'My world(s)': a tabletop environment to support fantasy play for kindergarten children

This research aims to design My World(s) a tabletop application for kindergarten children's (age 3 to 5 year-old). My world(s) will provide an interactive tabletop environment to support individual or peer-to-peer fantasy play and offer young children the possibility to create and enact their fantasies in a digital context. The research will be based on literature review, field studies (observations of young children activities in ecological settings) and interviews with nursery teachers and parents. A prototype of My world(s) tabletop application will be developed based on the data gathered and it will be evaluated empirically.

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