Abstract
Objectives: Understand the family caregiver perception about playing children in vigilance development program. Method: Quanti qualitive aproach with a descriptive and explanatory nature. The research occurred in Escola Superior da Amazonia - ESAMAZ, in a vigilance development project ACRESCER, after some inclusion and exclusion requirements, four familiar caregivers participated. The data analysis occurred through the attribution and interpretation of meanings main obtained data starting content analysis. Results: 75% of caregivers are mothers, with an income above four wages, and 75% with complete higher education level. The accompanied children ages varied in a break of one year and six months to six years. The qualitative data were organized in four thematic axes, the playing time, the playing with another children, the playing and the children development and the caregiver participation during the play. Conclusion: The familiar caregivers consider the time duration to play as enough ,and to present the playing perception as a important source of child development like a main child occupation, believe that playing contributes to favoring the family bond consider it important to development of social relationship.