PLAYING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION – A PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING

Abstract

This article discusses how important playing is for children and how it facilitates the development and learning process during early childhood education. Children are increasingly arriving at school earlier, so it is important to understand how these children's development and learning occur during playtime: in games, toys, and games. Through bibliographic research, it was found that playing is essential in a child's life. Children who play develop better, expand their culture, and have an easier time relating. Playing is a child's right. Children need to imitate, imagine, create, explore, move, socialize, and express themselves in order to learn, and this happens during play. It is through play that children learn and develop comprehensively. During a child's play, the teacher's mediation is necessary so that experiences that will facilitate the child's development and learning process occur.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56238/sevened2025.027-003