A EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA COMO AUXILIAR NO DESENVOLVIMENTO DA LATERALIDADE DE CRIANÇAS DO 1° ANO DO ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL

Abstract

Nowadays it is known that laterality has a strong biological influence when children are born, making them right-handed or left-handed by natural order. In addition, the work on the notion of laterality has been gaining strength due to the importance of people knowing the right and left sides of their own bodies, since the body is composed of two hemispheres: right and left. Knowing this, the importance of body awareness in daily activities, sports practices, among others, is noted. In this work, some authors seek knowledge about child development, trying to explain and present each phase and what each one means, thus intending to improve the work of teachers working in this age group, providing them with more knowledge to understand and apply activities that can encourage children's development. Stimuli for the development of laterality are applied since childhood, in contact with parents, with day-to-day activities, in everything that surrounds them, but it is in Physical Education classes that students should most receive incentives and assistance to develop this capacity through general and specific development activities. Thus, daily experiences are essential for the development of laterality. In this sense, this work was supported by the research of great scholars on the subject. It is concluded that Physical Education can contribute to the improvement of laterality.