Ludicidade na educação infantil: trabalhando a autonomia com crianças de 1 e 2 anos

Abstract

This work is the result of an analysis of the importance of play in early childhood education with children between the ages of 1 and 2. To this end, a brief presentation was made on the subject that permeates playfulness and child development, taking as its theoretical basis authors who portray playfulness in early childhood education, such as Paulo Nunes de Almeida and Maria Montessori. The research was based on the following guiding questions: How is play used in the education of children aged 1 and 2? And how is play seen in the development of children and the perspectives of play in the training of pedagogues? The general objective was to investigate the use of play activities in children's development in Early Childhood Education. The specific objectives were to identify teachers' difficulties in adapting play activities for children aged between 1 and 2; and to describe the importance of using play as a way of building children's academic, social and autonomous development. The research was based on a qualitative approach, using a questionnaire as an instrument that was answered by five Early Childhood Education professionals from public educational institutions, working in three Municipal Early Childhood Education Centers (CMEI's). The interpretations obtained from the analysis of the answers to the questionnaire made it possible to recognize playfulness as essential for child development in a way that better understands education in its subjectivity towards children in early childhood education, characterized by respect and the right to an education that understands children in their entirety and in their peculiarities.