PLAYING AND LEARNING: WHAT CHILDREN SAY ABOUT THE PLACE OF PLAYING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ROUTINE

This article deals with the child's view about the presence of playing in their daily routine in the institution of Early Childhood Education. Aiming to analyze what children think about the place of play in the routine of early childhood education. And also Check how play is introduced in the routine of the Education room. For theoretical basis, the National Curriculum Guidelines for Early Childhood Education, the curricular references and the Common Curriculum Base for Early Childhood Education and theoretical studies such as: Corsino (2009), Almeida (2008), Gisela Wajskop (2001), Kishimoto (1999), among others. The methodology used is a literature review and a pedagogical intervention, using a semi-structured interview with a group of 4 and 5-year-old children and an Early Childhood Education institution in the municipal network. children's speeches, drawings, photographs and videos of children. In the course of the investigation, we found that children have the right to play in a safe way, the educator is very eager, as she promotes actions that involve playing and is also willing to play with children whenever possible, the children's speech makes evident that, for them, theee chool is a space for playing and also for doing chores. Making us see that playing and learning are inseparable from the eyes of children.