O LUDICO COMO FORMA DE APRENDIZAGEM NA EDUCAÇÃO INFANTIL

This article sought to discuss and identify the importance of play in the teaching-learning process, based on the reality of an Early Childhood Education Center in the northern region of Palmas-TO. It also aims to identify the representativeness and importance of playing as a form of cognitive and significant development for the construction of knowledge in children, and its possible influences on the learning process in relation to the lack of pedagogical resources. For this research, qualitative research was carried out, in addition to analysis and preparation of records and conceptual theoretical research by several authors. In Early Childhood Education, children learn in a playful and playful way, developing their cognitive, affective and motor skills. However, the lack of viable pedagogical resources influences the student’s cognitive ability.