“Marcelo, marmelo, martelo”: a importância do imaginário no desenvolvimento da criança

Abstract

Imagining is part of a child context symbolized as one of the premises for the child's cognitive development, because through the imaginary, the child is able to develop his language, his thoughts, his motor activities, his affectivity, his creativity and other aspects. In this sense, this research has the general objective of understanding the importance of the imaginary in the child's development process. Thus, the methodology used in this research was a (a) bibliographic review on the importance of imagery in the child's cognitive development; (b) literary analysis of the short story “Marcelo, quince, hammer”, highlighting excerpts from the book that bring a reflection to the proposed theme. In addition, the present work valued the reading and literary analysis of the short story “Marcelo, quince, hammer”, highlighting excerpts from the book that bring a reflection to the proposed theme using as a foundation: Wallon, Vygotsky, Piaget, among others. Results: as discussed in Marcelo's story, the child's thinking is not organized like the adult's way of thinking, because in child development, thinking develops according to the impressions that the child has of the world and this is awakened in different ways. Conclusion: imagination is a fundamental tool in this process of child development and maturation