ATIVIDADES LÚDICAS NA EDUCAÇÃO INFANTIL

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the importance of recreational activities in early childhood education, seeking to answer the problem: What is the importance of recreational activities for very young children? The use of toys, games and games help in the development of the child in a fun way and in it the teacher (pedagogue) perceives a way to overcome their difficulties. It is justified by the importance of recreational activities in the teaching and learning process, playing and educating are interconnected, playing the child learns to socialize, the games build various experiences for children, helping in the development of oral, gestural, construction of values and children learn the limits defined by the rules. The article was organized with a: Brief History of Early Childhood Education in Brazil, seeking to conceptualize the Conception of Children and Childhood, The Playful in Early Childhood Education, verifying The Importance of Playful Activities in the teaching and learning process. In the methodology, research with a qualitative approach is used, which is characterized by its basic nature, where the classification regarding the objectives is exploratory and the procedures are classified as bibliographic research. In the results and discussion, there was an interaction between educator and student where both learn, providing opportunities for discovery, construction and self-understanding. It is considered that playful activities contribute to the teaching and learning process and the child learns by playing,and the teacher as a mediator of these playful activities helping in the construction of the child's development processes in a pleasant, imaginative and spontaneous way.