My Future Champion” toddler development challenge by Aptamil Junior

Grand Finale Winners of a fund towards one year of education tuition announced!

The ambition of every mother has always been to ensure that her toddler succeeds in everything that they do. That is why Aptamil Junior launched the 'My Future Champion' toddler skill development challenge, with the vision of giving all mothers the opportunity to showcase their toddler's skills and give them tools to help develop these skills further.

For six weeks, “My Future Champion” was run on the AptaAdvice Facebook page inviting mothers to select between 6 toddler & kid skill development challenges and upload a photo or a video of their toddler or kid showing off their unique developmental skills in one or more of these 6 categories:  Fine Motor skills, Physical skills, Creative skills, Cognitive skills, Verbal skills and Interactive skills. Aptamil Junior’s “My Future Champion” was also present in Mirdif City Center from May 21st - 30th to bring these great challenges to life on the ground. All mothers and toddlers who participated walked away with gift bags of educational material and developmental toys for their toddlers’ future development

Toddlers, who were entered by their proud mums in more than three categories, were entered into the Hall of Fame for the opportunity to win one of four amazing educational grand prizes of a fund towards one year of education tuition, further supporting their development as future champions.

Grand prize winners were announced during the last day of the competition in Mirdif City Center winning a one year education fund; Rubie Nepomuceno Pineda, Nazish Zulqarmain, Rana Ranoosh, and Maalhika Nagpal.  'I participated in the on the ground activation in Mirdif City Center and took pictures of my child completing the challenges and uploaded them to the Facebook page and thankfully was called back. I am very happy to have participated in this competition and be announced as one of the grand prize winners! I want to thank Aptamil Junior for giving me this opportunity” says Rana Ranoosh, one of the grand prize winners.

While all the contestants were winners in their own right, all shortlisted toddlers and their mothers walked away with certificates recognizing them for their achievement and the important role they play in their child’s development as well as gift vouchers from Mumzworld.com.

'I participated in the competition on Facebook focusing on the 6 toddler development skills and thankfully my daughter was amongst the weekly winners in the interactive skills category. Although we didn't win today, we are happy to have been nominated as one of the 14 shortlisted contestants and we are very happy to be part of the competition' says Lara Walid, one of the shortlisted mothers.

During the 6 week toddler development challenge, Aptamil Junior received a great amount of participation in the competition with more than 3000 entries from all over the country showcasing the development and achievements of toddlers and kids from 1-6 years of age.

They received great entries of toddlers & kids reciting the alphabet, identifying colors and animals correctly, stacking shapes, reading storybooks, drawing wonderfully and even reciting world capitals by heart! The most popular categories were creative and physical skills, but all other categories had a great amount of participation as well. Of course, Aptamil Junior considers all the participants in the competition as future champions, and thanks all mothers for the active role they play in developing their toddler’s skills.

This competition along with their Growing Up Milks; Aptamil Junior and Aptamil Kid, are not the only ways they aim to support parents in the UAE. They also have a great nutritional consultation service by the name Apta-advice which gives mothers all the support that they need as a parents throughout their journey.