Approaches to User Research When Designing for Children

http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2011/03/approaches-to-user-research-when-designing-for-children.php

idea: show child (under age 7) pencil sketches of the product...

some good books:

• Child Development 101 for the Developers of Interactive Media: An Overview of Influential Theories of Child Development, Applied to Practice, by Ellen Wolock, Ann Orr, and Warren Buckleitner [6]
• “The Whole Child Development Guide,”by Edith Ackermann [7]
• “ Interaction Design and Children,”by Juan Pablo Hourcade [8]
• Designing for Children: Marketing Design That Speaks to Kids, by Catharine Fishel [9]