Yoto I Eat Poop

Yoto says: If kids at school saw Dougie eat his lunch, they'd know his secret; he's a dung beetle, and he loves eating poop!

This card features original sound design.

In the vein of Please Don't Eat Me and We Don't Eat Our Classmates, I Eat Poop by Mark Pett is a heartwarming and hilarious audiobook about friendship, fitting in, and accepting each other's differences.

Dougie has a secret: he’s not a ground beetle. He’s a dung beetle, and he loves eating poop. Dougie knows he should be proud. Dung beetles help process waste and do other extraordinary things! But Dougie also knows that if anyone at school saw his lunch, he’d be an outcast.

One day, the lunchroom bugs out over a classmate eating poop, and Dougie must make a choice. Can he stand up for his friend—and for his true self? I Eat Poop. is packed with important social emotional learning themes and is great for classroom or at home discussion.

Read "I Eat Poop" for conversations about:
- Bullying and being kind.
- Standing up for your friends and speaking up for your beliefs.
- Being proud of your culture and heritage.
- Embracing diversity and accepting and celebrating differences.

The card also includes incredible, STEM-related facts about bugs. A Macmillan Audio production from Roaring Brook Press.

Maker

My co-foundes were talking about the challenges of modern parenting. Both had nagging concerns around the effects of excess screen time for young children, with potential negatives around sleep disruption, fine motor control development and addictiveness of screens making them think twice about putting kids in front of a screen.

Having enrolled his children at a Montessori nursery, he was also fascinated by the teachings of Maria Montessori. She believed (amongst other things) that child development was improved through allowing children certain levels of independence, and to place emphasis on using physical objects in learning and play.

Despite all of this, they actually both are technophiles and big believers in the power of the internet and tech as a force for good. Screens aren’t always bad! Also, having met whilst working together in the digital music world, they really wanted to give their kids easy access to music and other audio content.

So they came up with the idea of a connected, screen-free audio device that kids could be fully in control of using physical smartcards. With no experience in hardware, electronics or industrial design, but liking the idea of a challenge, they got to work prototyping a basic device and started testing with their own families and friends.

Age

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