Educação de bebês na pandemia: desafios e possibilidades para a educação infantil

Abstract

The objective of this research was to understand how the development of babies in the nursery has been occurring in the context of the pandemic and to understand how the teacher interacts with parents and babies in this context. This is an exploratory and descriptive research whose data were generated from a questionnaire sent to a teacher working in the nursery in the city of Três Lagoas, in the interior of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. The results indicate that babies in their daily lives need physical touch, conversation and support that cannot be provided virtually, considering the particularities of their age. The teacher stopped being the “applier” of the practices and activities necessary for the development of babies and became the guide, the advisor, through digital means, mainly through WhatsApp. This role was even more difficult, since it was necessary to create activities that could be done by all families and in a simple way, always guiding and explaining through videos and audios sent to parents. In her report, we realize that the teacher feels the lack of physical contact with the children and, although she has worked hard, she feels frustrated for not being able to monitor the babies individually.