[Tagging] Kindergarten, Childcare and Preschool

[alyssa wright]

that's not to say i disagree with the suggestion, just adding more context.


On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 8:36 AM, alyssa wright <alyssapwright at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I do think there's some distinction in the US between kindergarden and day
> care (and it's too early to find the wikipedia articles to back this up, my
> apologies...) so more generally speaking -- the distinction is that
> kindergarden has government certified teachers and probably under stricter
> regulation. In some states, including NY I believe - its actually
> mandatory, where forms of day care are not.
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Janko Mihelić <janjko at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I think we should agree on an umbrella term for all institutions that
>> care for and teach children before they go to "real" school. Is
>> amenity=day_care already the term I'm talking about? And then on the wiki
>> just write "If you're not sure, put amenity=day_care". That way we have
>> covered all the different types of those institutions that we have never
>> heard about.
>>
>> I think we need this because there are probably lots of gray areas of
>> what caring is, and what teaching is. Some would say it's the same thing.
>> Teaching children how to get along with each other isn't less important
>> than teaching them 1+1. Also, you can teach children 1+1 through play and
>> fun. If there is some clear distinction, I'm not aware of it.
>>
>> Janko
>>
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