A importância do brincar na educação infantil

Abstract

Currently the early childhood education has been one of the main themes studied by theorists in the areas of knowledge as the pedagogy and psychology, to try to better understand how children think and act on knowledge acquired in their daily lives. However, the main concern is to find a way to assist in the process of identity formation and their autonomy through educational resources that can help in this process. Given the above, this monograph aims to search in the field of early childhood education, the importance of play as a tool to be used in educational practice while teaching resource in the acquisition of learning and knowledge construction of students. For the development of the same, we conducted a methodological path through field research of qualitative exploratory and descriptive type, which sought to obtain the data collection. The survey was conducted with three teachers of early childhood education in a municipal school of Brazil (PB). The result of the research, is visible that the teachers use the games as a means not only educational, but also for relaxation and fun for children. However, it can be concluded that the research work has promoted a broader vision of reality regarding the school pedagogical practices of teachers, the physical structure of the school, the methodology used by teachers, identifying the existing problems and the vision of professor regarding the basic necessities, and the integral development of children.