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A community space for our Bloon Log… anyone interested in alternative education, learning, design - keep an eye out here for interesting things we find out about and want to share, inspiring people we talk to, behind the scenes design stories, or events we’re hosting, new launches etcetera :)
By Isha Gopal, Founder, Bloon Toys · Published: 31 July 2026 · Last updated: 6 August 2026 The short answer Toddlers climb because climbing is a gross-motor milestone, not misbehaviour....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
“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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...