A importância do lúdico na educação infantil: um estudo bibliográfico

Abstract

The study addresses the theme of the importance of playfulness in early childhood education: a study conducted through bibliographic research. Its general objective is to discover the importance of playfulness in early childhood education, and its specific objectives are to discuss playfulness in children's learning and development, identifying various existing games and pointing out several playful activities for early childhood educators. The choice of the theme is justified by the perceived importance of play in the teaching and learning process of children in the research field. For the development of the research, bibliographic research was used, based on the reflection from reading books, articles, magazines, and websites that address the theme of playfulness in early childhood education. The research revealed that playfulness is of utmost importance for the development of children's learning. Because it is through playing, engaging in games, that a child reveals their cognitive, visual, auditory, tactile, and motor state, their way of learning, and entering into a cognitive relationship with the world of events, people, things, and symbols.