The "Parques infantis" of the Department of Culture of the city of São Paulo in their first three years (1935-1938) during Mário de Andrade term as director were part of a governmental non-schooling educational project for young children from working-class families, through which their right to childhood was assured. The research on our folklore performed by the poet-educator ("300-350") and the brazilian ethnical diversity made up the fundamentals of this educational experience in which children relived popular traditions, had the chance of being children through art and traditional child play, of experiencing the specifics of that age. The architectural plan and the rules and regulations of the "parques infantis" are pointed out here showing, among other characteristics, elements for the construction of a pedagogy of early childhood education.
