A criança e o brincar: direitos e vivências na Educação Infantil

Abstract

The main focus of this study is to understand how children play at daycare centers. The research sought to observe how children play individually, in pairs or in groups, as well as the materials available for play. The research was carried out during one month, with the Daycare II class, with children between 3 and 4 years old, in the several spaces of the daycare where I work as an educational assistant, located in the countryside of the state of São Paulo. I used as a theoretical reference the current laws regarding Early Childhood Education, especially the National Curriculum Guidelines for Early Childhood Education (BRASIL, 2009) and the Criteria for a Day Care that respects the Fundamental Rights of Children (CAMPOS; ROSEMBERG, 2009). The work seeks to strengthen the idea of playing as a child's right and as a guiding axis of the pedagogical proposal in early childhood education, understanding how children play in daycare and contributing to the improvement of pedagogical practices.