Jogos tradicionais nas aulas de educação física infantil: possibilidades pedagógicas

Abstract

The thematical of this study is Physical Education in Child Education and its objective is to analyze the pedagogical possibilities to develop the content / knowledge Traditional Games in Physical Education classes in Early Childhood Education with four and five year old children (of the Escola Municipal de Educação Infantil Lar da Ternura, located in the city of Jóia, Rio Grande do Sul). Therefore, it was used a participant survey, along with participant observation, field diary and photo records. The investigative process made it possible to think and rethink how a physical education can be worked on in children's education, presenting the traditional games as a content is possible and establishing interaction and meaning for the students; As well as being liable to add this content and methodology, assigning more or less elements, complexity, relationships, heights, people, among others. Traditional games are likely to be increasingly exploited in school - which, most often go unnoticed because of other content are considered more important, such as sports. However, with traditional games, there are infinite possibilities of variations for the development of the lesson, the materials are accessible (ropes, wood, covers ...), it can build together with the children – some games do not demand any material beyond the own body and body of the colleague. In addition, we work with a local, regional, national and world culture. The development of these experiences and an analysis demonstrating how it is possible to work with traditional games in early childhood education. During the process, we noticed how the school welcomed and supported this project, allowing it to be worked with the other classes of the school, showing once again the possibilities of the traditional game being in the curriculum of physical education in children's education.