Artefact 2 - ze Jigsaw

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Overview of Artefact

The idea is to test the idea of parent and child co-operative play as way of engaging children with activities, which will hopefully lead on me to be exploring how it can be applied through an interactive format.

Jigsaws for children aged 3- 5 are recommended to have between 25 and 65 pieces, however, due to the nature of the project and the time constraints I’ve not really been able to build and carve a wooden jigsaw that slots together. In compromise I’ve created 12 bits of card that align without slotting together, with a potential of them going one of 4 ways, corner pieces have been identifiably marked. (12 pieces x 4 potential positions = 48 answers ... slightly logical thinking behind the number 12)

The idea is the child will have a go at putting together the first jigsaw alone, then after a timed break, have a go at putting together the second jigsaw with their parent. The expectation is that playing collaboratively with their parent, the child will be more engaged with the activity.

I’m gonna time the kid both times to give me solid hard data at how long they stick it and want to do it, and be recording the activity visually and with audio to capture their emotional response and the intricacies and narrative to the parent child relationship, which should inform later artefacts.

Jiggersaw one and the making below.

jigsaw two