GEOMEKids: Educational application for teaching of figures and geometric bodies in kindergarten

摘要

At present, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) constitute another component of the physiognomy of the different scenarios where children grow, develop and form. The kindergarten and the first years of the primary level, are one of these scenarios where is interesting their connection with these technologies, as with other that are part of your life. Children are born in the era of digital technologies, and with them live spontaneously, without fear and with the interest of mastering what they have at their fingertips. In order to take advantage of this motivation and the implementation of ICTs in this area, an educational application, complementary, is created for the teaching of Geometrical Figures and Bodies, to children of kindergarten, offering then alternative of complementary learning, that broadens their educational experiences, and the enriches the possibilities of interaction and production through the multimedia language. The material has currently been analyzed through peer evaluation and first experience with children aged 6 years, with gives the opportunity to make improvements for later use.