Introduction: First Understanding GenderThe image of a nursery exemplifies an area of ​​play and education in one's mind. Here, a child can learn, interact and have fun exclusively alone or with others such as his peers or authority figures. Although child development at a young age is critical, subliminal messages are hidden in developmental actions; in an early childhood education setting, indirect and involuntary messages about gender to which all children, especially infants and toddlers, are sensitive are heard and witnessed daily. Young children and infants will recognize what defines girls and boys because of their exposure to gender, seen through the use of gendered words, such as “he” and “she,” or their toys, such as dolls for the girls and the trucks for the boys. Society can recognize that nurseries are an area that stimulates gender socialization at a young age and is perpetuated through the child's interaction with their peers and the adults around them. In this study, I will focus on gender influences among kindergarten students and how gender is prevalent in early adolescence. Although many scholars have touched on the topic of gender among children, I will further contribute to this study by focusing on the child's interactions with his friends and authority figures who surround him on a daily basis. I will discuss that gender is seen and externalized through many different actions that a child encounters during their interactions with same-sex and opposite-sex peers, teachers, and teaching assistants. Furthermore, my study focuses on the age range of young children, between 2 and 3.5 years, because children are more aware of their surroundings and interaction. In an early childhood education program...... middle of paper......2 (1993):151-166.Hayta, Ates. "Socialization of the child as a consumer". Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences Research 37.2 (2008): 167-184. Rankin, Baji. "The importance of intentional socialization among children in small groups: a conversation with Loris Malaguzzi." Journal of Early Childhood Education 32.2 (2004):81-85.Sereno, Sara C., and Patrick J. O'Donnell. “Participant and Word Gender in Age of Acquisition Effects: The Role of Gender Socialization.” Sex Roles 61.7/8 (2009):510-.Walford, Geoffrey and Caroline Hudson. Genders and sexualities in educational ethnographies. New York, NY: Elsevier Science, Inc., 2000. Print.Zosuls, Kristina, Diane Ruble, Catherine LeMonda, Patrick Shrout, Marc Bornstein, and Faith Greulich. “The acquisition of gender labels in childhood: Implications for gendered play.” Developmental psychology 45.3 (2009):688-701.