“Literacy is a fundamental stage of human development and extremely important for social inclusion. Without full literacy at the beginning of the school trajectory, all learning in the following years, in different areas of knowledge, is impaired”, analyzes the CEO of the Vale Foundation, Flavia Constant.

“At Literacy Trails, we join forces for the ongoing training of teachers, technicians and education managers. The project supports them to conduct this journey with students in a pleasant way and valuing their local knowledge,” she adds.

Meaningful and enjoyable learning 

“It is important to combine teaching with the local context and culture when playing, making the process pleasurable and retaining the student’s interest. Hence the importance of complementary materials,” says Flavia Constant.  

The Literacy Trails games are accompanied by a catalog, which contains guidelines for teachers. Thus, educators will be able to make pedagogical decisions articulated with specific learning objectives.

“The teacher will be able to form the groups with children of different levels of knowledge, indicating the game that should be used by each group, according to the learning objectives that they intend to achieve. You can also form groups with children who have similar levels of knowledge and indicate the games based on the objectives that the group needs to work on. In this way, mediation will be done more directly, with resolution of possible conflicts and explanation of doubts. In addition, children will be able to play on their own initiative, as part of the classroom routine, choosing their peers and games of interest,” explain José Henrique Paim, director of the Center for the Development of Public Management and Educational Policies at FGV, and Vilma Guimarães, consultant of the Literacy Trails Project (FGV).