As contribuições da dimensão lúdica na construção do conhecimento e sua relação com a educação física escolar

Abstract

This paper discusses the importance of play activities in the teaching-learning related to the practice of physical education in the school setting among children 5-9 years old. To achieve these goals and get the information and data required, we used a questionnaire with open questions applied to four teachers who teach in kindergarten, 1st, 2nd and 3rd years in Teaching Elementary School New Santa Marta. The recreational activities are part of the universe of children and arouse a great interest in them and should therefore be used as an important teaching tool, recognizing them as an educational resource favors the assimilation of knowledge and intervention in learning disabilities. This study emphasizes how the play activities are important in school and Child Physical Education, also emphasizing its importance as a method of learning, of fundamental importance for the affective development, relational, social and cognitive child. The study allows us to state that the playfulness within the physical education classes develops motor and cognitive skills, stimulating social life and enabling the development and education of children in a meaningful and enjoyable way.