As contribuições das brincadeiras na construção do conceito de número para as crianças de 5 a 6 anos

Abstract

This article has as its theme the importance of games for the teaching of Mathematics. It is the result of reflections made in the lato sensu postgraduate course Residência Docente, offered by the Pedagogical Center of UFMG (CP / UFMG) in partnership with the Municipal Education Network of Belo Horizonte/MG. It had as general objective to analyze the contributions of the games in the construction of the concept of number with children of 5/6 years of age. The work was carried out with a group of children from a Municipal School of Early Childhood Education (EMEI). Using the contributions of authors like Piaget (1978), Vygotsky (1991), Kamii (1995) and Smole (2006), targeted games were proposed that had pedagogical objectives to be achieved, with regard to the construction of the concept of number. The performance of the proposed games proved to be quite significant for the children, who were able to reflect on the presence of numbers in different contexts. In addition, these games also allowed to reaffirm the importance of playfulness in early childhood education practices and in guaranteeing children's rights to meaningful experiences at this time of their schooling.