In order to create a fun toy for kids, we needed to investigate how young kids play. I talked first with 4 year old nephew. Right now he is very much into dressing up as superheroes, police officers, fireman and knights. He also likes to playing with cars and toy weapons. He uses a lot of imagination and like stuff that is load and fast. He doesn't like to play with animals or dolls. When I asked about acitivty boards, my sister claimed that only toddlers like those kinds of games. He used to play with different kind of acitivty boards when he was around 1 year old, but that wouldn't be of interest for him today. He have a lot of interactive toys where he can interact with the toy by controlling and making ít create different kind of motion and sounds.
I have also talked with my other sister who have a one year old son. She also claimed that acitivty boards was for very young children. Her son uses them a lot and like them. At the moment he is into turning light on and off, play in the sandbox, play with water and stacking blocks. He also likes toys that sound a lot and uses different kinds of materials where you can spin and twist in order to create sounds. My sister meant that at his age he need to have toys that are very simple since he can't concentrate for a long time. She meant that he doesn't understand multiplayer games yet, although he is very much into mimic things. She said that at his age, children like to mimic their parents, and when they get older they use a lot more imagination in their play. Since children like to mimic their parents they often are very interested in stuff that the parent uses, like mobile phones and tablets. All my nieces and nephews think that it is really funny to play with different apps on the tables, including the one year old. The important aspect is that it needs to be simple at a so young age, and that the interaction should include playing and exploring different materials, shapes, sounds and colors.
I have also talked with my other sister who have a one year old son. She also claimed that acitivty boards was for very young children. Her son uses them a lot and like them. At the moment he is into turning light on and off, play in the sandbox, play with water and stacking blocks. He also likes toys that sound a lot and uses different kinds of materials where you can spin and twist in order to create sounds. My sister meant that at his age he need to have toys that are very simple since he can't concentrate for a long time. She meant that he doesn't understand multiplayer games yet, although he is very much into mimic things. She said that at his age, children like to mimic their parents, and when they get older they use a lot more imagination in their play. Since children like to mimic their parents they often are very interested in stuff that the parent uses, like mobile phones and tablets. All my nieces and nephews think that it is really funny to play with different apps on the tables, including the one year old. The important aspect is that it needs to be simple at a so young age, and that the interaction should include playing and exploring different materials, shapes, sounds and colors.
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