Play considerations: why toys help and can influence learning processes

Abstract

Abstract: This article aims to discuss the importance of playing in learning processes. Playing has accompanied humanity since ancient times, functioning as a form of interface that allows children to access aspects of the adult world in their own existential space. In this bias, playing was approached as an evolutionarily conserved behavior, presenting universal character in a defined schedule. It was concluded that, initially, play can assist in the process of sensory and motor development, in a second moment, through “make believe”, the children can simulate the real world, extracting from this simulation the experience necessary to learn as much as possible. nuances of behavior, such as the foundations of socialization and human communication.