The social constructivist approach of social learning posits that children are active participants in the formation of their own knowledge. They experience and observe the world, reflect on those experiences, and construct their model of the world.

One critical part of children’s development is the gradual development of morality and empathy. Children at this age are in the preconventional stage of morality, where their sense of morality are externally formed. They look toward their environment—people, consequences of actions—to make their moral decisions. Thus, it is important to reinforce sociomoral expectations like sharing, caring for others, etc, as children prepare or enter school.

The Hellosaurus app acts as one component of a greater ecosystem of learning. (see Bronfenbrenner’s ecological system theory) I wanted my Do-It to be applicable in developing epistemic knowledge, but also socioemotional knowledge.