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.@techwillsaveus’ Arcade Coder kit wants to get kids making games medium.com/contempoplay/t…

Classic FM and David Walliams team up on classical-music podcast for kids medium.com/contempoplay/c…

Pika wants to help kids explore the world with a smartphone camera, and is raising £18k on Kickstarter to do it medium.com/contempoplay/p…

Tidal Tikes is a gadget that helps kids vacuum up their own Lego and marbles medium.com/contempoplay/t…

The Tantrum That Saved The World book teaches kids about climate change – and explains what they can do to help medium.com/contempoplay/t…

Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy? There's an app for that: Enid Blyton’s Famous Five are back as a mobile game medium.com/contempoplay/e…

Friends of Apps Playground! There’s some news which is happy-sad (but hopefully more happy) - the link explains twitter.com/stuartdredge/s…

This is super-exciting news FYI twitter.com/Tiyuri/status/…

Sphero Mini robo-ball offers games and coding for kids, looks like a pool ball and costs just £50 medium.com/contempoplay/s…

Campaigners ask Mattel to can its Aristotle smart-speaker for kids on grounds of privacy and commercial intrusion medium.com/contempoplay/c…

Garmin and Disney launch Fitbit-style activity trackers for kids medium.com/contempoplay/g…

Snot, bees and gorillas! Meet CBBC’s new Operation Ouch! mobile game medium.com/contempoplay/s…

Mini Bakers Club wants to get children crafting and cooking medium.com/contempoplay/m… @bkd_london

Pomelody blends songs, stories and videos to give kids a music education medium.com/contempoplay/d…

Pixel turns smartphones and tablets into programmable robots medium.com/contempoplay/p…

Potato Pirates card game mixes strategy and coding skills, teaching kids programming concepts medium.com/contempoplay/p…

Maunzi robot wants to get children coding, with a Lego-style interface of blocks and sensors medium.com/contempoplay/m…

Bravery Magazine battles princess culture with quarterly kids' mag: first issue is about primatologist Jane Goodall medium.com/contempoplay/b…

Could a Force Field Cloak help cure your child’s fear of the dark? medium.com/contempoplay/c… @ForceFieldCloak

Harry Potter and the Kindle in Motion animated e-book: the illustrated edition with Jim Kay's imagery goes digital medium.com/contempoplay/h…