A Importância do cuidar, educar e brincar na educação infantil com crianças de 0 a 3 anos

Abstract

The present work aims to investigate and analyze “Caring, educating and playing in early childhood education in children aged 0 to 3 years”. Since childhood is a phase that needs stimulation and recognition. Caring and educating implies recognizing that the development and construction of knowledge do not occur at separate moments and in a separate manner, but inseparably. Furthermore, in order to develop this research, the following specific objectives were listed: I What is the contribution of daycare to child development; II How the process of caring, educating and playing occurs in daycare; III what are the limits and potential of working with the care and education of children aged 0 to 3 years. The theoretical framework is based on the theories of the following authors: in the area of childhood: Aries, (1981), Ahmad, (2009) and Portman, (1999) who discuss the trajectory of childhood, bringing relevant information regarding how the child was treated according to the society in which they were inserted. In the area of early childhood education, Leite Filho (2001), Mendonça, (2019) and Martins, (2017) discuss the importance of early childhood education for the child's development. In the area of caring, educating and playing, Fontana, (1997), Cunha, (2010) and Vygotsky bring guiding principles regarding interactions and games to promote children's potential. To this end, qualitative research was carried out, initially carrying out bibliographical research in order to explore the theme under study. And to collect data, a bibliographical survey of the last 10 years was carried out using the descriptors: Caring, educating and playing in daycare, and Early Childhood education, from which, based on inclusion criteria, 15 works were selected. The theoretical framework is based on the theories of the following authors: The results show the importance of caring, educating and playing in daycare as inseparable, as well as the importance of the teacher in this process. They demonstrated that it is necessary to provide teachers with continued training so that they can carry out meaningful and fruitful work with children.