Bebetecas nas Instituições de Educação Infantil: espaços do livro e da leitura para crianças menores de seis anos

Abstract

This paper discusses the constitution of a multimodal space called Bebeteca from three distinct experiences: in a kindergarten, located in Buenos Aires; as public policy in a Brazilian municipality and in the Education College of a Brazilian public University. It deals with the conception of reading and issues related to the establishment and use of the collection, considering the specificities of children from zero to six years old. It also calls into question the mediation to be effected between children and books, in Bebetecas installed in Early Childhood Education institutions. The constitution of this space must take into account the fact that these children have not conventionally overcame reading and writing and, nor, have begun, methodically, the alphabetic writing system learning. These characteristics impose different organization, operating and mediations and also committed to the particular features that characterize the relationship between children under six years and the world.