CHILDREN'S CULTURES IN AMAPAENSE AMAZON: CHILDREN'S PLAY AND CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE

The work discusses research on children's cultures and regional cultural knowledge in the Amazon Amazon region of children between 4 and 5 years old. Was it investigated how the games referring to the regional cultural knowledge of children in the Amazon Amazon region enable the construction of children's cultures? The research had as a general objective to analyze the games, the regional cultural knowledge of the children of Amazonian Amazon and its relation with the construction of children's culture. The methodology was based on the qualitative paradigm using educational ethnography carried out from field research in a Child Education Center (CEI) in the municipality of Santana, Amapa. The research subjects were children from a second period class and the teacher. Data analysis was performed through content analysis. The results show that children's games are closely related to cultural knowledge. From playing, the child inserts and produces culture in the riverside community, in the context of understanding the meanings, in coexistence with adults.