Parents want to provide the best education and development opportunities for their children, but unfortunately many are busy and don't have a lot of time, resources, or expertise in this area.
Not every family can afford full-time daycare, summer camps, Montessori-style schools, etc.
Funding for non-STEM activities is increasingly being cut in schools (music, art, drama, dance), yet many studies show these are critical to child development.
The idea is to provide a space for parents and professionals to meet, exchange information through blog posts and forums, as well as an app allowing independent teachers and creative professionals (musicians, storytellers, actors, clowns, tourguides, etc) to advertise group sessions.
Parents would easily find these activities, filtered by their child's age, stage of development, special areas they would like to focus on, etc. Parents could opt-in to mailing lists, push notifications, etc, on a variety of aspects of parenthood and weekly activities for their children.
Who are the stakeholders?
Parents, teachers, and creative professionals.
What is currently being done to solve this problem?
Wonder Weeks provides excellent developmental target info by age, but is essentially a reduced version of the book in app form with very little interactivity, and very minimal information on what to actually do to support your child's development.
Hoop app provides local activities. Its strength is that it provides quick access to nearby sessions, but it provides little or no developmental info or suggestions. Hoop is not available outside the US and UK.
The idea is to take both of the above a step further, by providing real-time, local suggestions on what parents can actually do to support their child's development by linking them to local classes, events, and other resources.
misterrodger
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5 years ago 
Name
John
Describe the problem you'd like to solve
The idea is to provide a space for parents and professionals to meet, exchange information through blog posts and forums, as well as an app allowing independent teachers and creative professionals (musicians, storytellers, actors, clowns, tourguides, etc) to advertise group sessions.
Parents would easily find these activities, filtered by their child's age, stage of development, special areas they would like to focus on, etc. Parents could opt-in to mailing lists, push notifications, etc, on a variety of aspects of parenthood and weekly activities for their children.
Who are the stakeholders?
Parents, teachers, and creative professionals.
What is currently being done to solve this problem?