M athematics and childrens literature: a book, a game and the challenge of drawing time

Abstract

This present article presents the cut of a master’s research that investigated connections between mathematics and children’s literature. The activities proposed of the book Contagem Regressiva ”, our object of analysis, it was carried out with a Preschool Class of a public s chool fro m Rio Grande do Sul. The book’s exploration and the counting suggested by them led to a game. It led students to observation of an analog clock. Children aged five and
six years made records. These records evidence the ir hypotheses about time pass ing and continuity notions, it alerts us to pedagogical potencial of analog clocks in the construction of
time’s concept and in the understanding about the measured time’s instruments. Besides this,
the study reinforces the imp ortance of narrative and play fulness o n little children’s development. Working with children’s reading books empowers the exploration of complex mathematical concepts intuitively.