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preschool, a. and n.
A. adj. [pre- B. 2.] (Stress variable.) Of or pertaining to the time before a child is old enough for school.
1924Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 5 Jan. 1/1 We weigh our preschool children nude on their birthdays. 1934[see attentive a. 1 b]. 1946Nature 23 Nov. 737/1 They [sc. defects] develop during the pre-school age, and accurate knowledge concerning them is lacking. 1958Word XIV. 170 In this experiment, preschool and first grade children..were presented with a number of nonsense words. 1960Guardian 29 Apr. 6/4 Dr Tizard suggested the opening of pre-school centres for mentally handicapped children. 1979Dædalus Spring 76 Participation rates for mothers with children of preschool age increased from 18 to 27 percent between 1966 and 1976.
B. n. [pre- B. 1] (Stressed ˈpreschool.) A kindergarten or nursery school for children of preschool age.
1934in Webster. 1937S. V. Benét Thirteen o' Clock (1938) 275 Nope, that doesn't work any more, what with pre-schools, automats and movies. 1958Word XIV. 159 The oldest children at the Preschool were five years old. 1966Bereiter & Engelmann Teaching Disadvantaged Children in the Preschool i. 3 This is a ‘successful’ preschool for disadvantaged children. 1977Caravan World (Austral.) Jan. 67/3 Sue drops their young son at pre-school every morning.
Hence pre-ˈschooler, a child who is too young to attend school; a child who attends preschool; pre-ˈschooling vbl. n., the education of a preschool child.
1954Recreation Apr. 241/1 Remember that pre-schoolers are people. 1958Word XIV. 159 First graders did significantly better than preschoolers. 1960Parents' Mag. July 92/2 Brevity..produces good results with preschoolers. 1965Economist 4 Sept. 883/1 Even as pre-schoolers, these children do not lack experiences. 1971Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 28 Aug. 18/1 Sesame Street, for preschoolers, to date has gotten few brickbats. 1972Guardian 11 Aug. 12/1 Preschooling is the outstanding economical and effective device in the general approach to raising educational standards in EPAs. 1974Ibid. 19 Mar. 20/2 The schools would be there to offer gipsy children preschooling opportunities. 1979Guardian 5 June 11/3 Pre-schoolers should know their full name by 2½. |