Educação física infantil: percepção da realidade escolar

Abstract

Physical Education is considered an important element for Early Childhood Education, as applied through the content in a playful and entertaining way, enables the child to the construction of knowledge. Therefore, this work aimed to investigate, with students of 4ᵒ year, as is being organized to offer Physical Education in Early Childhood Education as a regular activity within the planning of public and private schools in São Borja, RS. The research is justified by the need and importance of contributing significantly to the teaching practice in schools, focusing on the inclusion of Child Physical Education in schools and the importance of play activities in the development of children's learning. This study is descriptive, the sample of this study consisted of 82 students from 4ᵒ year, belonging to four schools, two municipal and two state schools in São Borja, RS. To obtain the information was a questionnaire with 11 closed questions, using illustrative drawings for most of them. In conclusion, the Child Physical Education is seen as important for the child as it contributes to the motor, social and cognitive broadly, therefore emphasizing the move, children interact more objectively, learning about itself on its limits and about their capabilities. Therefore it is believed that the child's development is a continuous and dynamic process where movement is required, a lot of affection, stimulus to intelligence and socialization.