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Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Paper Toys

http://www.papertoys.com/
Fun toys to make. I tried out one came out well.

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Crayola


Didnt know Crayola had such a wide range of products. Some very interesting art tools.
http://www.crayola.com/

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Zac Browser




A Browser specially designed for children with Autism.
The installer is available for free download.
http://www.zacbrowser.com/

Kooky Klicker


Didnt know Pens could be so much fun :)

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Toy WIshes


http://www.toywishes.com/
This site is a treasure for toy lovers.
Do check out their blog as well. Categorizes toys by age, type etc.

Monday, November 17, 2008

Re-Mission

http://www.re-mission.net/

Re Mission is not just another video Game.
This is a well researched Game by Hope Lab for teenagers with Cancer.
This is a challenging, 3D "shooter" with 20 levels that takes the player on a journey through the body of young patients with different kinds of cancer. Created by leading video game developers and animators in collaboration with scientific and medical consultants and HopeLab staff, this state-of-the-art game is designed to be cool and fun, while helping players to increase their personal knowledge about cancer and improve their confidence in their ability to manage their cancer.

Joan Ganz Cooney



http://www.joanganzcooneycenter.org/

Most of us have watched Sesame street at some phase of our life .
I love Sesame street philosophy of educational value without taking the fun away .
A constant search for how emerging medium can help children learn.

The Indian version galligallisimsim also looks like a lot of fun.
http://www.galligallisimsim.com/games/default.html

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Jabberstamp

Children love telling stories and this is a great way .
Do watch the video. You can see the children having a lot of fun.
Nice to see different ways of taking the kids out of the standard computer screen.
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=SQD9GsjbGiY
Thanks Praneet for the link .

Children Shared design space


Must be fun

Thursday, October 23, 2008

SMART Table - Touch. Learn. Together



Strange as this is what I had envisioned for FABLE.
Thanks Praneet for the link.
http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Products/SMART+Table

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Swinxs

http://www.swinxs.com/en/info/
Cool gaming console :) At least the kids are not stuck to the computers. Love the form and colour.

Thank you Kalyan for the link :)

Monday, October 6, 2008

Feel good designs

children have a right to beauty.
http://www.feelgood-designs.com/

Naef Spiele AG


http://www.naefspiele.ch/home-produkte.html
look - play - be amazed


Colourful and fun puzzles and toys.

Esthex

http://www.esthex.com/index.htm
Very unusual but interesting hand made soft toys .

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Boezels


This is something very interesting.Each Boezel friend has unique characteristics and applies in a specific way to the four senses (touching, smelling, hearing, seeing.)
http://www.boezels.com/indxbi.htm

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Creative park


I love making things with paper. There are loads of stuff which can be downloaded from this site .Enjoy Cut, copy , paste in reality :)

http://cp.c-ij.com/english/index.html

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Hole in the wall


http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/sugata_mitra_shows_how_kids_teach_themselves.html
http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/



Very proud to see an Indian in the field of technology and education for the underprivileged children.Would love to be able to do it some day.
Love the line "A teacher that can be replaced by a machine should be."

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Play pumps



This is sure creativity at its best.Waiting for many such inventions :) Or hoping a similar ideas strike me as well :)
http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2008/02/the-cleverest-i.html

Thank you Kalyan for sharing the site :)

Friday, June 27, 2008

The iilustration castle

Lately I have been very interested in people who illustrate for kids.Hoping one day my book releases ;)
http://www.illustrationcastle.com/

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Schools Designed for Learning



Cool school.Would love to see it.

Friday, June 20, 2008

Toy Sculpture



Somewhat spooky but interesting interactive toys by Anastasia Ward

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Kidrobot

Some very cute toys. I would love to have some of them on my office table especially munny he is really cute .:)
http://www.kidrobot.com/products.cfm?&dept=TOYS&typ=KIDROBOT

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

FABLE-Fun Table








Finally I blog about a project I have done actually my baby :)

FABLE is an interactive multiplayer edutainment table for children with
various abilities.
FABLE is a means of collaborative learning. It is a platform on which
numerous educational as well as entertainment games can be played. It
has been inspired by the traditional mode of interaction among children.
My research was done at Association of People with Disability, Bangalore
(An inclusive school). Three lessons have been made for the prototype.
The fun lessons help children learn sentence formation. The topics for the
story were decided keeping in mind the children's life.
The prototype has been developed after a lot of iterations. With the
improvement of technology FABLE is sure to become better by the day,
bringing more and more children together.

