Why toddlers climb furniture: development, milestones and safety
By Isha Gopal, Founder, Bloon Toys · Published: 31 July 2026 · Last updated: 24 August 2026 The short answer Toddlers climb because climbing is a gross-motor milestone. The urge...
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15 play spaces for adventurous play
1) Red Soil Nature Play, Bengaluru https://www.redsoilnatureplay.org/ This space is all about unstructured, nature-based play—where kids can dig in the dirt, climb, explore, and connect with the outdoors. It’s...
Lila's Adventures in the Living Room
The moment Lila walked out of her room in yet another elaborate costume, you could tell that this house was alive. It wasn’t the kind of childhood you see neatly...
Why the Living Room might be the ultimate Play Room for kids
When kids play in the living room, they get to be part of the adults’ real life and participate in the flow of family life. They can ask parents for...
A Saturday at Bindoongplay
The word Bindoong in Korean means to be relaxed and to be in a state of ease, as the 5 directors who conceptualised this space hope all its users will...
The Bloon Toys Podcast #2: Priyanka Rai & Sai Gaddam
In this second episode of The Bloon Toys Podcast, Isha (founder of Bloon Toys) speaks with Priyanka Rai & Sai Gaddam, the founders of Comini Learning, a Finnish Education micro-school...
Bloon Toys at D/Code 2023
Bloon Toys was thrilled to be part of D/Code this year - Home & Design TRENDS, Good Homes (Times Group). D/Code is an annual showcase of the best luxury architects...
Toy Design: Making the Slide
“We knew right from the start that we wanted to have a slide to go with the Pikler because climbing and sliding are so intrinsically intertwined. Children often do all...
The Bloon Toys Podcast #1: Hemangi Ghosh
In this first ever Bloon Toys Podcast, Isha, founder of Bloon Toys speaks with Hemangi Ghosh, one of the first parents and teachers at Tridha, the first Waldorf School in Mumbai....
The Krishnamurti Experience
Over the last few weeks I’ve had the delightful opportunity to speak to a few alumni from Krishnamurti schools in India about how their experience of school has been, and...
Nature Table: Why & How
The nature table is a very special practice that is cultivated in students of Waldorf schools and often stays with them through their lives in different forms and articulations. This...
The Bloon Toys Podcast #3: Gowri Varanashi
In this third episode of The bloon toys podcast, Isha, founder of bloon toys and Radha, writer at bloon toys, speak with Gowri Varanashi, the founder of Wilderness Ways, a...
Our Waldorf Experience by Radha & Nandini
In this little conversational article, Radha and Nandini, sisters who graduated from Tridha, a Waldorf school in Mumbai, reflect on their upbringing and experience of having been in a Waldorf...
Mud Play: Why & How
Research has indicated that mineral rich, toxin free mud, has a therapeutic effect that can and is being used to treat ailments ranging from eczema to aching backs and fibromyalgia...
Guide To Choosing An Alternative School
When one looks outside the realm of conventional schooling, the world of alternative education can be mesmerising and awe inspiring. Finland, a Scandinavian Welfare State, is a leading example of...
How To Play With Leaves
Sometimes, all it takes is a child’s imagination to transform the most mundane and boring things about life, into something wonderfully interesting! In this little exercise that is our attempt...