The Kid Should See This  • January 21, 2026

🥶 WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK:

What do you do if you fall through thin ice? ➜

Over the winter break, we took our first family vacation in eight years—a trip to Japan, the country where two of my grandparents were born. Inspired by the experience, I’m sharing a few favorite Japan videos from TKSST’s collection in this Instagram reel, which also includes our quick visit to a capybara cafe.

In other news:

🛰️ Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Who Helped Make GPS Possible, Dies at 95.

🐧 LEGO just launched four LEGO Education kits: space, animal, and nature activity sets with lesson plans that let kids “build, solve, and invent” while they play.

💻 Rethinking screen time in California classrooms.

🤖 Four takeaways from a new Brookings Institution report on AI in education. (Spoiler: The risks of AI outweigh its benefits.)

🧊 When ICE Comes to School: How Teachers and Students Are Adapting

🇺🇸 Educators: Apply now for the Fall Semester 2026. Join the Smithsonian’s Democracy in Dialogue Virtual Exchange to help your students, ages 10-19, investigate local history and share their community’s stories with peers across the country and its territories.

🎲 Sago Mini “set out to build the unboringest reading app ever” for ages 5-10, “informed by the literacy experts at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop and Hoot Reading.” And it just launched: Superfonik.com

Stay safe out there. — Rion

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