Fall 2012
Capital Games is prototyping educational games for the iPad that will improve early literacy in disadvantaged pre-K youth. Researchers at the University of Michigan have found that from preschool to kindergarten, children of impoverished families often do not form the same verbal foundations that other children have. This makes it more difficult for them to manipulate abstract concepts such as categorization and generalization, thus impeding their education. Capital Games is investigating how the intuitive interface of the iPad can be leveraged to create games that engage young children and teach these concepts.