This dissertation, performed in a community daycare in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro, aims to study interactions between adults and children. Prioritizes interactions and practices that give visibility the child in order to understand the strengths and weaknesses of early childhood education institution as a space that favors the meeting with the child. The methodology adopted was observations (records in field book) of a group of children 3-4 years old, interviews with the coordinator, teacher, auxiliary and mother / official and informal conversations with the director, teacher and auxiliary. The categories were defined from Buber s concepts of presence, meeting, between, dialogue. The first chapter deals with the research building process. Contextualizes the study in dialogue with the theoretical framework, presents the Daycare and the subjects researched and entry into the field. The second chapter is dedicated to Buber and Bakhtin. The act of searching is analyzed, from concepts of Bakhtin in order to reflect on the place where the researcher takes and how to research subjects treated. The third chapter analyzes the observation and interviews in order to understand if the Daycare space favors that children and adults who work in establishing authentic relationships with each other. The final considerations reflect on the positive aspects and how these contribute to true relationships, enabling meetings in which subjects are present and involved. The weaknesses are cited as possibilities for change that collaborate in the formation of spaces and times that prioritize children and their development.