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Preschooler

Meaning in child development & early education, with examples

/ˈpriːskuːlə/nounCore term

In child development & early education, preschooler means: A child who is old enough for preschool but has not yet started school, usually aged about three to five.

In Turkish: okul öncesi dönem çocuğu, anaokulu çağındaki çocuk

How it is used

Common in American English and in research. British practitioners often say 'three- and four-year-olds' or 'pre-school children' instead. The noun preschool (or pre-school) names the place or the stage.

Example sentences

  1. Most preschoolers love asking 'why?' about everything.

  2. The study followed 200 preschoolers until the end of primary school.

Common collocations

  • young preschoolers
  • toddlers and preschoolers
  • the preschool years
  • preschool children
  • toddlerA young child who has recently learned to walk, roughly between one and three years old.
  • early childhood educationEducation and care for young children before they start primary school, and the profession and academic field connected with it.
  • pretend playPlay in which children imagine and act out situations, use one object to stand for another, or take on roles, such as feeding a doll or using a block as a phone.
  • theory of mindThe understanding that other people have their own thoughts, feelings, beliefs and knowledge, which may be different from yours.

More terms: Developmental Stages and Milestones

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