2022 ENSEC Conference

on Social Emotional Learning and Positive Development

Directed group play activities in a smart environment for

developing adaptivity in preschoolers
Nikoletta Magyar ¹, Luca Moskovits ¹, Tamas Borsos², Peter Haga², Mate Szebenyei², Anna Szekely ¹
1MTA-ELTE Lendület Adaptation Research Group, Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
2Obimon Systems Ltd.

Obimon PLAY smart environment

 Tags in toys and belts

 Real-time measurement
 Task-relevant feedback
 Directed play
 Specific goals

Does the play behavior change according to the specific requirements of the tasks?

Data collection:

 3-4 years old children

Activities :

 Simple throw
 Throw higher
 Throw and catch
F(2,179)=12.49 p<0.001

Measuring • Objective data collection via movement sensors in group

compliance PLAY activities: ball skills tasks within a Child-Pixie
Olympic games setting
in a preschool with
6-7 years old
• Compliance was defined as successful adaptation of
children
as part of an 8- task-relevant behavior. difference of throw height in two
week tasks: THROW AND CATCH and THROW SMALL was used
multidimensional
skill training • Validity of the new objective compliance measures were
tested against teachers’ diligence ratings of the kids

Children throw the Pixie significantly lower in Objective compliance measures correlate with
’throw small’ task diligence ratings
t(9) = -1,424 (p = 0,04))

r = - 0,56 p = 0,09