POMO
Understanding the Abstract
POMO is an intelligent table clock that helps children from age 3-5 years develop a “sense of time”
Children are concrete thinkers! They learn something when they can:
Hear, touch, see, smell or taste something around them!
Time, being an abstract and intangible thing cannot be heard. seen or touched !
So, how does children develop “sense of time” around them?
Concrete Thinking
Concrete Thinking
Concrete thinking is reasoning that’s based on what you can see, hear, feel, and experience in the here and now. It’s sometimes called literal thinking, because it’s reasoning that focuses on physical objects, immediate experiences, and exact interpretations.
HOW CAN CHILDREN PERCEIVE TIME AND UNDERSTAND TIME-KEEPING ?
By introducing the concept of “association” to children, they will be able to relate the abstract concept of time by relating it with the concrete events to help them understand the events and activities.
Introducing the concept of a sense of time at an early age will help them understand the surroundings in a certain way that matches their family style. This will help the child to get exposed to different versions of days and observe the surroundings in a different way that will depend on the daily feeds given by parents.
CONCEPT
The idea of the project was to design a table clock which is an interactive companion for a child to look at, engaging it by notifying the change in schedule using the “association” as an idea of communication.
PROPOSED SOLUTION ARCHITECTURE
Giving children advance warning about changes in routine can help minimize frustration, problems and confusion, and build more cooperation and flexibility.
Children are more likely to be receptive to change if they know what will happen next.
With its interactive display and flexibility in inputs for screen, it is a versatile product that will support multiple approaches and feed data to the clock that becomes a mode of communication between parents and the child.
Imagine breaking down the routine patterns and day-lapse as activity-lapse for a child to be able to be more receptive to change. Giving child its own dimension of understanding the concept of intangible feeling of passage.
PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE
PROOF OF CONCEPT
POMO, just like the seeds of pomogranate, provides your child with the flexible pattern where-in the child can nurture organically yet following a certain pattern which unites the family!
POMO helps you stay connected!
PoMo designed by Jugal Gajjar & Jayati Dave / 2019
