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NURSERY SCHOOL [8 records]

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Record 1 2021-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Provincial Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • Education
OBS

MFNSS provides a quality, holistic, and culturally relevant education for First Nations students by nurturing each child's growth and encouraging their development as lifelong learners. MFNSS manages nursery to Grade 12 education, the Private Home Placement Program(PHP), and tuition for high school students attending schools off-reserve. MFNSS also administers school transportation, facilities, and operations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Peuples Autochtones
  • Pédagogie

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Education (General)
  • Social Services and Social Work
DEF

A person trained in child development or early childhood education who is involved in a program for preschool children in nursery school.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Pédagogie (Généralités)
  • Services sociaux et travail social
DEF

Éducatrice chargée des jeunes enfants dans une garderie éducative.

OBS

Équivalent adopté par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des services sociaux.

Key term(s)
  • jardinière d'enfants
  • jardinière
  • institutrice de maternelle

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • School and School-Related Administration
  • Educational Institutions
DEF

A school for furthering the intellectual, physical, and social development of young children, usually five-year-olds, by means of games, creative activities, nature study, etc.

OBS

A kindergarten class may be organized as a grade of an elementary school or as part of a separate kindergarten school.

OBS

According to The Encyclopedia of Education, 1971(V. 4, p. 88), "Nursery school and kindergarten [in France] are combined in a school called "école maternelle".

OBS

According to the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Education (p. 324), a school sometimes "provides kindergarten experience for children 4 and 5 years of age", and "those 4 years old might be placed in the junior kindergarten". "Senior kindergarten" would be the "second year of kindergarten" for 5-year olds following junior kindergarten and "immediately preceding entrance into first grade".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration scolaire et parascolaire
  • Établissements d'enseignement
DEF

Établissement d'éducation, soit privé, soit public, où les enfants d'âge préscolaire reçoivent une préparation à l'école.

OBS

«école maternelle» et «maternelle» : équivalents adoptés par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des services sociaux.

OBS

Puisque «jardin d'enfants», «école maternelle» et «école prématernelle» sont employés par les sources différentes comme équivalents de «nursery school» ou de «kindergarten», il devient presque impossible de faire une distinction entre eux.

OBS

jardin d'enfants : ce terme au Québec et dans les pays d'expression française, est de plus en plus supplanté par (école) maternelle, prématernelle.

OBS

Il peut exister plus d'un niveau de maternelle (en Ontario : «junior kindergarten» ou maternelle; au Québec : maternelle 4 ans, maternelle 5 ans). Par souci d'uniformisation, le Comité propose de recourir aux expressions suivantes : maternelle de premier niveau, maternelle de deuxième niveau.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Administración escolar y paraescolar
  • Establecimientos de enseñanza
DEF

Establecimiento de educación al que asisten niños de edad preescolar.

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Record 4 2000-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • School and School-Related Administration
  • Educational Institutions
  • Social Services and Social Work
DEF

A school before the primary stage for children between the ages of two and five. Children in this age group may be admitted to a nursery class which is attached to a primary school.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration scolaire et parascolaire
  • Établissements d'enseignement
  • Services sociaux et travail social
OBS

Équivalents approuvés par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des services sociaux.

OBS

Voir la rubrique numéro 473 dans VOCEB.

Spanish

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Record 5 1992-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education
OBS

Nursery school and kindergarten.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pédagogie
OBS

Il serait gauche de dire «pré-primaire», alors que préscolaire serait fautif.

Spanish

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Record 6 1986-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Educational Institutions
DEF

(U.S.) Place where opportunities for play activities are provided for children of, usually, pre-school age. It may be arranged cooperatively by parents, as in parent cooperative.

OBS

pre-school centre : Australian term for a nursery school or similar establishment for children of less than compulsory school age.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Établissements d'enseignement

Spanish

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Record 7 1980-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Services and Social Work
DEF

means any family dwelling unit(...) in which five children or less under seven years of age including the children of the family in the same age group but in no event including more than two infants under the age of three years are received for care apart from their parents or guardian for a period in any one day exceeding three hours but not exceeding fourteen hours, whether for compensation, reward, or otherwise, and whether or not instruction or education is provided, but does not include a Day Nursery, a Modified Day Nursery or Kindergarten conducted as part of a school under "The Public Schools Act".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services sociaux et travail social
DEF

Une famille qui reçoit régulièrement des enfants non apparentés dans sa propre résidence contre compensation financière et qui leur assure les soins et l'attention nécessaires durant l'absence de leurs parents ou gardiens, pour une période quotidienne inférieure à 24 heures. De façon générale, les normes autorisent un maximum de 4 à 6 enfants d'âge préscolaire présents à plein temps dans la maison incluant les enfants de la famille, en spécifiant qu'il ne doit pas y avoir plus de deux enfants de moins de deux ans.

Spanish

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Record 8 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education
OBS

nursery school teachers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pédagogie

Spanish

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