While many point to coding as an useful skill for the future, it can teach kids something more powerful in the near term. Kids see that the incredible (and often magical) things they use on their iPhone or iPad everyday were made by people — just like them.
Sometimes two heads are better than one. To create the artwork for Infinite Arcade, two Tinyboppers huddled up in a pod and researched, played, and drew. And drew some more.
This weekend the New York Times featured a brilliant op-ed, "How to Raise a Creative Child. Step One: Back Off,” by Adam Grant. It highlighted several values we work toward at Tinybop.
We love WNYC’s Note to Self with Manoush Zomorodi. The episode “LEGO Kits and Your Creative Soul” is especially worth listening to if you’re curious about how play boosts your kid’s and your own creative abilities.
We’re getting ready to release the first app in our second series: Digital Toys. While we’re bringing it into the world after releasing three apps in the Explorer’s Library, Digital Toys was the first series we sketched out and we're really excited about it.
