“Aunt, Read This Story To Me?”

a contação de histórias como instrumento para promover o letramento literário na educação infantil

Abstract

In this study, we understand Literary Literacy as the condition that allows individuals not only to understand and distinguish the most diverse literary genres, but also to acquire the pleasure of reading and seek to establish contact with texts independently. In this sense, schools are important agents for promoting this type of literacy. Therefore, the main objective was to understand the role of storytelling in the development of Literary Literacy in children. As a methodology, we used bibliographic research and reflections based on the experiences of one of the authors during her Supervised Internship in Early Childhood Education, part of the Pedagogy program at a public university in Minas Gerais. As a result, we concluded that storytelling in Early Childhood Education can be an important practice in children's development and stimulate the development of attention, concentration, imagination, oral skills, and interest in literature.