Contribuição da brinquedoteca no desenvolvimento de crianças com necessidades especiais

Abstract

This paper presents the toylibraries and the importance of playing for children development and has as the main objective to investigate if there are and what are the contributions of toys for the development of children with special needs. The study in question is inserted in the qualitative method, where the locus of the research was based in two places, Federal University of Ceara IEFES Toy Library and Harford County Public Library, in the United States. The methodological procedure was constituted from interviews with the directors of both projects, employees and parents. The analysis revealed that toy libraries, although still facing difficulties such as lack of resources, are spaces of transformation, where children improve their social, motor, cognitive, pedagogic and cultural side. And being the lack of inclusion in society and a recurring complaint of parents, children with special needs can finally find it in this space dedicated to play. We could conclude that the toy library develops the child's imagination, attention, sharing, expanding experiences, establishing a relationship between the fantasy world and reality, among others, and that being a space of exploration and knowledge can be another place of work for the librarian professional.