NutSpace | Child Development

The NutSpace app provides parents of 2-7 year olds with age appropriate themes that have stories, music and more. Each topic has a detailed lesson plan, extended activities and assessments for further learning. The platform fosters cognitive development, mindfulness, values & life-skills and parent-child bonding.

The platform has recreational as well as pedagogic impact. The app provides fun and age-based daily developmental activities to do with your 2-7 year old. Each day, you’ll find new ideas on early stimulation activities that boost development and help you bond with your child.

Created by experts in Early Years education, NutSpace gives you access to several activities that are created in the form of easy-to-follow short video that will allow you to quickly get a grasp of the activity at hand, and then complete it with your child.

The app is designed with the idea of empowering the time-strapped parent of today. It will save parents time and provide them with credible content to help their children learn.

NutSpace is based on the latest findings from leading researchers in the fields of early years education and child development.

NutSpace includes a treasure trove of resources including:

Stories & Music: The brain loves stories. Stories help to develop imagination. The brain perceives stories almost like reality. Stories are the closest thing to real-life experience. All our stories are categorized in appropriate themes.

Values & Life Skill: NutSpace also develops WHOs 10 Core Life Skills in Children. Life skills are behaviors that enable individuals to adapt and deal effectively with the demands and challenges of life. There are many such skills, but 10 core life skills laid down by WHO are:

- Self-awareness
- Empathy
- Critical thinking
- Creative thinking
- Decision making
- Problem Solving
- Effective communication
- Interpersonal relationship
- Coping with stress
- Coping with emotions

Read more: What are Life Skills & Why We Teach them: http://nutsp.cc/CoreLifeSkills

Facts: Each lesson has some interesting facts to spark the imagination of your child. This additional knowledge will ensure you raise an aware and well-rounded child.
Vocabulary: We select five words per story and then convey their pronunciation, meaning, usage by way of an interesting and relatable enactment. This method is sure to convey the meaning to your child learning the word for life.

Experiments: Simple to-do projects at home will help your child understand concepts in a fun and hands-on manner. These will also help you bond with your child.

Role-play: What better way to enhance your child’s confidence, voice modulation and body language that a fun role-play activity? This section will make your child giggle and have fun while imitating characters she learnt about.

DIY exercises: Each NutSpace lesson plan has a Do-it-Yourself (DIY) exercise which will help children to think, follow instructions and improve their imagination.

Mindfulness Games: Mindfulness is the energy that helps us recognize the conditions of happiness that are already present in our lives. By was of short, fun games and activities, this segment helps children pay attention to themselves on purpose. These purposeful exercises will work towards enhancing your child's focus and attention. They also foster Social Emotional Learning (SEL).

According to the World Economic Forum, children need to be equipped with Social and Emotional skills to be able to thrive in the workplace of the future.

In short SEL is:
- Recognising emotions in oneself and others
- Managing strong emotions
- Having empathy for others
- Controlling impulses
- Communicating clearly and assertively
- Maintaining cooperative relationships
- Making responsible decisions
- Solving problems effectively

Read more: Why Children need Social Emotional Skills: http://nutsp.cc/SELearn

Do you have a child aged 2-7 years? Download NutSpace today to foster life-long learning