Montenegro, Rúbia Kátia AzevedoQueiroz, Rita Irene de2016-07-282021-10-052016-07-282021-10-052016-06QUEIROZ, Rita Irene de. O lúdico na Educação Infantil. 2016. 22f. Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso (Licenciatura em Pedagogia a Distância), Centro de Educação, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2016.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/41780This study aims to address the history of early childhood education, which provided that occurred this historical fact, as appeared, its history and events in society, its changes and the social, economic, political and cultural. The nursery and pre-school were the same purpose of education? What are the concepts addressed? According to these questions, you can highlight the different perspectives on early childhood education over time. The LDB No 9394/96 aimed at the inclusion of early childhood education as the first stage of basic education, performing two functions, educating and caring leaving the bank and the character of a welfare education. In this sense, the Early Childhood Education was forced to redraw the child's views, education and services. Overlooking this new paradigm, the research carried out, it covers a brief history of early childhood education in our country, with a new approach to the child. Featuring a bibliographical research in the light of authors such as Piaget (1998), Vygotsky (1984), the Curriculum Standards (2006), among others, which indicate that 1Graduanda em Pedagogia pela UFRN – rita.irene3@gmail.com 2Orientadora Mestre em Ciências da Educação, Especialista em Mídias na Educação e Psicopedagogia Institucional e Graduada em Letras – rubiakamontenegro@yahoo.com.br 4 changes are needed for a quality early childhood education, includes the integral formation of children aged 0-6 years.openAccessEducação InfantilMudançasAbordagemEarly Childhood EducationChangesApproachbachelorThesisEducação