A interação dos bebês na creche: o que dizem as pesquisas

Abstract

This study aims to systematize and discuss the educational implications of the theses and dissertations defended in postgraduate programs in Brazil regard to the expressions and characteristics of the interactions between pairs of infants up to two years of age at the nursery. This is a bibliographical research, in which a survey of theses and dissertations was carried out at sites “IBICT “ and “CAPES”, having as search terms "interaction between babies" and "babyinteractions". There were 18 papers related to the subject, but only five related specifically to relations between peers. The analysis of the abstracts of these five studies showed that babies interact with each other and use strategies to communicate, like look, babbling, vocalizations, offer, smiles, movements, gestures, invitations, cries, laughter and facial expressions. They are behaviors full of meanings, a set of actions and communications that differ from spoken language. Imitation is an effective non-verbal communicative resource for babies who do not have developed oral language and the jokes constitute privileged and indispensable situations to provide these interactions.