Lateralidad a través del juego libre en niños y niñas de 3 a 4 años de la Escuela de Educación Básica Prof. Manuel Centeno Garzón de la parroquia El Cambio

Abstract

Free play is a pedagogical strategy that significantly affects the development of laterality since it allows boys and girls to play without complying with rules or structures defined by the teacher. In addition, this type of game helps children to be autonomous, to adopt characters, to choose the toys they want to play with. In this sense, the objective of the research is to establish the incidence of free play in the development of laterality in boys and girls from 3 to 4 years of age at the Prof. Manuel Centeno Garzón elementary school of the El Cambio parish. , from the city of Machala. A type of descriptive investigation was applied with a mixed cut. Among the theoretical methods, the historical-logical and the analytical-synthetic were used; Among the empirical ones are participant observation, the interview and the Harry test to diagnose the dominance of laterality. The results indicate that free play significantly affects the development of laterality, so it is necessary to provide boys and girls with the necessary spaces for free play to be applied inside and outside the classroom. To achieve this, a system of workshops regarding free play is proposed as a pedagogical approach to develop laterality in children.