Lagoa discussed, on the 26th of September, in the scope of a conference, the importance of playing for children.
The initiative, which took place at the Carlos do Carmo Auditorium, was attended by 290 participants, including educators, teachers, psychologists, speech therapists, educational assistants and families.
The conference took place within the scope of the “Escola Aprender+: Innovative Educators Environments” project and resulted from two presentations given by psychologist Tânia Paias and professor Carlos Neto, researcher at the Faculty of Human Motricity.
In the first presentation – “Playing, relationships and emotions”, Tânia Paias addressed playing as the most precious task that children perform.
Also in this presentation, we reflected on the importance of playing outdoors.
The speaker also led to a reflection on the risk of using electronic devices that transport children to distant realities, poor in relationships and that do not allow them to develop skills such as: knowing how to wait, tolerating frustration and creativity.
In a second moment, in the presentation given, Professor Carlos Neto – “The importance of outdoor school spaces in the formation of citizenship and small researchers” conveyed that “a child who does not play regularly and without constraints in space and time, is not a healthy child and that studies show that there is a very relevant relationship between playing and being happy in childhood and success in adult life».
He added that «playing and being active in childhood allows us to develop the adaptability, resilience and creativity necessary to be happy, entrepreneurial and succeed in adolescence and adulthood».
This initiative is part of the cycle of thematic conferences “Towards the Future Learning +”.
For more information about future conferences click here
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