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Knowledge Hub: Talking Tins

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Talking Tins

Talking tins are a device that capture audio and play it back. In our research, we used it to record children’s thoughts/ideas directly. We encouraged the children to play around with the tins and record messages as they saw fit, though we sometimes prompted them by asking them what it was they liked best about the site/session, or if they had any general messages they would like to share.


Have a listen to what the children said below!

Twinkle

Here a child, with the encouragement of her sister and two researchers, used the Talking Tin to sing Twinkle Twinkle little star. When the child finished, their sister and the researchers gave reassurance through praise in the form of clapping.

Pronto Pronto

Pronto is a common greeting when answering the phone in Italian. The child’s mother recorded the message, and the child would play it back while mimicking the action of answering the phone with the tin, exhibiting both symbolic play and roleplay.

Now I know my ABCs

The same child as in Twinkle also recorded this message singing the ABC song. This could show a level of comfort with the environment both in that they want to relay this information, and in getting praise and affirmation afterward.

I've got some acorns

This child had taken an interest in the wheelbarrow, which they would take around the site looking for acorns to place inside the wheelbarrow so ‘they could grow’.

Love You

Here is the voice of two children who, when prompted by a researcher if they had anything they’d like to say, demonstrated echoic behaviour in the phrase ‘Love you’. Echoic behaviour is a form of social learning, where children learn through imitation.

I like my blankey

When asked what they liked about the session, the child specified both objects (the blanket) and spaces at the site (the sandpit).

I love my mum

While just the child and researcher were present, the child recorded these words of affection toward their mother. We would later play back this message for the mum.

Eating Figs

When asked what they liked best about the site, two children (one after the other) recorded that they liked coming to eat figs. This is another example of echoic behaviour that was present in Love you.

I love playing cars

This message was recorded by a child when asked what their favourite thing was at the site. They had just finished playing with said cars inside the Cheryl Centre at Trustlinks.