SURPRISE US
What have we missed?
31 contributions
Sorted by Newest
Contribution list


Zero-to-five Development Can Impact Inequality
Zero-to-five development not only impacts future development at the individual level, but also has social implications. Therefore, as we generate ideas for zero-to-five development, it’s crucial to include racial, gender, religious, and other social
Care or money
During the research with a a group of women, a disagreement occurred. This disagreement was based on points that childcare as the name implies does not need money but essentially care. In explaining their divergent views, the proponent for money as m


What is this about? Information, resources, actions? Who? and where?
Is it about children? Is it about parents? Is it about the community? Is it about the village? Is it about the suburb? Where are we? in low income communities in Nairobi? or in low income communities in Loita Hills? That makes a big difference!


Repurposing Existing Structures
Mumbai's ubiquitous storm drains are transformed to educational platforms. How might we leverage existing structures to provide sites of learning?


How a Non-Profit Childcare Center can Change the Direction of Early Childhood Education
For over 15 years, Mother Nurture Company has been operating a childcare center locally known as Frog Pond Early Learning Center. With its unique mission of nurturing pre-school children through nature-based and science-focused curriculum, Frog Pond


Edible Branding Reaches Millions
What can we learn about innovative messaging to low income communities from corporate brands?
Let's encourage kids to read and love reading.
Reading is one of the most valuable lifetime skills. Everyone will, at some point or another, need to know how to read. Knowing how to read is invaluable, it can connect us to knowledge, show us different perspective, it encourages us to think and to
Education through coloring
Helping with education using coloring books and teaching the child to be creative. This concept has a multitude of design ideas and no matter what the educational level of the parent, or caregiver everyone can get involved.


10,00 foot inspiration and thoughts. Use these links to get inspired, to think big and imagine the possibilities. This is just a start of a conversation between a Thinker and Designer: Part one: http://goo.gl/5HmSCy Part two: http://goo.gl/3GlqVs
To define a problem, it is important to put yourself in others shoes and have empathy for a community, person or identified issue. I do not have children of my own but understand how important it is to nurture success, create an environment where su


Sankofa: Lessons from a 50-year-old Photo Essay titled Playtime in Africa
A visionary 1960's photo essay titled Playtime in Africa by W. Bell and E. Sutherland showcased modern Ghanaian children playing with creativity and imagination in both urban and rural settings. 50 years on, this small gem still has the capacity to


The Power of Play - Ensuring that Vulnerable Children Thrive
A conversation with Dr. Jane Aronson, founder of the World Wide Orphans Foundation, on the programs that this foundation puts into place to support the healthy development of young orphaned children around the world.


Ice cream car - bringing good things to you
In our last Open IDEO meetup covering very basic needs (food, safety, shelter but also knowledge and access) popped up when we reflected about challenge. Some reported about their experiences in third world / development countries were distances


SIDE WALK - Woman walks through her life
A though provoking animation, from a kid to a Granny.. U got to watch this


Tanzanian parents' views on school readiness
We did in-depth phone interviews with parents in various regions of Tanzania, as well as an SMS poll for parents that was promoted through national TV (as part of our edutainment program, Ubongo Kids). The goal was to learn what challenges parents f


A mother of four and a daughter of ten...
Yesterday afternoon I interviewed my mother - who raised four girls. She was also the seventh child in the line of ten kids. Having never been a parent, I've been quite fixated on how first time parents actually learn how to parent and what their e


[Global Conversations] Bring Joy to Fatherhood Too
Parenting is often framed in terms of the duty parents owe, not the joy they can derive from young children. How might we re-frame active fatherhood as a source of joy, meaning, and purpose?


Talk, Read, Sing!
Simple language and free tools to help parents in California fuel their children's cognitive development.


Empowering kids with the Kids Hack Day
Inspired by the global hackerspace movement, kids hack day is a 1 day event providing children and their parents with a space for self-directed learning and creative expression. We believe this is best done outside of traditional schools. Kids Hack D


Pacific Regional Council for Early Childhood Care and Education (PRC4ECCE)
PRC4ECCE is an innovative regional Council, initiated by the Education Ministers of every Pacific Island Country for the benefit of Pacific Islands Countries. It is the only body in the Pacific that provides guidance on ECCE direction to countries, a


Have you met Jerry, the Sproutel Bear?
Jerry is an interactive smartfriend for children (3 to 7+) with chronic illnesses to learn and cope through play. The magic of a teddy to bridge industrial engineering, play and empathetic healthcare in child development.


Recycled toys: creativity and environmental education
Recycled toys are an excellent way to involve children into creativity, imagination and environmental education.