This paper is about the iconography of Brazilian painter Candido Portinari with the sub-theme Children's Play (Kidding), identifying the recurring play in his art and the contents they express. For this purpose, 20 subjects make up the research and 43 pieces of popular play were selected, with descriptions of its constituent elements. With this, we hope to foster to the dialogue between pictorial art and educational practices, favoring the viewing of the possible interactions and necessary to the pedagogical action. Keywords: Popular Play. Education. Art.