Data Culture Podcast
Data2Kids initiative: Inspiring children to visualize data – with Alex Kolokolov
Alex Kolokolov spent 16 years working with data before becoming a dad. So he started Data2Kids. The free nonprofit helps kids aged 5 to 12 turn data into visual stories using toys, drawings, or digital tools. Beyond data literacy, the project creates meaningful parent-child moments. Alex's key takeaway for adults: we've forgotten how to play with data.
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“As grown-ups we should build bar charts from toys.”
In this episode, Carsten Bange talks to Alex Kolokolov about Data2Kids: A free, non-profit initiative that helps children learn data visualization through playful, hands-on projects. Alex shares how kids collect data based on their own questions, build stories, and create visuals as craft, painting, or digital submissions, supported by workshops, a contest, and expert jury feedback.
Alex on LinkedIn.
Carsten Bange on LinkedIn.
BARC on LinkedIn.
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