Pre-School/ Young Children

A nursery school or preschool is a facility providing preschool education or school for the education of very young children, preceding formal compulsory education. It is generally considered part of early childhood education. more...

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In some jurisdictions the provision of nursery school services is on a user pays or limited basis whilst some governments fund preschool education. Universal preschool services is the subject of some discussion internationally.

Preschool in the United Kingdom

In the UK, preschool education in nursery classes or schools is fully funded by the government and is generally available to children aged over 3. Preschool education can be provided by childcare centres, playgroups, nursery schools and nursery classes within primary schools. Private nursery education is also available throughout the UK and varies between structured pre-school education and a service offering child-minding facilities.

England and Wales

Each child in England and Wales is entitled to a five two and a half hour sessions per week, this entitlment is subsidised by the government. Preschools in England and Wales follow the Early Learning Goals for education produced by the DFES which carries on into their first year of school at age of 4, this year of school is usually called Reception. The Early Learning Goals cover the main areas of education without being subject driven. These areas include:

Personal, Social and Emotional Development,; Communication, Language and Literacy,; Mathmatical Development,; Knowledge and Understanding of the World,; Physical Development,; Creative Developement;

Scotland

In Scotland children are entitled to a place in a nursery class when they reach their third birthday. This gives parents the option of two years of funded pre-school education before beginning primary one; the first year of compulsory education. Nursery children who are three years old are referred to as Ante-Pre School whilst children who are 4 years old are termed Pre-School.

Pre-school education in Scotland is planned around the document "A curriculum framework for children 3 to 5".

The five areas of development are:

emotional, personal and social development,; communication and language,; knowledge and understanding of the world,; expressive and aesthetic development,; physical development and movement;

Preschool in the USA

In the USA preschool is provided in a variety of settings. Childcare, Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten depending on the age of the child and the choices made by parents. In general kindergarten and pre-kindergarten work to develop children through planned programnmes whilst childcare centres will focus largely on the care and supervision of children.

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