The pandemic was devastating for children's mental health: 20% of children and adolescents now have anxiety and 25% have depression
(Racine et al. (2021))
and I responded by making videos that teach 4-7 year old children to
recognize, understand, and use all of their feelings. You can read more
at Brokkolat or
watch the first video here (requires javascript):
A previous entrepreneurial project
was Puzzli, a smart toy based
with alphabet letters where children play with letters as
physical objects, learn the principle of the alphabet, and in
some cases even teach themselves to write their names before 4
years of age. I drew inspiration from a Montessori book, early learning research, and interactions at the Cambridge fabrication lab (MakeSpace). Here are selected photos:
Another previous entrepreneurial project
was CoVoucher20, a
voucher platform to
help local tourism businesses during the pandemic.