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Spotify has big news for the tiniest music-lovers in your brood: the company has launched a brand-new kid-friendly app just for littles, called Spotify Kids. Exclusive to Spotify Family subscribers, the ad-free app, which is currently in beta, contains music, audiobooks, educational resources, and more for kids ages 3 and up. "Spotify Kids was born out of the desire to create a playground of sound just for kids-to build a place where younger kids can explore their favorite music and stories in a fun environment. The content is ad-free and hand-picked by a team of editors, and the experience is...

As I write this post, my community is still under a Stay-At-Home order, and has been for several weeks. There has been a lot of debate about when and how we should open up different areas of the country. Communities are trying to balance the health of businesses and the economy with the health of people. In a way, the two interests are intertwined in a close and long-term relationship. Which is a lot like this month’s topic – symbiosis. Symbiosis is when two dissimilar organisms are closely associated with each other. Sometimes both benefit from the relationship. Other times,...

Make Playtime Fun With Japanese Toys Many people in Japan and across the globe are working remotely from home during the coronavirus pandemic. Employees who are homebound have noticed they are spending a lot more time with their kids. Due to nationwide school closures, however, children are likely to be bored and restless. MATCHA has compiled a list of Japanese products that’ll help make the best of your time together during social distancing. From toys that will stimulate your child’s learning, to indoor games for kids and adults alike, the items mentioned in this article are available for purchase online....

So - if you have been thrust into the world of homeschooling... How is it going for you? After trying to get a 6 year old complete her school homework, while trying to tend to a toddler and a newly invigorated cleaning routine, I found it just too much. Too damn much.  It was not working for us. Due to the corona-crisis the situation we found ourselves in was so very different from a normal homeschool set-up, where you supplement your home-schooling with trips to museums or other places of interest, playgroups and leisure centres for socialising and so on....

Age 4 is a huge milestone year. Not only do many 4-year-olds go to preschool or start pre-kindergarten, but they’re also becoming much more well-rounded, articulate little humans with ideas and opinions aplenty. They start to share, ask tons of questions, and form solid friendships.  They also become choosier about what toys they will or won’t play with, so gifts for 4-year-olds should build on these new, emerging capabilities while also taking kids’ own specific idiosyncrasies and interests into account.  ADVERTISEMENT “Think about simple board games to use new thinking skills and emerging self-control as they wait for a turn...