Brincar na educação infantil: propostas, relações e interações entre crianças pequenas

Abstract

This research discusses the importance of play in the context of Early Childhood institutions, as well as the interactions that occur among young children at the moment they play. In this way, some considerations were presented about playing in Early Childhood Education, some definitions of this term, its organization, as well as some specificities of playing with children between two and three years of age. According to the above, the objective is to investigate the possibilities of action and interaction of young children with play in the context of Early Childhood Education. Being that through the analysis of researches, it was perceptible that playing is seen as a free moment, without planning. And in this sense, it was tried to propose some suggestions of playful situations that explore the desire that the children possess in playing. Through play the children are perceived as subjects of their learning, and the teacher as mediator of this knowledge. Being fundamental the interaction between these subjects for the development of a play that increases the curiosity, the imagination, the taste and the desire to play.