Abstract
This paper focuses on discourses which surround the notion of femininity and how these emerge in the play of girls within the nursery classroom. Two stories told through the play of three 4 year-old girls are used in locating the girls' emergent understanding of what it is to be a woman. I then consider the implications of these stories with reference to my teaching. I enquire whether it is possible within the context of the classroom to reconcile different discourses which surround notions of femininity and if there is a means to generate alternative discursive practices.
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