The Kid Should See This.
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There's just so much science, nature, music, art, technology, storytelling and assorted good stuff out there that my kids (and maybe your kids) haven't seen. It's most likely not stuff that was made for them...
But we don't underestimate kids around here.
Kid-friendly not-made-for-kids videos for all! Collected by Rion Nakaya and her three four year old co-curator.
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Google “Jigokudani Yaen-koen” and you will happen upon many relaxing (and adorable) Snow Monkeys, or Japanese macaques, who live in the famous monkey park in the Nagano Prefecture of Japan.
The heavy snowfalls (snow covers the ground for 4 months a year), an elevation of 850 meters, and being only accessible via a narrow two kilometer footpath through the forest, keep it uncrowded despite being relatively well-known… Starting in 1963, the monkeys descend from the steep cliffs and forest to sit in the warm waters of the onsen (hotsprings), and return to the security of the forests in the evenings.
Next stop: this BBC Wildlife video feature, which explains more backstory about the wild monkeys’ hot spring spa and, well, shows a lot of macaques! Reason enough.
h/t This Is Colossal.
After watching NYT’s Brooklyn’s Rube Goldberg video, we went googling for Japanese versions and happened upon a bunch short films for the educational TV show, Pitagora Suitchi (PythagoraSwitch).
This one and this one are serious physics fun, but don’t stop after that: there’s an entire 25 minute playlist! (…if not more. It’s the internet, afterall!)
A video that rocks 3 important things: Japan. The 80s. Bubbles. And bonus: there’s an elephant!
Thanks, @fjordaan.
Hello, Lullatone! We’ve been listening to their music for a few weeks now and both the co-curator and I like their audio aesthetic (my words, not his), which seem to be influenced by some analog processes, if Lullatone’s videos lend clues.
Our two favorite videos were the DIY above (in Japanese) and these Experiments Around the House, which have inspired a few musical experiments around our house.
Thanks, Shawn!
