A importância das atividades de movimento no desenvolvimento infantil

Abstract

This paper is final result of the Specialization Course in Human Movement Science, sub area Human Movement Pedagogy, developed at the Physical Education and Sport Center – UFSM. It seeks to know the importance of the movement activities in the infantile development. In the research the contribution of the movement activities developed by the Santa Maria Municipal preschool children in their integral development is verified. Sixteen class situations were filmed in eight different municipal schools, the objective was to know the movement activities developed by the children in the school, that were provided by the teachers in their preschool routines. The found activities were categorized in few movement activities, hygienic and snack activities, handicraft activities, wide and free activities. The reality found through the class films interpretation was confronted with Human Development literature seeking its contribution in the Infantile Development. It was noticed that some schools do not present practices contemplating the entire integral child development aspects, and the primordial aspects of the total were not focused compromising the basis of the Infantile Development. Thus we consider the necessity of the infantile professionals better qualification very important, seeking the consciousness of the responsibility that these professionals have when working with the children in this age, which are in a peculiar development stage, where the carelessness and the lack of professionalism of this persons can bring impairments to their integral development process.