Abstract

COUTO, Fernanda Maria do; COUTO, Daniela Paula do  and  BRUNHEROTTI, Marisa Afonso Andrade. The collective environment in early childhood education: The importance of recreation for the integral development of the child. Aletheia [online]. 2019, vol.52, n.1, pp. 50-65. ISSN 1413-0394.

The objective of this study was to present and discuss the results of an observational, cross-sectional and prospective study that evaluated the collective educational environment of children aged between 24 and 30 months in children's educational centers in a city in the interior of Minas Gerais, through the Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale-Revised. The results indicate that the quality of the educational environment evaluated is not satisfactory. This reality indicates a problem since a suitable children's collective environment is essential so that the activity of play can contribute to the integral development of the child, as advocated by the National Policy of Health Promotion. It is concluded that in the face of an unsatisfactory educational environment, it is necessary an intervention project in these educational centers that contemplate actions of health promotion with play activities oriented by professionals trained to guarantee the biopsychosocial development of quality for the children.

Keywords : child education; child development; recreation.

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