A brincadeira de faz de conta e suas contribuições no desenvolvimento integral da criança

Abstract

This article seeks to analyze, through bibliographical research, the importance of play in children's development and teaching and learning. Its objective is to show the meaning of play, its contributions to the process of humanizing children in early childhood education, and to highlight its dimension and necessity as a pedagogical practice, providing a better understanding of play and a more conscious reading.Its methodology was carried out through bibliographical research, in a descriptive manner, through articles, texts, dissertations, summaries and basic foundations that promote the respective theme. For this discussion, authors who clearly address the theme were used: Varoneli (2007, p. 5), Santos (2016, p. 8), Freitag (2012, p. 7), Souza ( 2003, p. 01), Kishimoto (1995, p. 61), the National Common Curricular Base (2018), RCENEI (1998, p. 22), DCENEI (2010), among others. The referred text has three sections: the first presents the concepts of play and its contributions to the social formation of the child; The second addresses and describes the types of pretend play and its social role; The third discusses play as a pedagogical activity in the classroom.