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|    Treon Verdery to All    |
|    Things that fill children with happiness    |
|    06 Sep 22 10:01:24    |
      From: treon3verdery@gmail.com              Most children like their names, perhaps software could take their favorite       songs and say their names, psychologically quantified as fun, happiness       causing and being beneficial or harmless        The wheels on the bus go round and round song is software modified to "when       Treon's in the car we go go go, go go go, when Treon's in the car we go go go       all through the town" or "head, shoulders knees and toes" is software modified       to "head shoulders        knees and toes, head shoulders knees and toes, Serina's eyes ears mouth and       nose, head shoulders knees and toes"       The software encourages the child to sing along, perhaps listening through the       microphone, cortana child advisor or amazon echo dot,       Also they could reconfigure the alphabet song to letter along with the       person's name, pqr s,e,r,I,n,a tuv or qrs t, r, e, o, n, uvw or also a       friend's name, or their crush's name if it continued to be popular all the way       to junior high (tween) age              A couple of the children liked speaking from knowledge and certainty, one of       the children liked telling me about things in his life, some of them were just       naturally social              Teach children to navigate towards things that make them happy, I think       children do this some already but maybe it can be learned,       Activation energy compared with habit or convenience              Things that move around on their own seem to attract enjoyment and comment,       rats in 4th grade got lots of comments and attention, perhaps some self       righting roomba like robots that you can give treats, or see see o playmate       props              Hands in the air actually does lift up the fun at raves, it is possible that       they could find physical motions that quantitatively make children happier       like skipping, hands in the air, a certain kind of accomplished feeling when       wiggling ears, moving        hairline back and forth or curling tongue, happy running can be fun for some       children, dance and gymnastics could have more of that              Optimizing the interval between taking turns could optimize fun for some       children, in kindergarten we did a thing where everyone formed a circle, the       group floated up the parachute and a person ran under the big white floaty       thing and it was fun, it        seems possible there is a middle of the distribution of how long between       different children's turns it is to cause the most enjoyment and even       happiness, when they find that interval out then they can utilize it at live       amusements, voluntary dance and        gymnastics components of choreography, and the intervals of activity at       software and toys that entertain children; they could have utilized a       plurality of parachutes and each child would get to go more times; also       children amusing themselves practice        their own intervals of fun, I might notice the same child running, walking,       looking at something, and sometimes skipping at their own pace, an average of       the changes of activity of children doing things at their own pace could be an       interval to vary        durations around, although I perceive most people like things slightly faster       than their natural change of pace because it makes things more engaging and       exciting;               They could also ask children what they look forward to and then make a list,       and then do some of the things and find out if the children have fun              at Blossom Gulch Elementary school the children I share and teach reading with       often look forward to activity changes, (the beep that says change groups, or       the class going to lunch) there is something about this that is different than       looking forward to        the next activity, or non conscious behavioral reinforcement (I think a       scientist might tell me people look forwards to lunch, automatically, without       a rationalized version in their mind because of previous often pleasant       reinforcements), perhaps having        a transition between activities occur twice as often would cause enjoyment,       also to benefit children that liked what they were doing each station could       sometimes include the option to do what they were previously doing              Czickmenhalis flow idea, alththe children's version              A handheld light up bar graph where you tried, and usually succeeded, and       sometimes made it into the "way to go" range when singing would give children       singing in groups something more to do; I sang along enough to qualify as       singing but not so much as        to get noticed, it is possible that singing louder, but still in tune with the       group, for some children, is more fun, a volume meter might provide feedback       and rapt attention that replaces self consciousness, sort of like a pilot       flying with their        instruments, the meter could also sing in harmony with you, it could have       in-tune width and vertical volume              Acoustic node quietization speakers on schoolbuses, children conversing on       school buses is awesome, school bus noises are not, although electric school       buses may instantly solve this              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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