This paper presents a novel approach and interface for encouraging children to tell and act out original stories. "Dolltalk" is a toy that simulates speech recognition b...
Young children often build various structures with wooden blocks; structures that are often used for pretend play, subtly improving children's creativity and imagination. Bas...
Rosebud is a user-interface prototype which elicits storytelling by child users though interaction with a computationally-augmented physical artifact. In particular, Rosebud links...
Combining interactive technology with traditional toys promises to significantly enhance the educational value of children's play. Designing such augmented toy environments, ...
Construction kits represent a venerable, creative, and (occasionally) even beautiful genre of educational toys for children. Nonetheless, traditional construction kits have limita...