Para além da brincadeira: o lúdico na educação infantil

Abstract

The playfulness is considered by many scholars as a very efficient way for child development and learning, considering the play an important ally of great social value, which may offer different educational opportunities. We aim through this research to understand the playfulness as a principle for the construction of knowledge and the development of relations between the interaction and the processes of social, emotional and cognitive development. We seek to further identify the importance of playful childhood education, ie how games and the games contribute to children's development and learning, and thus enable the realization that the use of playfulness through games and activities provides a better learning and child development. The methodology is bibliographic character, turns to the analysis of some theoretical conceptions and practices of authors are highly respected in the educational area. Subsidizing reflection on the importance of working with the playful, the use of games, toys and games in educational activities and their importance in the learning and development of children.