THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF PLAY AND PLAY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND EARLY YEARS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the theoretical conceptions of renowned researchers about playing and playing in pedagogical practice in Early Childhood Education and Early Years of Elementary School. This is a bibliographic research that reports the importance of the use of play and play and its contribution to the development of the child's psychomotor, affective, cognitive and social functions. We also report the role that teachers play in the action of playing and playing in Early Childhood Education and Early Years of Elementary School. In view of the analysis carried out, we can confirm that playing and playing are of paramount importance for the integral development of children, in Early Childhood Education or in the Early Years of Elementary School. It is concluded from this study that playing and playing is a source of pleasure and at the same time of knowledge, in which children who attend Early Childhood Education and Early Years of Elementary School develop their motor skills.