A IMPORTÂNCIA DO LÚDICO COMO FERRAMENTA PEDAGÓGICA NOS ANOS INICIAIS DO ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL

Abstract

This study aims to reflect the importance of playful activities as an educational tool in the early years of elementary school. Playful activities are indispensable instruments to the learning process, they are suited to create interest in the students, so they are able to be reasonable and challenged. This is a bibliographical review based on theories that show playful activities as tools to be used as a resource of the educational experience in the teaching process. It is demonstrated that the playful activities in the early years of elementary school are substantial to the learning and teaching process, and also there are a big range of application models. In this context teachers must understand their students’ reality and offer a plan with these activities in a way that their applicability is indeed an educational instrument, meant to improve the learning process, build up and motivate the students.