Abstract

The article aims to analyze, through a bibliographic review, the relationship that the infant has with the adult and the function that tone and emotion fulfill in this bond. The data sources used as reference are Scielo, Google scholar and Pro quest Academic, in addition to specific bibliography and ministerial documents from Chile, where two lines of development are identified: a) the ideas of Wallon and Winnicott about the role of the adult in society. relationship and emotionality of the child and b) the ideas of Pikler pedagogy and its implications in the Curricular Bases of Early Childhood Education (2018) at the nursery level. Where it appears, the importance of the child-adult relationship through tonic dialogue and appropriate environments, in addition to the emphasis on autonomous and free development in the nursery, although a methodology to be used is not specified, this is at the discretion of the educators.