The PNLD 2022 and the literacy curricularization in early childhood education

ABSTRACT This article presents research that aimed to analyze the literacy proposals of two textbook collections approved in the PNLD 2022 regarding appropriation of alphabetic writing. As methodological procedures, a documental analysis of volumes 1 and 2 of the Porta Aberta and Bambolê books for children aged 4 and 5, respectively, was carried out. These book collections were the most chosen by Early Childhood Education teachers from public schools in some cities in the state of Pernambuco. Data analysis indicated that both collections, complying with the requirements of the PNLD 2022 public notice, propose work focused on preparing children for literacy with a focus on motor coordination exercises, auditory and visual discrimination and the explicit teaching of relations between the letters of the alphabet and their corresponding sounds. The proposals for teaching reading and writing presented in the analyzed collections contradict what is presented in the DCNEI and BNCC for the Early Childhood Education stage, since they do not prioritize interactions and play, and do not guarantee, in working with children, their basic rights.