Early Childhood
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EARLY CHILDHOOD - What does this Mean?
In a nutshell "early childhood" means the years between birth and the time that a child starts primary school. Read more ...
In NZ children start school usually on their 5th birthday. Though you'll find in human development research and theory that the early childhood years describes the period from birth to 8 years of age.
In different countries different terms are used to classify an array of services for young children - early years services, early childhood education services, pre-primary, etc. In NZ the terms used to classify services for children before they start school are 'early childhood education' or 'early childhood care and education'.
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Here's some more early childhood information you might not know yet
Did you know that there are around 308,000 children under 6 years of age in NZ?
When families need childcare - what arrangements do they make?:
- 45% of children under 6 years of age are cared for informally by grandparents, family friends, or people known to the family.
- 54% are cared for by a formal early childhood service, such as kindergarten, creche, or family daycare (source 2009 Childcare Survey by NZ Statistics). There are more than 4,000 licensed early childhood education and care services in NZ. These services are staffed by as many as 18,000 educators/carers.
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