Contação de histórias: um patrimônio a serviço da formação de leitores e do fortalecimento de vínculos afetivos entre professor/aluno nas séries iniciais

Abstract

The current work seeks to demonstrate how story-telling activities in elementary grades, when mediated by an educator, may promote a closer relationship between teacher and student, help with the comprehension and construction of knowledge, as well as contribute in the formation of new and competent readers, especially literary readers. During 2010 and the first semester of 2011, with the purpose of proving such hypothesis, we, as members of the of the project Vozes do Pampa, by Unipampa (University of Pampa), Bage Campus, analyzed our experiences with story-telling at city and state schools and at the Prof. Maria Martins Rossell Children’s Public Library. This research has confirmed that the practice of story-telling promotes a real gain to the listeners. They are persuaded to free their creativity in an environment that motivates the learning process. Stimulated in the search for different titles, the children will have the chance of becoming new readers which, encouraged by the contribution of reading in their lives, will have the opportunity of being aware of their role in society.