With the rise of popularity of technological devices, less children engage in reading books. This paper investigates the influence of technology on young children and points out the advantages and disadvantages of being in contact with digital media on a regular basis. In contrast to that, this project reveals benefits that come from reading and being read to in early childhood. Through designerly research in forms of collaboration and a cultural probe, the essence of children’s books is getting ex- plored. Furthermore, the importance of illustration in combination to text in picture book is being discussed. By exploring the practice of creating an own illustrated children’s book, I evaluate assumptions and findings of my research.

<p>The aim with my work was to gain a deeper understanding of some adult adopted children’s experiences and reflections about which role parent ship plays for the adopted child’s development of identity. Following questions have been in focus: What does a working parent ship imply, seen from the perspective of adopted child? In which way can the development of identity for the adopted child be supported by a functional parent ship? Semi-structured interviews were carried out with the two following themes: Support and confirmation. The sample consisted of five foreign-adopted between the age of 18 and 37 years. The result showed that the major part of the interview had a common picture of what a functional parent ship should be in order for an adopted child to have a favourable development of the identity, namely to have an understanding of how it is to be adopted, as being the most important and the sole base for the parent-ship. The discussion concerned obstacles and possibilities for a functional parent ship regarding the adopted child’s development of identity.</p>

The aim with my work was to gain a deeper understanding of some adult adopted children’s experiences and reflections about which role parent ship plays for the adopted child’s development of identity. Following questions have been in focus: What does a working parent ship imply, seen from the perspective of adopted child? In which way can the development of identity for the adopted child be supported by a functional parent ship? Semi-structured interviews were carried out with the two following themes: Support and confirmation. The sample consisted of five foreign-adopted between the age of 18 and 37 years. The result showed that the major part of the interview had a common picture of what a functional parent ship should be in order for an adopted child to have a favourable development of the identity, namely to have an understanding of how it is to be adopted, as being the most important and the sole base for the parent-ship. The discussion concerned obstacles and possibilities for a functional parent ship regarding the adopted child’s development of identity.

The aim of this study is to find out the view preschool teachers have on sign language asalternative and complementary communication (in swedish TAKK stands for tecken somalternativ och kompletterande kommunikation) and how they use it in preschool activities. Tofind this out, we have conducted an inquiry survey and interviewed seven preschool teachers.Based on the material we gathered we will present in four sub-headings that indicate not onlyhow preschool teachers use sign language as alternative and complementary communication in preschool activities but also their thoughts and experience of it. We have used the socio-cultural perspective and Vygotskij, Dewey and Piaget as our theoretical starting points. The results of the study show that sign language as alternative and complementarycommunication is a complement to the verbal language and that children learn in socialinteractions. Furthermore, it facilitates when there are more users and also that they remind each other. / Studiens syfte är att ta reda på förskollärares syn på TAKK, som är en förkortning på teckensom alternativ och kompletterande kommunikation, och hur de använder det i förskolansverksamhet. För att ta reda på det har vi gjort en enkätundersökning samt intervjuat sjuförskollärare. Utifrån empirin fick vi fram fyra underrubriker som på olika sätt indikerar hurförskollärare använder TAKK i förskolans verksamhet men också deras tankar och erfarenhetkring det. Vi har använt oss av det sociokulturella perspektivet och Vygotskij, Dewey ochPiaget som våra teoretiska utgångspunkter. Studiens resultat har visat att TAKK är ett komplement till det verbala språket och att barn lärsig i det sociala samspelet, det underlättar när det är fler som kan och hjälps åt att påminnavarandra.