Sensorial Toy: um brinquedo de estimulação sensorial para crianças

Abstract

This work presents a multifunctional toy for the stimulus of three sensory senses, called Sensorial Toy. The objective is to provide stimuli to the sensory system of children and to assist the therapeutic routine, through the development of assistive technology. For this purpose, interviews were conducted with occupational therapist, exploratory research on assistive technology and description of the process of product construction. The toy consists of hardware and software (application), the ESP32 card and the DF Player Mini module make up the hardware, and allow the intelligent functionalities of the toy, while for the development of the software react native was used. The Sensorial Toy emits sound and has textures associated with the animals, lights up light corresponding to the chosen animal, besides being able to configure which of the stimuli you want to apply. The main differentials are to have a report on the session performed, and to engage the child during therapy.