Abstract
This article refers to an investigation that aimed to understand how the motricity of 6-year-old children was treated, who, with the implementation of nine-year education, started attending elementary school. The theoretical reference was Henri Wallon's psychogenetics, so although he focused his motor skills, he did not lose sight of his inseparability of cognition and affectivity. Two classes of the first year of a municipal school of the West Zone of São Paulo were observed. The observation sessions, recorded in the field diary were synthesized in episodes. The study pointed out that the school still does not recognize the importance of the motor act for cognitive and affective development it offers few opportunities for six year old children to experience the physical space - fundamental for the construction of the mental space - and few moments for games of Fiction - important for the strengthening of representation.
Keywords:
Motor process; Children; elementary School.