The inspiration was the traditional oriental toy called Tangram. It is a geometric pieced puzzle, and in a bidimensional perspective the player can build and discover silhouettes of animals. The pieces have no joints, they are placed close together on a table.
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Touching knowledge: how children learn through touching
The hands reach for smooth, firm blades of grass, the fingers sift the granular texture of sand, and are then immersed in the soft water – a day at the beach, experienced with all of the senses. From the third month within the womb, we actively explore our surroundings and our own body.
Continue readingEducational architecture: a floating school in Bangladesh by Mohammed Rezwan
Although our family owned a small boat that ensured my travel to school during the monsoon season I saw many of my friends and relatives could not go, something found difficult to accept. I thought that if the children cannot come to the school for lack of proper transportation, then the school should go to them, by boat.
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