Mapping attributes of creativity in brincantes activities For children from five to seven years

Abstract

The aim of this study was to map attributes of creativity manifested by children five to seven years in brincantes activities in the Program for the Eradication of Child Labor City Jacarézinho, state of Paraná. The study was based on the research literature and field, including the Planning and Implementation of Activities Brincantes, the Participant Observation; Debate with Teachers , Staff and direction Pedagogical PETI, and the records in Field Journal . The activities have been planned and implemented for a group of twenty-five children of both sexes in the period March-July 2011, totaling thirty meetings of one hour each, twice a week. For the purposes of classification, the activities proposed and developed brincantes were divided into eight groups. They are: 1) Play sung, accompanied by choreography; 2) Games; 3) Rhythmic Activities; 4) Reproductions; 5) Plastic compositions; 6) Gymnastics; 7) Old Joke, 8) Storytelling. These activities were highlighted, attributes of creativity, such as the formation of ideas or hypotheses, hypothesis testing , and reporting results, the ability to see and understand things, originality, complexity, surprise, unpredictability, curiosity, inventiveness, imagination, discovery, exploration, experimentation, creating something new. Were also prominent characteristic of playfulness in activities such as the imaginary situation, imitation and rules. It was concluded that brincantes activities are fundamental for the development of these children in order to allow the expansion of personal experience. Furthermore, it is concluded that the theory of Vygotsky, particularly with regard to the formation of concepts, mediation and immediate development area, are in important fundamentals to address the relationship between creativity and brincantes activities.