Preschool

Preschools provide education up to the age of between 4 and 8 when children enter primary education. Also known as Nursery schools and as Kindergarten, except in the USA, where Kindergarten is term used for primary education.
Preschool education is important because it can give a child the edge in a competitive world and education climate.^{[citation needed]} While children who do not receive the fundamentals during their preschool years will be taught the alphabet, counting, shapes and colors and designs when they begin their formal education they will be behind the children who already possess that knowledge. The true purpose behind kindergarten is "to provide a child-centered, preschool curriculum for three to seven year old children that aimed at unfolding the child's physical, intellectual, and moral nature with balanced emphasis on each of them."^[9]
This period of education is very important in the formative years of the child. Teachers with special skills and training are needed at this time to nurture the children to develop their potentials.