Kindergarten

This term of German origin, is defined by the SOED¹ as follows: "a school for developing the intelligence of young children by object-lessons, toys, games, singing, etc., according to a. method devised by Friedrich FroebeV.²The word was used to denote the first free schools in Britain for children of pre-school age, the so-called free kindergartens, forerunners of the nursery school. It is now used in England only of certain private schools, nursery school being the usual term. However it is sometimes used by English people in a wider sense than that given in the SOED, to mean any school for young children. In this case it often refers to foreign countries, for example, the USA or Australia, where there are establishments called kindergartens.

6. creche[kreiʃ]

This word, of French origin, is defined in the SOED as follows: "a public nursery for infants, where they are taken care of while their mothers are at work, etc." According to BEE³, it was originally used for day nursery and is still used to denote a few such nurseries pioneered by the church at the end of the 19th century, when there were no state-run nurseries. In modern English, however, it more often denotes something temporary, arranged to fulfill a specific need. For example, a creche is sometimes organised while a meeting is being held, to enable both parents to attend.

1 Shorter Oxford English Dictionary

2 a German educational reformer (1782-1852)

3 Blond's Encybpaedia of Education

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