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[learner12]

Hello, teachers!!

The same sentences--I am so sorry...

A nursery school is a school for children between the ages of three and five, staffed by qualified teachers and other professionals who encourage and supervise educational play rather than simply providing childcare.[1] It is generally considered part of early childhood education. In some jurisdictions the provision of nursery school services is on a user pays or limited basis while some governments fund nursery school services.

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When do the children under 3 years old go nowhere? I mean, do parents or grandparents or nannies definitely protect their children at home?

Thank you in advance.

[Eric Thompson]

Dear learner12, I think you meant to start your question with 'where', as in 'where do the children....go, nowhere?'. Is that true? If so, then, children under 3 would go to a 'day care center' (that's what Americans call it). Mostly, they are privately run (not government) at private homes. That is the case with my father and step-mother. The fees of some of the children are paid by the government. The families of the others pay the fees themselves. Very young kids, from infants only a few days old to toddlers up to 3 years old, go there. Ok? -- Eric

[learner12]

Dear Eric Thompson:

Thank you so much for your great explanations. Yes, I understood you. However, I had another question. Very sooory...

When children became 3 years old, do they have to go to a nursery school? Is this compulsory out there?

Thank you in advance.

[Lorikeet]

Nursery school is not compulsory in the U.S. My kids didn't go to school until kindergarten. However, they could already read anyway, so they didn't have to rely on the school system to teach them. (Luckily for the other kids, their teacher used phonics to teach reading even though it wasn't in fashion at the time. She had to hide her phonics material when the people from the state came to visit. Nowadays phonics learning has come back into fashion--but that's another story )

P.S. Don't be sorry if you have a question. We wouldn't answer questions if we didn't enjoy doing it.

[CP]

Before kindergarten, most children who do not attend pre-school (or an equivalent) stay at home with a non-working parent or a grandparent. Sometimes parents in a neighborhood will watch each others' children at their own homes to give each other time to do things without the children around, such as go to the doctor or play tennis or work part-time.

My next door neighbors are an example. He is an engineer who leaves for work early four days a week and comes home late, but he has every Friday off. She is an elementary school teacher who gets home pretty early every day. Her mother, who lives nearby, comes over four days a week to take care of the two children until she comes home from work. The older child just started kindergarten, so Grandma takes her to school Monday through Thursday, and Dad takes her on Friday.
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[learner12]

Dear Lorikeet:
Dear CP:

Thank you so much for your hospitality. I understood the school system of younger children out there.

Have a nice day!!