At this year’s São Paulo carnival, children’s literature will be the inspiration for two schools of the special group, which will be on the parade on the 22nd and 23rd of April. The Tom Maior and Colorado do Brás associations bring elements and stories from the children’s universe to the avenue. For the coordinator of Social Engagement and Reading at Itaú Social, Dianne Melo, the world of carnival costumes can be an interesting way to stimulate reading and imagination among the little ones.
“Carnival – as well as literature, which brings to children this possibility of imagination, fantasy –, as it is a popular festival, and here we are talking about samba schools, which tell us a story, bring a narrative. When these schools bring themes that are from the world of literature, either by an honored author or by stories that have already been told through books, it is an opportunity for us adults to talk about it with children”, proposes the coordinator.
Dianne said that from the first years of life, even during pregnancy, reading promotes gains in integral development, including cognitive and linguistic aspects, but also affective aspects. “The issue of approximation, of bonding, with this adult who is available there reading a story with her [criança], talking about that story. It ends up being a very important activity in early childhood, above all, for the establishment of bonds and development of this child”, he points out.
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Tom Maior’s plot brings together the reflections of the book The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, to the reality of the northeastern hinterland. “O Pequeno Príncipe no Sertão” is the name of the plot that will be developed by the carnival artist Flávio Campello. The idea is to keep the original message of the work, but with adaptations that bring the characters and colors of the Brazilian Northeast. The school enters the sambadrome on Friday (22), at 1:45 am.
Also on Friday, at 11:45 pm, Colorado do Brás brings to the avenue the story of black writer Carolina Maria de Jesus, author of the book “Quarto de Espejo: diary of a favelada”. “Carolina: A Cinderela Negra do Canindé” is the name of the author’s samba-plot, who also produced children’s works.
In access group 2, the Dom Bosco school in Itaquera praises the ways of knowing through the plot “The Food of the Soul is the Gift of Knowledge”.
“It’s good that Carnival also reminds us of so many stories that were part of our lives, our childhood and that accompany us until today”, he celebrates. Dianne recalls that good reading mediation occurs when children are open to questioning. “When watching the parades together with the families, the child has the opportunity to ask questions and, many times, the adults will also not be able to answer, as in literature, but this opportunity for dialogue, to get out of this commonplace, of not receiving everything ready, this ability to active imagination is very important”, highlights the coordinator.
