Jogos e brincadeiras na educação infantil

Abstract

From the considerations on the "Play" within the educational context and its relations with the comprehensive development of children from pre-school, this paper presents some answers to the following question: "why play at school"? The school is a place of integral education, development, and motor not only intellectual, but also of love, relationships, socialization. This part of child development is of great importance for the development of children. Thus the present study aimed to investigate questions about the work of teachers from kindergarten, about the games and play for development childcare children in early childhood education. And specific objectives identify the knowledge that teachers from kindergarten already have about games and games for social development of children and analyze the situations in the games and the games are used. We evaluated 20 teachers from 20 to over 50 years of age, of public and private schools of the city of Juazeiro, Ceará. These teachers completed a questionnaire about their work with children through games and play in early childhood education and its importance in developing childcare. Statistical analysis was used for grouping and answer simple percentage. After reviewing the responses it was concluded that the teachers interviewed are aware that games and play can contribute to the transformation of society in a constructive way.