or primary education
Traditionally, the first stage of formal education, beginning at age 5–7 and ending at age 11–13.
Often preceded by some form of secondary education . Nearly all nations are committed to some form of elementary education, though in many developing countries many children are unable to continue full-time studies past the age of 10 or 11. The elementary curriculum usually emphasizes reading and writing, arithmetic, social studies, and science. A basic teaching strategy involves moving the student from the immediate and familiar to the distant and unfamiliar, an approach first formulated by {{link=Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich">Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi .