| Pre nursery schools provide excellent opportunities for | | | | be run by the state, the local community, the local |
| children five years and younger to get a head start on | | | | church, a company employer, or a business-for-profit |
| the expectations of kindergarten and beyond. Although | | | | enterprise. Like day care facilities, the hours of care |
| neither is required by law, children who attend | | | | provided by nursery schools tend to begin early and |
| preschool and pre nursery school or just one of the | | | | end late in order to accommodate the schedules of |
| two have a far better chance of not having to repeat | | | | busy parents. |
| kindergarten — a tendency that is becoming the | | | | Pre nursery schools, as the name implies, is an |
| norm for thousands of children nationwide each year. | | | | educational setting intended for children who are too |
| For parents, it is important to understand the | | | | old or advanced for nursery school yet too young to |
| differences between the two environments. It is also | | | | enroll in kindergarten. |
| important to carefully check that potential preschools | | | | Privately-run facilities will often offer preschool and |
| and nursery schools carry the proper credentials and | | | | nursery school in one building. While this is certainly |
| follow proper guidelines. | | | | convenient for parents, it is often costly and many |
| Pre nursery school is primarily a day care facility with a | | | | facilities carry long waiting lists. Many of the larger |
| few important touches.Nursery schools will typically | | | | nursery schools will accept children up until they must |
| accept enrollment for babies as young as six weeks | | | | enroll in kindergarten and, while these are not officially |
| through children up to four or five years. The accepted | | | | considered to be certified pre nursery schools, they do |
| ages in nursery schools will often vary depending upon | | | | provide the same structured curriculum. These facilities |
| the physical layout of the school building. Nursery | | | | offer longer care hours and typically cost less than a |
| schools large enough to provide an established baby | | | | separate preschool program. |
| unit separate from a unit for older children will, | | | | The curriculum goals of a pre nursery school are more |
| obviously, be able to accept a wider age range as well | | | | specific than for childcare, but less strenuous than for |
| as provide a preschool-style educational curriculum. | | | | primary school. |
| Pre nursery schools may be public or private, and may | | | | |