Toy Library: space research on the play of children in school of infantile education

• Main Authors: Aline Sommerhalder, Fernando Donizete Alves
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho 2011-06-01
• Series: Educação: Teoria e Prática
• Subjects: Brincar de Casinha; Psicanálise; Brinquedoteca; Educação Infantil; Aprendizagem
• Online Access: http://www.periodicos.rc.biblioteca.unesp.br/index.php/educacao/article/view/2474

This article deals with the toy library as an area of research on child's play and on the child. In dialogue with psychoanalysis, the article aims to address aspects that characterize the children play in an environment of toy library. The study presents a reflection from the results of six sessions of observation of the ‘house play’ among children of the school of infantile education. The observation of the play activity was accompanied by the daily record in the field of actions and words of the thirteen children participating in the study. The study shows that the child is playing in a subjective space and is a preferred vehicle for achieving symbolic of desires and fantasies, the reality of transformation and creation of new knowledge. Therefore, it emphasizes the importance of valuing the toy library at school as a way of redemption and make of play in school of infantile education and highlights the value of play for learning and development of children in school of infantile education.