CHILDHOOD DESIGN AND PLAY: A LOOK AT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IN THE NATIONAL COMMON CURRICULUM BASE (BNCC)

Abstract

Playing, a fundamental activity in Early Childhood Education, is an important tool for children's cognitive and social development. The research aimed to study the relevance of playfulness for children's learning and development from the perspective of Vygotsky, establishing a comparison between his theory and the activities proposed for Early Childhood Education in the new National Common Curriculum Base. In an attempt to achieve this goal, the methodological approaches adopted in this research were based on consolidated bibliographic research through the study of Vygotsky's theory and documental study of the Common National Curriculum Base (BNCC). Although some pedagogical practices are aimed at anticipating the literacy process and separating play from learning, the results show how essential playing is during childhood, enabling the child to know himself and the world, constituting a fundamental activity for integral child development.