O brincar na educação infantil

Abstract

The present research aimed to, reflect on the play in early childhood education and its importance to the full development of the child from the day care pre-school experience in Municipal Soraya Magnolia. Data were collected through a questionnaire and comments, which are mechanisms to subsidise a qualitative research. The survey sample was retrieved from nine participants who are part of the Faculty and technical staff of the above-mentioned institution. So the aim of this study, check the design of teachers on the play, how to use the games and plans in their practices, and how to distinguish the free play moments of a playfuleducation, based on the National Curriculum for early childhood education (2001), the National curriculum guidelines for early childhood education (2010). From the data analysis, we realized that the teachers are knowledgeable and aware of the importance of free play to the comprehensive development and enablement of children's learning, but in practice there are many contradictions, because the moments of games take place and time set for the majority of the participants and the play is only understood as an educational resource, to develop activities in accordance with the subject of study of your planning Other issues are addressed in the research as the physical space, the availability of resources and materials for moments of games of make-believe and access to toys for children. The play in early childhood education should be encouraged to develop their abilities children psychomotor and cognitive, motor, but this will depend on how the games will be designed by teachers who care for and educate in early childhood education.