O Papel Da Horta Nas Escolas De Educação Infantil

During Early Childhood Education, it is very important to provide experiences of approach children with everyday problems. Thus, the project entitled "Horta Viva na Escola", at the Federal University of Santa Maria - Campus Cachoeira do Sul, aimed to set up vegetable gardens in Early Childhood Schools, in order to contribute to practical and meaningful learning for the integral formation of children. Two gardens were set up in two schools for children, one at the Municipal School of Child Education in the city of Santiago and the other at the Totem College in Cachoeira do Sul. The gardens were set up in idle space in the schoolyard, where students were responsible for planting and managing the garden, together with the teacher responsible for the class. With the project, activities such as planting of seedlings and sowing of vegetables were carried out, in which the children were able to follow and observe the phases of the development of the plants, performing daily care necessary for their cultivation and future harvest. In this sense, the garden inserted in the school environment has a very important role for becoming a living laboratory, which enables the development of various practical and necessary pedagogical activities within the school context