A Importancia da Leitura no Processo de Alfabetização de Crianças do 1º Ano do Ensino Fundamental

Abstract

This research is a Course Conclusion Paper (TCC) from the Pedagogy course at the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul - Naviraí Campus. The subject in question is an investigation into the importance of reading in the literacy process of children in the first year of elementary school. It is understood that reading, introduced in the early years of schooling, is fundamental to the child's cognitive, linguistic, affective and social development. The general aim of the research was to investigate the contributions of reading in the literacy process of first graders. The specific objectives were: i) to identify the importance of reading for children in the literacy period; ii) to identify pedagogical practices for working with reading; iii) to identify the organization of the school (projects, reading room) in relation to working with reading. This is a qualitative, descriptive study that used a semi-structured interview with a teacher and an open-ended questionnaire with the coordinator of a municipal school in Naviraí (MS) as data collection tools. The main conclusions of the study were that teachers consider reading and literacy to be important in the literacy process for children, since these pedagogical practices will develop learning skills, taking advantage of the child's potential, as they stimulate imagination, creativity and help to expand vocabulary. Thus, children's stories should be inserted into the child's universe, with a view to their cognitive, emotional and social growth.