O brincar como direito da criança nos documentos normativos: análise dos PME do TD Vale do Guaribas

Abstract

Recognizing play as a child's right is not enough. It is necessary to ensure this. In this sense, legal documents need to enforce this right and the Municipal Education Plan (PME) is one of these documents since it is used as a planning and management instrument, because from them the bodies responsible for the organization of Brazilian education define goals and strategies to ensure the quality and equity of education. Thus, the main objective of this study is to analyze to what extent the SMEs of the municipalities of the Guaribas River Valley Territory contemplate the dimension of playing as a child's right. The methodology of this study is characterized as a qualitative research of documentary nature. His theoretical contribution was based on authors such as Scaf, Oliveira and Aranda (2021), Manfio (2021) and Guedes and Barbalho (2016), Souza and Meneses (2017), among others. Its results showed that most of the Municipal Education Plans (PMEs) of the municipalities of the Guaribas River Valley Development Territory do not include specific strategies for play, demonstrating a significant gap in public educational policies aimed at early childhood education. Of the 23 municipalities analyzed, only São Julião and Paquetá do Piauí presented clear guidelines on play, including the creation of spaces and the acquisition of adequate pedagogical materials. The absence of this essential right in other SMEs reflects the lack of alignment with normative frameworks, such as the BNCC, and highlights the need for greater planning and