The practice or process of providing early childhood education before formal schooling begins.
Present participle of the noun 'foreschool,' emphasizing the ongoing process of early education rather than the institution itself.
When this term emerged in the 1960s, it reflected a major shift in thinking—parents realized that the years before school weren't just 'babysitting' but crucial brain-development time.
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