Are you ready for a new normal? See how COVID-19 create a new normal

We already been living together with COVID-19 for almost three months. Are you ready for a new normal? Following are the predictions from many sources regarding changes in new normal during and after COVID-19 passes.

Content:

| What will new normal might look like

| The new normal behavior might look like this…

| How we can adapt our business

| Conclusion

Experts had a few suggestions on what the new normal might look like

Wearing a mask everywhere

While a growing number of countries mandate mask-wearing, and dozens of other academics are urging all governments to require their citizens wear cloth masks in all public places.

School safety

Increasing the frequency of cleaning, reducing the used of shared items. Reducing the size of classes and keeping children in small groups without mixing with others.

Bowing or waving hand instead of shaking hands and hugging

Traditions that have lasted for centuries will be extinct by the existence of COVID-19. With the social distancing and contact-free lifestyle that emerged because of COVID-19, we no longer shake hands to avoid the spread of the deadly virus.

Air pollution sharply fell

The busiest city of New York, for example, with a traffic pandemic reduced by 35%, carbon monoxide pollution fell sharply by 50%, and CO2 pollution fell by 10%, as well as methane pollution. In China, only in the span of 2 weeks after the lockdown of energy use and emissions fell by 25%, thus cutting 1% of the total cumulative carbon emissions in China.

Predictions in the new normal behavior

The fall of mobility, the rise of stay at home

COVID-19 practically stop mobility and force people to stay at home. COVID-19 crisis brought humans back to ancient times where they lived only in caves, which means home for us. Welcome to stay at home economy.

Online-shopping widening and deepening: from wants to needs

Online shopping began to shift from products that are desires or wants to products that are the needs. Online shopping customers will widening from buying non-essential goods online to buy daily need. And will deepening where the volume of purchases is getting bigger.

The comeback of home cooking

Having enough free time at home during a pandemic provides an opportunity for you to hone a new skill that is cooking. People said that millennial “kills” home cooking because millennial moms lose their cooking ability. But apparently COVID-19 "turned it on" again. Yes, it is time for me to learn how to cook with my child.

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Online + home-schooling

COVID-19 triggers two trends at once in the learning process. First online learning or online-schooling using a digital platform. Secondly the role of parents is increasingly large in the child's learning process (home-schooling). I call these two trends: "online + home-schooling". Online + home-schooling is fundamentally changing the face of the world of education going forward, you will need more and more educational toy, while you working at home, your child will also have their time to learn by playing.

Read also: 5 Recommended STEAM APP for children in 2020

DIY & self-care at home

When consumers are accustomed to stay at home, they start trying out new and exciting things. One of them doing self-care or self-rejuvenation such as facials, meni-pedi, spa. Then this do it yourself (DIY) trend can become a new and normalcy purchases of self-care products automatically increase.

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How we can adapt the new normal to our business

Get online, if you haven’t already

If you had been contemplating about bringing your business online, now is the best time to do so. As people are locked up in their homes, they tend to spend more time online rather than watch television. Get yourself started by creating a website (with content that holds weight).

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Use the best collaboration tools

Organizations are using all kinds of collaboration tools such as Teams, Slack, Skype, etc. for daily virtual meetings. This helps in increasing team intimacy and keeping everyone in good spirits.

Reach out to others in the industry

Leverage your virtual tools to reach out to others in your domain or industry. For example, a few high-end luxury brands are making vital medical wear (like scrubs and gowns), and others are following suit.

Louis Vuitton, Burberry and Chanel put their fashion muscle behind face masks

Hold on to clients

Understanding your customers and how they’re changing, here, communicating proactively is the key. Like with everything else in life, remote working also comes with its own gaps, which should be bridged regularly by maintaining a connect with your customers. Inform them of the situation at your end, whether you need to close shop, or the delayed shipments. Provide your services and solutions remotely. Use social media to the fullest. Live stream a prototype, a product launch, and invite questions just the way you would anyway do.

Conclusion

Eventually we will overcome the coronavirus crisis. But the changes left in its wake will be permanent. It is imperative to take steps now to prepare for the new normal because this is the time when customers are forming their habits for years to come.

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5 Easy and Fun Sensory Activities for Toddlers at Home

Editor's Note:

This article was originally written to help families during the global pandemic. We have updated it to be a timeless resource for any parent looking for fun, screen-free ways to keep their children engaged at home, whether it's a rainy day, a school holiday, or just a quiet afternoon.

How do we keep our young children busy, learning, and happy at home, especially when there isn't much space to run around? The answer is sensory play! One fun activity per day can keep the stress away and create wonderful bonding moments.

Did you know that when a child uses two or more senses at the same time, their brain works more optimally to absorb and store new information? That's why experts agree that multi-sensory activities are a more productive and beneficial alternative to screen time.

The best part? All of the following activities can be done with simple materials you likely already have at home.

5 Multi-Sensory Activities for Children Under 3

1. Edible Finger Painting

This is often a child's first art project and a perfect multi-sensory activity. It introduces textures, colors, and even tastes! Because younger children love to put everything in their mouths, it's best to DIY an edible paint that is completely safe.

How to make it: Simply mix cornstarch with water until you have a smooth consistency, then divide it into a few cups and add a different drop of food coloring to each. Voila! You have a safe, vibrant paint ready for little hands to explore.

2. "Dinosaur Dig" Treasure Hunt

This activity is perfect for introducing letters and concepts while playing. Fill a bucket or storage container with clean sand, uncooked rice, or dried pasta. Hide some small dinosaur toys within the sand. For an extra learning step, you can stick letters on them (e.g., the letter 'D') and have your child group them as they find them. This simple game teaches texture, discovery, and early literacy skills.

3. Water Balloon Bath

Make bath time even more fun and educational! Fill several colored balloons with water. In the tub, your child can explore the balloons, introducing a rich vocabulary of descriptive words: slippery, smooth, heavy, light, squishy. This turns a routine activity into a fun sensory lesson.

4. Creative Play with Rice

Rice is a fantastic and inexpensive alternative to sand for sensory bins. To make it even more exciting, you can color it by shaking a cup of rice with a few drops of food coloring and a teaspoon of vinegar (the vinegar smell will disappear as it dries).

You can use your colorful rice for all kinds of activities:

• Bury "treasure" like small toys or blocks for a treasure hunt.

• Pour it into clear plastic bottles to make colorful shakers.

• Simply let your child run their hands through it to enjoy the texture and sound.

5. Jello Dig

This activity turns snack time into a productive and exciting sensory experience. Simply make a batch of gelatin (Jello) as usual, but before it sets, add large pieces of fruit (like mandarin orange segments or berries) or other edible, baby-safe objects. Your child will love digging through the jiggly, cool texture to find the treats inside. It stimulates all their senses and fills their tummy at the same time!

6. Explore with Open-Ended Sensory Toys

Not all sensory play has to be a messy DIY project! Some of the world's best toys are specifically designed to engage a child's senses in an open-ended way.

• For pure sensory exploration, nothing beats the Swiss-designed toys from MOLUK. Their products are made from high-quality, food-grade silicone with unique, tactile shapes. They can be spinning tops, bath toys, or stackable objects, encouraging play that is driven by a child's own curiosity.

• For a different kind of tactile building, the flexible magnetic pieces from Clixo click and bend in satisfying ways, merging the art of origami with construction.

• The simple, single-shape design of Plus-Plus provides a wonderfully tactile experience as children connect the pieces to create 2D mosaics or 3D structures.

It turns out it's not difficult to create multi-sensory activities at home. While they might get a little messy, the developmental benefits and the joyful memories you create are absolutely worth it.