O USO DA LUDICIDADE E DOS JOGOS DIGITAIS NA EDUCAÇÃO INFANTIL

Abstract

This article discusses the importance of playfulness and digital games in early childhood education, highlighting them as pedagogical resources capable of enhancing the teaching-learning process. Playfulness is understood as an essential dimension of child development, promoting learning through pleasure, creativity, and interaction. Based on authors such as Luckesi (2002), the research shows that play is a fundamental means for children's cognitive, social, and affective development, enabling and highlighting meaningful experiences that go beyond mere fun. Digital games, in turn, emerge as innovative tools that integrate learning and play, stimulating logical reasoning, attention, and autonomy, provided they are used in a planned and intentional manner. The article also reflects on the challenges faced in the school context, such as the lack of technological infrastructure and the need for teacher training focused on the pedagogical use of technology. It is concluded that the union between playfulness, digital games and Early Childhood Education contributes to the construction of more dynamic, creative and meaningful educational practices, promoting a humanized teaching that is coherent with the demands of the digital age, in addition to opening paths for new research on active methodologies and pedagogical innovations.