A contribuição da contação de história no contexto da educação infantil

Abstract

The present work aims to discuss the contribution of literature in childhood and early childhood education and provide opportunities for storytellers, seeking to answer the following questions: How can the inclusion of literature through storytelling contribute to the development of the child and a potential reader? How storytelling can enrich the curriculum/lesson plan, experiences, and learning in early childhood education. In this sense, the work aims to understand how storytelling contributes to the development of the child and a potential reader in the context of early childhood education; discuss the importance of contact with books during this stage of the child's life; and present possibilities for those who tell or wish to tell stories. To that end, bibliographic studies were conducted on authors who are scholars on the subject in question. The work was based on the understanding that literature should be present in the daily routine of preschool classrooms. It also highlighted steps considered pertinent to the planning and execution of storytelling. As a result, it was found that literature and storytelling activities contribute to the development of a child's language, communication, and imagination, allow contact with different stories and literary texts, understanding the social purpose of reading, and seeing it as a pleasurable way to learn about other realities.