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early childhood education

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The formal teaching and care of young children by people other than their family, or in settings outside of the home, before the age of normal schooling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 兒童早期教育學 /儿童早期教育学 (értóng zǎoqī jiàoyùxué) — teaching and care of young children
  • Chinese Mandarin: 兒童早期教育 /儿童早期教育 (értóng zǎoqī jiàoyù) — teaching and care of young children
  • Chinese Mandarin: 早期教育 (zǎoqī jiàoyù) — teaching and care of young children
  • Chinese Mandarin: 學前教育 /学前教育 (xuéqián jiàoyù) — teaching and care of young children
  • Chinese Mandarin: 幼教 (yòujiào) — teaching and care of young children
  • Chinese Mandarin: 幼兒教育 /幼儿教育 (yòu'ér jiàoyù) — teaching and care of young children
  • Chinese Mandarin: 早教 (zǎojiào) — teaching and care of young children
  • Finnish: esiopetus — teaching and care of young children
  • German: Frühpädagogik — teaching and care of young children
  • Polish: edukacja wczesnoszkolna — teaching and care of young children
  • Portuguese: educação pré-escolar — teaching and care of young children
  • Swedish: förskollärarexamen — teaching and care of young children
  • Swedish: förskoleexamen — teaching and care of young children