摘要：This research intends to analyze the contributions of the play and of the game as pedagogic resources for the learning process and of development of the child's human universities. For this, she leans in the authors of the Theory Historical-Cultural, Vygotsky and their followers, trying to proceed a discussion line that includes: the psychic development from the birth even the preschool age; the importance and contribution of the social experience for the human development; the main activities that involve the first three stages of the childhood; the form of the adult's performance in the area of close development and finally the importance of the teacher's mediation and his performance as creator of new possibilities. The performance with the teachers, in an institution of Infantile Education, through the research-action made possible subsidies that related theory and practice, and the reached results evidenced the importance of the play and of the game in this stage of Basic Education.
关键词：Jogo e brincadeira. Desenvolvimento infantil. Psicologia sócio-histórica.
