The children and play spaces in the metropolis

Abstract

This article aims at to present results of investigation about children and play spaces in the metropolis, analyzing two squares located in the suburbs of São Paulo, on the neighborhood of Campo Limpo, Zona Sudoeste of the City of São Paulo, SP, Brazil. The well-being and involvement scale (Laevers, Debruyckere, Silkens e Snoeck, 2005) was used in order to analyze the children's interaction, level of involvement and the adequacy of the equipment intended for them. The observation activities of the research were developed during July 2019, month of school holidays in São Paulo. The analysis is based on theoretical references raised from the definition: of play as an activity of free choice, proposed by Huizinga; of the child as a social problem of the adult, proposed by William Corsaro; and the role of play in the development of children aged 3 to 5 years, the focus of this investigation, from the perspective of Vigotsky.