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preschool education: see kindergarten kindergarten [Ger.,=garden of children], system of preschool education. Friedrich Froebel designed (1837) the kindergarten to provide an educational situation less formal than that of the elementary school but one in which children's creative play instincts would be ..... Click the link for more information. ; nursery school nursery school, educational institution for children from two to four years of age. It is distinguishable from a day nursery in that it serves children of both working and nonworking parents, rarely receives public funds, and has as its primary objective to promote ..... Click the link for more information. . preschool educationChildhood education during the period from infancy to age five or six. Institutions for preschool education vary widely around the world, as do their names (e.g., infant school, day care, maternal school, nursery school, crèche, kindergarten). The first systematic theory of early childhood pedagogy was propounded by Friedrich Froebel, the founder of the kindergarten. Other influential theorists include Maria Montessori and Jean Piaget. Of major concern in preschool education is language development; teachers often conduct listening and language games. See also elementary education. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill Thursday that will provide $50 million to expand preschool programs at California's lowest-performing campuses, many of them in Los Angeles. In May, voters soundly rejected the universal preschool proposition, crushing the hopes of early childhood education advocates who hoped to make universal preschool public policy in the nation's most populous state. His latest tax referendum, dubbed Preschool for All, would cost California $2. |
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