Exploring digital transformation through pretend play in kindergarten

Digitalisation and the accompanying transformation processes, involving data, technology people, are part of children's life will shape their future. Competences, such as digital skills, well creativity, communication, collaboration, critical thinking problem solving crucial to these processes. In early childhood, competences essentially acquired through play, especially pretend play. The project ‘we play future’ draws on potential enable young children be actively engaged in imagining themselves shaping roles inventors, developers users. Drawing an analysis fields currently undergoing transformation, eight inputs for were developed areas (eg, robotics, autonomous vehicles Internet things). Fifteen kindergarten teachers implemented after taking a half-day introductory professional development course. was filmed analysed using qualitative multimodal interaction order examine ways which encourages exploration amongst children. results reveal explore acquire needed Practitioner notes What is already known about this topic? Children integrate imaginative Guided important learning kindergarten. paper adds Ideas developing understanding playful way presents findings from video indicate that future during Implications practice Digital education should not just focused programming devices but include transformation; suggested project, support technology. develop technical solving.