If anybody would like to help me in completing it so that it can be used in the school are welcome.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Instructables

http://www.instructables.com/
Very interesting instuctions on how to make very creative things .

Monday, June 9, 2008

Woogie wednesday

Wonderful to see mother and daughter duo creating such awesome work.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thetypejunkie/sets/72157603561004539/

Friday, June 6, 2008

Kidshannon

Some very nice kids illustration

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Orisinal

A set of beautiful and addictive flash games. Each game looks like a painting .
http://www.ferryhalim.com
They have an online store as well
http://www.cafepress.com/orisinal

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Bobles

Very intrresting and colourful furniture.
http://www.bobles.dk/en/37541/TUMBLING%20ANIMALS

Toys and dolls





This reminds me of the dolls my mom used to make me when I was a kid :)
Hillary Lang has made some amazing dolls you must check out :)
http://flickr.com/photos/hillarylang/sets/463804/

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Roll Call



This is not related to design for children. But this video is very touching.

Friday, May 16, 2008

Special need toys


This site is filled with toys for children. I wouldn't say only for children with special needs as I am sure every child will enjoy it. :)
http://www.specialneedstoys.com/UK/

Friday, April 18, 2008

Once upon a time

http://wetellstories.co.uk/stories/week3/
Time to create your own stories...Pretty neat

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

lala-a-gogo


http://www.lala-a-gogo.com/
Lala has a room of a princess..... she seems very mysterious....Do check her blog as well
http://blog.lala-a-gogo.com/

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

International Children's Digital Library

Try reading a book. The experience is really simple and intuitive.
Surely designed for and by children.
http://www.childrenslibrary.org/

Friday, April 4, 2008

Sam's toy box

I have never seen anybody with such a huge collection of toys. I am glad he has documented it. I wonder why they don't make more Chocolate Factory Games would love to Play and eat yummmmmmm :)

http://www.samstoybox.com/

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

museum of modern art

Great way to teach kids about modern art.
http://moma.org/destination/#

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Harry Potter

http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/madeyemoody/
Awesome site for all Harry Potter fans

Monday, February 18, 2008

Starfish art


http://www.starfishart.com/
Personalised gifts .

Friday, February 15, 2008

Dinky Designs

http://www.dinkydesigns.com/

Personalized stationery and gifts for kids

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

ICT to Inspire

http://www.timrylands.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDOhNb5lO0k&feature=related
I really love the way they have integrated ICT into the class.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Design for children with children


http://youtube.com/watch?v=RIUSLeqyIsE
A long video but worth a watch.
Have always wanted to work with Allison Druin. Hope one day I do get an opportunity :)

Friday, January 18, 2008

Pingu

http://www.pingu.net/
One of my favourite cartoon characters.Enjoy surfing with Pingu :)

Thursday, January 17, 2008

how stuff works

http://home.howstuffworks.com/
The family and kids craft section has some fun stuff to do.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Great ideas for a childs rooms


http://www.yo-yo.co.il/
The website is in a foreign language.But try exploring it has some fresh colourful ideas.

Digital Arts and craft studio

http://www.fisher-price.com/fp.aspx?st=5626&e=digitalstudio-product
Find it nice but will miss the messy hands.

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Foldschool

http://www.foldschool.com/
There are some very interesting self made furniture for children.

Sunday, January 6, 2008

NEOS

http://news.archiexpo.com/press/playworld/playworld-systems-inc-launches-neos-11184-772.html
Finally technology comes to the playground.Am very excited.Guess FABLE will also have a chance to see the light of day.
NEOS looks fun would like to see it someday.