O letramento e o brincar em processos de socialização na educação infantil brincadeiras diferentes

Abstract

In this paper we aim to analyze the meanings of reading, writing and playing for children on a daily basis in early childhood education in a public school in Belo Horizonte in Brazil. This research is based on discussions about the role of literacy in early childhood education that have instensified with the establishment of nine years of compulsory elementary education (federal laws n. 11.114/2005 and n. 11.274/2006 and constitutional amendment n. 59/2009). Our analysis is part of a broader research, developed from and based on an interactional ethnography approach (Green; Dixon; Zarlick, 2005), an interpretative approach to the sociology of childhood (Corsaro, 2005) and a social literacy perspective (Castanheira; Green; Dixon, 2007; Soares, 1999; Street, 1984). Such analysis allows us to demonstrate the possibility of integration between literacy and play in early childhood education.