BRINCADEIRAS: USOS E POTENCIALIDADES NA EDUCAÇÃO INFANTIL

Abstract

This article intends to reflect on the importance of games in Early Childhood Education for the development and learning of children. Aiming to identify the potential of its use in the school environment, as well as what possibilities they can promote for their integral development, since many parents consider that playing in Early Childhood Education is a waste of time for the development of children. And to analyze this question, a bibliographic research was carried out, based on authors such as: Kishimoto (2002), Friedmann (1996), Salles and Faria (2007), among others who deal with the subject. The research is constituted with a qualitative approach, of a basic nature and of an exploratory type. Promoting learning in Early Childhood Education in a playful way through play, favors the integral development of children, in addition to making a meaningful education run, since play is its main activity. It is through play that they explore, get to know and experience life experiences that are fundamental to their development and understanding of the functioning of the world in which they are inserted.