What is Nursery?
[[Image:Daycare Attendee.jpg|thumb|Nursery in [[Nigeria]]]] A '''nursery''' is a school for [[children]] between the ages of one and five years. It is a [[preschool]] [[education]] institution, part of a child's education.<ref>[http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/Nursery%20school.html Encarta definition of nursery school] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329021045/http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/Nursery%20school.html |date=2010-03-29 }}, accessed August 1, 2007. 2009-11-01.</ref> Nurseries take care of young children during the day while providing a safe, fun and educational environment. Most nurseries provide toys and a outdoor playground with equipment. ==Names== Nursery ''[[kindergarten]]'' (children's garden), is a name given by Friedrich Fröbel, who created the Nurseru in Germany, in 1837. Other common names are ''pre-school'', ''playschool'' and ''playgroup''. The German word [[Kindergarten]] is also used in many non-English-speaking countries to denote a form of pre-school education.<ref>Kindergarten definition from Microsoft Encarta 2004 CD edition</ref> However, in the United States, Canada, and some parts of Australia, ''kindergarten'' is instead the term used to describe the first year of compulsory schooling. The word ''kindergarten'' is not generally used in the UK. == United Kingdom == In the UK, most children start nursery at two or three years old and move on to [[Primary school|primary]] [[Primary school|school]] the academic year they turn five. Some nurseries can take care of [[Baby|babies]] as young as 3-6 months old. These nurseries are often called day nurseries or [[Daycare|daycares]]. Some nurseries are called children’s centres. Some nurseries have separate rooms for different age groups. Preschools in the UK are mainly designed for [[Child|children]] from [[toddler]] age to five years. Increasing the number of nurseries in England is part of the plan of the Government to get more women to get jobs. Working parents of three and four-year-olds in England are eligib