Numbers at play: dynamic toys make the invisible visible | Khan Academy Long-term Research
We imagined a world where children can "look behind" an object in the digital world to see more abstract representations. A child might first describe a flower by its holistic shape, but as they develop, they’ll see how its petals abstractly relate to leaves of a tree. Then they’re ready to control the patterns that petals follow: the child can... See more
Playful worlds of creative math: a design exploration | Khan Academy Long-term Research
🐦⬛Dear creators,
If you want to create something new, you must first give yourself permission to play.
Play is not a break from “serious” work—it is the soil from which serious art, ideas, and innovation grow. When you play, you’re not bound by logic or perfection. You explore. You combine the unexpected.... See more
instagram.comCrucially, there was a wave of so-called philosophical toys that were designed primarily as tools to investigate human perception in sound and vision, but which were also intended to entertain.