN's All Children Furniture Store.

Thanks to CSN Stores for providing the item for review. While it was provided, all the opinions are our own.