Abstract
In March 2020 we were on the streets of cities observing the free and spontaneous play of children in different spaces, when we were surprised by the global pandemic of the novel coronavirus. Various measures of isolation and social distancing were implemented. In this new scenario, we started to ask ourselves about what free and spontaneous play would be like inside the homes of isolated families. Through the phenomenological perspective, we started to look for ways to approach the lived experience of children remotely and through their guardians. We followed 55 isolated families for four months. We realized that investigating playing during social isolation allowed the approximation of a phenomenon that happens inside the house at other times, but with longer times and with fewer restrictions on access to objects and rooms. In dialogue with authors in the area, the provocations that the different rooms engendered in children from free and spontaneous play are evident.
Keywords:
Free play; Spontaneous play; Phenomenology; Leisure.