A new kind of kindergarten design encourages kids to be their silly selves

I had to click through to a post with that title. 🙂

There’s no doubt we need change our current “children’s prison” model. In Japan there’s a brave, new model.

Architect Takaharu Tezuka explains in a TEDx Kyoto talk how one school created a kindergarten that doesn’t fight against kids’ natural impulses. It counts on them. …

The roof is a giant ring of a playground. Why? Kids love to run in circles. …

A new kind of kindergarten design encourages kids to be their silly selves

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Click PLAY or watch a TED Talk on YouTube. Takaharu Tezuka: The best kindergarten you’ve ever seen

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