KinderEye: Kindergarten Child Performance Monitoring System

Kindergarten is the most important beginning of a child’s formal education. Since the brain is rapidly developing in early childhood, a lack of brain development at kindergarten can create a weak foundation for learning, health, and behavioral problems throughout life. Digital learning and monitoring applications for young children are widely available but often lack opportunities for physical engagement, which can negatively impact executive function development. In this paper, we introduce a system for continuously monitoring mental development in terms of working memory, decision-making ability, language skills, and likelihood of having ADHD. The system consists of three physically playable games that collect performance data from digital sensors and encourage children to be involved in physical activities while increasing enthusiasm for evaluations. Continuous performance measurement allows teachers and parents to know the development of children and guide them or direct them to have suitable medical treatments. Memory development evaluation is done from the button-pressing game which allows giving inputs according to a pattern previously indicated. For decision-making ability measurement, we are using a remote controllable robot and maze in which children navigate the robot toward the winning point of the maze. Language development is measured by giving several activities through an attractive device that measures listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Furthermore, checking ADHD is done by lively tracking child behavior from a camera while playing a game and invalid game inputs.