Supporting Sociodramatic Play at the Individual Level

High-quality sociodramatic play helps children develop executive function skills which bolster their performance in school. Technology supports can scaffold social play for children who struggle to engage otherwise. This case study examines the impact of a specific system, StoryCarnival, on one 3-year-old child's engagement in sociodramatic play with his peers.comparing this child's participation in sessions using either StoryCarnival or a traditional intervention over eight weeks, StoryCarnival appeared to lower barriers to this child's physical and verbal engagement in social play. Future research could identify whether this pattern may hold for other children who have trouble entering social play with peers.