Kindergarten vs. Montessori — What's the Difference?

Kindergarten (, US: (listen)) is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th century in Bavaria and Alsace to serve children whose parents both worked outside home.

Italian educator who developed a method of teaching mentally handicapped children and advocated a child-centered approach (1870-1952)

(in Britain and Australia) an establishment where children below the age of compulsory education play and learn; a nursery school.

A program or class for four-year-old to six-year-old children that serves as an introduction to school.

An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school.

The elementary school grade before first grade.

(Philippines) The two levels between nursery and prep; the second and third years of preschool.

A class within a primary school or a separate school for young children, usually between the ages of four and six years, designed to adapt children to the classroom environment before beginning academic training, on the theory that education should be begun by gratifying and cultivating the normal aptitude for exercise, play, observation, imitation, and construction; - a name given by Friedrich Froebel, a German educator, who introduced this method of training, in rooms opening on a garden.

A preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school