ABSTRACT
This article results from an ethnographic investigation that, based on contributions from the social studies of childhood, aimed to research the production of ludic cultures by pre-school children in early childhood education. Methodologically, we used the strategies of observation, written and photographic records, and conversation circles with children. Based on the analyses, the gestures, affective relationships, and musicalities expressed by the children were mapped as analytical units that illustrate the production of ludic cultures in everyday situations that are not necessarily linked to playing. Through the research, we could infer that ludic cultures relate to the children’s sensitivity in recognizing playful experiences, including aspects that escape their cultural references, when they find themselves emotionally involved in situations not yet experienced in the various environments of which they are part.
KEYWORDS:
early childhood education; ludic cultures; pre-school