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Kindergarten (from German, which literally means "garden for the children") is a preschool educational approach traditionally based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school.

The first such institutions were created in the late 18th century in Bavaria and Strasbourg to serve children whose parents both worked out of the home.

The term was coined by the German Friedrich Fröbel, whose approach globally influenced early-years education.

Today, the term is used in many countries to describe a variety of educational institutions and learning spaces for children ranging from two to seven years of age, based on a variety of teaching methods.

Child care or day care is the care of a child during the day by a person other than the child's legal guardians, typically performed by someone outside the child's immediate family.

Day care is typically an ongoing service during specific periods, such as the parents' time at work.

The service is known as child care in the United Kingdom, crèche in Ireland and New Zealand, and child care or day care in North America and Australia (although child care also has a broader meaning).

The vast majority of childcare is still performed by the parents, in-house nannies or through informal arrangements with relatives, neighbors or friends.

Child care in the child's own home is traditionally provided by a nanny or au pair, or by extended family members including grandparents, aunts and uncles.

Child care is provided in nurseries or crèches or by a nanny or family child care provider caring for children in their own homes.

It can also take on a more formal structure, with education, child development, discipline and even preschool education falling into the fold of services.

Child development entails the biological, psychological and emotional changes that occur in human beings between birth and the end of adolescence, as the individual progresses from dependency to increasing autonomy.

It is a continuous process with a predictable sequence, yet having a unique course for every child.

It does not progress at the same rate and each stage is affected by the preceding developmental experiences.

Because these developmental changes may be strongly influenced by genetic factors and events during prenatal life, genetics and prenatal development are usually included as part of the study of child development.

Related terms include developmental psychology, referring to development throughout the lifespan, and pediatrics, the branch of medicine relating to the care of children.

Developmental change may occur as a result of genetically-controlled processes known as maturation, or as a result of environmental factors and learning, but most commonly involves an interaction between the two.

It may also occur as a result of human nature and our ability to learn from our environment.

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S) or America, is a constitutional federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

A preschool (also nursery school, pre-primary school, kindergarten outside the US and UK) is an educational establishment or learning space offering early childhood education to children, usually between the ages of three and five, prior to the commencement of compulsory education at primary school.

They may be privately operated or government run, and one option is to subsidize the costs.