El juego como estrategia pedagógica para fortalecer el aprendizaje significativo en los niños y niñas de 5 a 6 años del grado preescolar de la institución educativa John F. Kennedy

Abstract

The game is the first creative act of the human being. It starts when the child is a baby, through the bond that is established with the external reality and the fantasies, needs and desires that is acquiring. When a child picks up any object and makes it fly, it is creating a unique and unrepeatable moment that is absolutely yours. Because that playing does not know about patterns pre-established, does not understand the demands of the environment, there is no "do it right". All the toys lead to a game? The toy is the means used to play: it includes from a Sabanita, even a doll, a ball, an ant, or a computer. All these elements they can also be used for educational purposes. But if they become a didactic tool, they lose their game entity. The game constitutes the main occupation of the child, as well as a very important role, since Through this, it can be stimulated and acquire greater development in its different areas such as psychomotor, cognitive and affective-social. In addition, the game in children has purposes education and also contributes to the increase of their creative capacities, so it is considered an effective means for understanding reality. Through the game the small children experience, learn, reflect and actively transform reality. Children grow through the game, so you should not limit the child in this playful activity.