TOOL 1 | KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEWS

Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) are qualitative interviews of key stakeholders who are likely to provide information, ideas, and insights on a particular subject of interest.

TOOL 2 | FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION

A Focus Group Discussion (FGD) is a small group discussion facilitated by a trained moderator. It gathers people with similar backgrounds or experiences to discuss

TOOL 3 | TRANSECT WALK

Suggested age: 4+ During transect walks, children walk through the neighbourhood where the intervention is located accompanied by the built environment expert. They observe and

TOOL 4 | PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION

All ages Participant observation is a tool used to gain a deeper understanding of a specific situation in a certain location by both observing and

TOOL 5 | PARTICIPATORY MAPPING

Suggested age: 4+ Participatory mapping involves creating maps through a process that identifies the relationships between places and local communities, reflecting local communities’ social and

TOOL 6 | PHOTOVOICE

Suggested Age: 4+ The ‘Photovoice’ tool is a participatory action research tool that involves giving participants a camera to record their lived experiences and perspectives

TOOL 7 | DAILY ACTIVITY MATRIX

All ages The ‘Daily Activity Matrix’ is a tool that can be used with a small group of children to learn about their typical day,

TOOL 9 | BODY MAPPING

Suggested age: 4+ This tool is most effective when used by a group of children that are similar in age, background and gender. Children draw

TOOL 10 | THE MAGIC CARPET

Suggested age: 3-5 The Magic Carpet is a tool that can be used to engage young children in conversations about their environments (see Clark, 2017).

TOOL 11 | THE RACE

Suggested age: 4+ After each participant has developed their individual vision, they get the chance to share it with the group. With the help of

TOOL 12 | VISIONING PLAY

Suggested age: 4+ ‘Visioning Play’ is an activity that uses participants’ memories of play spaces to create visions of their desired future playground, expressed through

TOOL 13 | POETRY AND CREATIVE WRITING

Suggested age: 5+ Poetry and creative writing are tools that have positive effects on emotional wellbeing, particularly for children who are living in stressful environments.

TOOL 14 | BEFORE AND AFTER

Suggested age: 4+ Showing children a space before and after an intervention enables them to discuss its impact and to highlight what they like and

TOOL 15 | CONSTRUCTION BRICKS

Suggested age: 4+ Construction bricks, such as Lego, is a low-tech tool that represents a common ground for children of different ages, and between adults

TOOL 16 | LET’S BE ARCHITECTS

Suggested age: 10+ Let’s Be Architects invites children to play the role of architects. Through drawing and/or manipulating 3D models, children explore different configurations of

TOOL 17 | BLOCK BY BLOCK

Suggested age: 4+ The video game Minecraft allows players to build structures out of textured cubes (like digital Lego). UN-Habitat developed this idea, creating Block

TOOL 18 | YARD

Suggested age: 4+ Developed in 2019 by Arup’s Advanced Digital Engineering team, YARD is a tool for engaging with communities to design and validate public

TOOL 19 | COMBINE AND FANTASIZE

Suggested age: 4+ ‘Combine and fantasize’ originates from the ‘Co-design with kids’ toolkit (TU Delft, 2018). It is a game during which participants and the

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