Fantastic Pirates: software de apoio ao ensino e à aprendizagem infantil

The marketplace of educational mobile applications presents a diverse range of options aimed at the satisfaction of different audiences, especially children. However, a considerable part of these applications covers various ages and disregards the intrinsic characteristics to early childhood education, in which children have different interaction needs and special educational needs. This paper presents two mobile application prototypes, the Fantastic Pirates, aimed at children up to 10 years old, and a support application for educators, the Fantastic Pirates Educator.