Can architecture help our children learn? A Czech kindergarten puts Montessori principles into practice | Concrete Ideas
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        On the ball: the polka dot toy that entertained a nation 
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                        
	
                    
                    
                        Messy, tender, disarming: lockdown with young kids — in photographs
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                        
	
                    
                    
                        My father was a quiet man. Revisiting my childhood in photos brought us closer together
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Can you ever truly know your mother? In the novel The Doll, Ismail Kadare thinks you can’t
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Ukrainian dissident Oleg Sentsov pays tribute to his childhood friend in this moving excerpt from his autobiography 
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                        
	
                    
                    
                        Young Pioneers: the Moscow kids reviving a Soviet youth movement
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Check out this Israeli artist’s illustrated memories of Soviet youth
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Russian Blue Whale suicide challenge founder gets three-year jail sentence
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Russian lawmakers vote to ban pro-suicide social media groups
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Russia could soon ban children under 14 from social media
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                        
	
                    
                    
                        Belarusian photographer Alexey Shlyk looks back on an innovative DIY culture
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                        
	
                    
                    
                        Welcome to the jungle: Belarusian designer Anne Zabelina finds a magical oasis in Minsk
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Museum of War Childhood opens in Sarajevo
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Georgia wins 2016 Junior Eurovision Song Contest
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Moscow residents spooked by positively medieval playground gallows
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Croatian designer Nataša Njegovanović takes us to the farmyard
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                        
	
                    
                    
                        Digging deeper: life lessons from an archaeological summer camp