My family has lived far away from our extended family for a really long time. After my husband and I were married we had to quickly move away for his job. Now that we have two kids it makes the distance from our family even harder. Especially for our kid’s grandparents. To stay connected with our long-distance family my kids love sending mail! They are 6 and 2 years old and both of them are obsessed with the mail. They are constantly writing letters or drawing pictures to send to our family. I want to do everything I can to make sure my kids have a good relationship with our extended family that is so far away, especially their grandparents.
Now my kids can bridge the distance with their grandparents and family anytime and anywhere with the HomeTeam™ app from Panasonic. HomeTeam™ is an online service that helps connect loved ones across generations and distance. Grandparents, parents, and grandkids can now enjoy the same activities they do in-person, even when they are far apart. With the HomeTeam app they have unlimited video chat and can read stories and play games together anytime.
HomeTeam is such an amazing service and my family has already really benefitted from it! Hayden really loves school and will talk your ear off about it until he is asked a direct question. Then his answers turn into “I forget,” or “I don’t know.” Whenever his grandparents would ask him about his day he would never have much to say! With HomeTeam he and his grandparents are able to play games and have a natural conversation as they play or read books just like they would in person! They are able to talk, have a fun activity together, and build lasting memories.
The activities on HomeTeam are fun, engaging, and educational. Grandparents can read stories together just like they would do in person. Or Hayden can read now so his grandparents have enjoyed being read to! There are hundreds of titles to choose from. Hayden really likes reading “Curious George” and Halli likes “Five Little Monkeys Jumping in the Bath.”
I love encouraging healthy reading habits from an early age, and now grandparents can join in on the fun! HomeTeam makes choosing a book easy because there are so many categories and books can be filtered by age.
HomeTeam also fun, fun, family-friendly games to play! There are classics like Checkers and Chess to new games exclusive to HomeTeam. Hayden loves playing hidden objects and animal match! Everyone who is playing has so much fun, and my kids are learning basic math skills, vocabulary, science, logic and more.
There is a great editorial from Scholastic Parent & Child called Bring Your Family Closer. It is a complete guide for memory-making activities that you can do with your whole family!
My kids don’t have anymore awkward shallow conversations because they are just playing with grandma or grandpa even though they are miles away! New users can sample the entire HomeTeam experience, including unlimited access to content and all features free of charge for 30 days. After that, a premium subscription for continued access to unlimited content is available by month ($7.99/mo) and by year ($79.99/yr).
HomeTeam can be accessed through your PC or Mac and is available for download in the App Store and Google Play on 3/24!
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You have an adorable son! This is a great app to have and I am going to look into downloading it for us. Thanks!
I really like that kids, parents and grandparents can play games and read books with HomeTeam! Definitely makes the gap a little easier on everyone.
My son is all about this! I’m going to download this so my son can try it out. Him and his grandmother would have a ton of fun.
What a great bonding activity this is. I’m super impressed with the app and its potential!
Oh I love this and how connected it can help you feel. My mom lives seven hours away and this would be perfect for her and the kids. I’ll be looking into it.
Spencer is on an App craze right now. He wants all the apps with games and “things to do” that he can get his hands on. I’ll show this one to him and see if he takes to it. If he does I’ll report back.
Lee
This is a awesome way to connect with the kids and loved ones who don’t live close by or even out of state, very cool app!
this would be so nice for me,,half of my grandkids live 1200 miles away
I like things that bring the family closer and let them interact. Thanks for posting about this app.
I think this is great. My kids live very far away from all of their grandparents, this would definitely be great for them.
This is really supercool! My daughter and grandkids live 1,000 miles from here, and with this, we could stay in touch better! Especially I’d get a chance to see the new baby, she’s just 3 months old. : )
I love this idea, I wish it were around when I was little! It’s hard to stay connected and close with so many miles between you, I love how new technology helps make that easier!