Method of and apparatus for improving cognition and motor skills in young children

摘要

A method of and apparatus for providing an educational game comprises the steps of providing image and sound reproducing equipment (11) and image influencing equipment (15) for influencing an image reproduced by the former, generating (30) an animation on display screen (12) of the reproducing equipment (11) with periodic pausing (32) and concurrently generating (34) an audio narrative associated with the animation and including, at each pause, user instructions relating to an image and colour matching exercise, concurrently generating (31) a duplicate animation on display screen (16) of the influencing equipment (15), operating (36) the influencing equipment (15) during a pause and in accordance with the instructions to select a colour and shape corresponding with the feature to be inserted into the image on the screen (12) of the reproducing equipment (11) and resuming (40) movement of the image after insertion of the feature. During the matching exercise, the paused image preferably displays an outline of an omission, in which the user must place their selected feature.