THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PLAYFUL LEARNING AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT IN THE EARLY GRADES FROM THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING

Abstract

The study involves the relevance of playful activities, clarifying the progress in learning and child development, bringing to discussion the cognitivist theory, focusing on the analysis of the improvement of mental process, relating learning with social interaction and adaptation to the environment in which the individual lives. Playfulness is present in the child's life and brings with it important benefits, including educational ones. The objective of the research is to examine how games and play influence the cognitive development of children in the early grades, which involve memory development, problem solving and logical reasoning. The research method is structured in a bibliographic review in the scenario of a qualitative approach and is also characterized as descriptive, in which articles, books, magazines by specific authors were reviewed, reflecting on the meaning of playful activities as an educational procedure, in order to perceive the impact on learning and child development. According to the results, the studies of playful activities improve educational teaching. The analysis indicates that by including playful resources in the teaching methodology, there is an improvement in learning and cognitive skills.