Purpose The purpose of this study has been to observe educationalists in the nursery school with attention to how their treatment affects the children from a sex-/gender perspective. The issues that the study has been based on are: Treats the nursery school's educationalists the children in the nursery school different from a genus-/sex perspective? In which way is the treatment different? How is the nursery school's environment edified from a genus-/sex perspective? How considers a parent to a child that deviates from the traditional sex standard that their children have been treated of the nursery school's educationalists?

Method The method has been a qualitative survey where I observed some educationalists on three different nursery schools. I have also interviewed a parent to a child in a nursery school that considers that her children deviate from the gender normative. I have used myself of different gender theories in order to analyze my observations and the interview. I have also used myself of earlier equality projects on other nursery schools than the ones I have used for analysis.

Results The result shows that there are few differences in how educationalists treat the children in the different nursery schools. There are no verbal differences, in other words difference on word choices or intonation choice when the children are addressed. There are small differences in how the children are treated, in other words how the educationalists behave when addressing the children. The interview with the parent resulted in an excellent example of how educationalists can work in a gender aware way.