SPONTANEOUS PLAY AS A STRATEGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN'S AUTONOMY

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the contribution of spontaneous play to the construction of children's autonomy. For this, a qualitative study of the microethnography type was carried out with six children, five boys and one girl, aged between two and three years belonging to a kindergarten 1 class, of an early childhood education school, were observed for 4 months, daily. From the participant observation, 03 (three) thematic categories emerged: the importance of the organization of spaces as a facilitating agent of free play; free play and interactions between children and free play and the development of autonomy. The results showed that the organization of spaces interferes with free play and the development of the child's autonomy; that when playing freely, children enhance symbolic play, assume roles and interact spontaneously, and when children play freely, they develop in their entirety, learning to think, question, discover, explore, experience new discoveries. These factors are essential for the integral growth and construction of children's autonomy through actions in free play.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.56238/sevened2024.031-027