also preschool
1.
Pre-school is used to describe things relating to the care and education of children before they reach the age when they have to go to school. (WRITTEN)
Looking after ~ children is very tiring...
The Halsey Report emphasized the value of a ~ education.
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2.
In the United States, a ~ is a school for children between the ages of 2 and 5 or 6.
Children graduate to the kindergarten, then ~, and then school.
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