An Interactive Alphabet for Preschoolers
An Interactive Alphabet for Preschoolers

Summary/Abstract: The preschoolers need to be permanently supervised in order to learn the alphabet and they also need to be offered continuous support through which they can exercise. So, the kids consider that learning alphabet as a difficult, repetitive and boring activity. Nowadays, all parents want their children to know the alphabet as early as possible, but the methods they use are not attractive for kids. Both parents and kids feel the need of finding an interesting, fun, game-based method to learn the alphabet and this is represented by Interactive Alphabet for Preschoolers Application (shortly, IAPA). This application provides three games: “Solve Puzzle”, “Correspondences” and “Learn the Alphabet”. We developed IAPA as any software system and in this paper we present the results of its development process, mainly the models obtained from the software analysis and design activities. So, during the analysis activity we identified and described users’ functional requirements and we analysed the system from the black-box viewpoint and functional, structural and interactional perspectives. During the object design of system, we applied the white-box viewpoint and we constructed the software architecture from behavioural, structural and dynamic perspectives. Models have been constructed using the Unified Modelling Language (UML) language. The IAPA system was implemented using Java programming language. We prove through scenarios of IAPA’s functioning that the children can learn the alphabet, they can recognize letters and create associations between letters and words. The system was tested by the children of the English School from Medgidia, Romania and their feedback was excellent. We conclude that the IAPA system helps children to learn letters in an efficiently, quickly and enjoyable way.

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