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So Easy a Child Could Do It Designing Apps for Little Fingers Kathryn Rotondo kathrynrotondo.com @krotondo Codemotion Milan, Italy Nov. 29, 2014

So Easy a Child Could Do It: Designing Mobile Apps for Kids

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So Easy a Child Could Do It Designing Apps for Little Fingers

Kathryn Rotondo kathrynrotondo.com

@krotondo

Codemotion Milan, Italy Nov. 29, 2014

Kids

Small

Big

Gestures

Most Intuitive Gestures

Tap

Draw

Swipe

Drag

Least Intuitive Gestures

Pinch Zoom

Multi- Touch

Shake

Tilt

Flick Fling

Double Tap

Flow

Greetings

“Hello, Super You!”

Superwhy

Look over here!

Bobo Explores Light

Guides

copy me

LEGO DUPLO Zoo

Instructions

stickers

Monkey Preschool Lunchbox

Praise & Payouts

“ooh, aah!”

Toca Kitchen

Feedback

home & replay

Toca Doctor

End of Play

Text

pictorial menu

Sprinkle Junior

No Reading

standard symbols

Pudding Monsters HD

Button Icons

sync with audio

Little Red Riding Hood

Highlighting

Audio

“O-O-O-O-O”

Endless Alphabet

Sound Effects

ambiance

Interactive Alphabet

Background

turn page or wait?

Sid the Science Kid Read & Play

Interruptability

For Grown-Ups

Toca Builders

Baby Gates

randomized

badge = trust

Moms with Apps Know What’s Inside Program

Be Transparent

Resources

Sesame

Design for Kids

Apple Guides

Moms with Apps

The Kids Want Mobile

Dust or Magic

Tech with Kids