Playful parenting: traditional games in pedagogical settings in early childhood education classrooms in Peru

Quiroz Sagardia K.J. · Clio. Revista de Historia, Ciencias Humanas y Pensamiento Critico. (2025) · DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15548843

Resumen

This documentary-hermeneutic study analyzes how playful parenting through traditional games in early childhood education settings in Peru strengthens pedagogical contexts. These educational initiatives promote active family participation by integrating dynamics with traditional games such as marbles, jump rope, hopscotch, where are you, wolf? hide-and-seek, spinning tops, and riddles. These games represent an undeclared educational heritage capable of developing cognitive, socioemotional, and cultural skills in children ages 3 to 5. The lack of teacher training and the devaluation of ancestral practices are some of the challenges still faced in implementing these dynamics in critical areas. The research raises the need for intercultural policies that articulate community knowledge, teacher training in playful mediation, and state-school-community partnerships. Thus, traditional games emerge not only as pedagogical tools, but as bridges for building identity, equity, and knowledge constructs in early childhood education in a multicultural country like Peru.

Instituciones: Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego