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This paper aims to discuss data produced by two investigation studies in different Brazilian capitals – Fortaleza and Belo Horizonte – which explored the use of playground spaces as well as playing itself in Early Childhood Education schools. A qualitative approach with different procedures for the construction of the data was utilized in the two studies which had children as the main subjects. The analysis of the data showed that the schools don’t attribute much value to the playground spaces in contrast to children’s needs and desires. The results also showed the teachers had adult oriented attitudes which resulted in lack of respect related to children’s choosing their own playing, in attempts to regulate children’s bodies as well the kinds of materials available in the school’s playground spaces. The D-E (T) was used.