A IMPORTÂNCIA DA LITERATURA INFANTIL PARA A INCLUSÃO NA EDUCAÇÃO INFANTIL

Abstract

The official guidelines for inclusive education have followed a path that has gradually been regulated and supported by laws, decrees and ordinances. For some time now, children's literature has been transformed into an instrument of great importance for the education and development of children. These works play an essential role in relation to this development, since reading stories influences some aspects of education such as affection, sensitivity, understanding, intelligence and respect. The use of inclusive literary texts in the classroom contributes to the teaching and learning processes, since they encourage reflections on diversity, educating children to respect differences. By using literature as a possibility for inclusion, we are providing our students with the opportunity to become less prejudiced people who are more capable of social coexistence with differences. This article aims to analyze the literary representation of children with disabilities and suggest the use of this didactic-pedagogical material as an instrument for inclusion in the early childhood education classroom. In order to achieve this objective, we first used bibliographic research as a methodological resource on issues related to school inclusion and the use of children's literature; then, we presented proposals for teaching literary books aimed at children.