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MARQUES, Circe Mara  y  DE LIMA PIRES, Ana Paula. Of Children’s Natural Rights. An experience with a Mud Kitchen in a Brazilian Children’s School. Runa [online]. 2022, vol.43, n.1, pp.327-346.  Epub 04-Feb-2022. ISSN 1851-9628.  http://dx.doi.org/10.34096/runa.v43i1.10165.

This paper addresses children’s natural rights. The study aimed to understand the modes of interactions of children with the elements of nature during the implementation of a play space in the courtyard of a public kindergarten school, located in a municipality in the southern region of Brazil. In terms of methodology, the investigation consists of action research with 17 four- to five-year-old children. During the investigation, children participated in planning, fundraising, construction, and organising a ‘mud kitchen’. Settlement of the space has gained aid from the Municipal Secretary of Education (SMED), families and small local businesspersons. Results showed that children’s relation with nature is cut across by playful experiences with earth and water, as well as adult, family and teacher participation as positive mediators.

Palabras clave : Playing; Early childhood education; Nature; Natural rights.

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