Daycare

• Daycare is where parents

drop off their children during
the day for care, supervision,
and learning.
• Daycare is not mandatory
education.
• Daycare is for kids from 0
to 3 years old.
 Preschool:
• Preschool is an early
childhood program in which
children combine learning
with play in a program run by
professionally trained adults.
Children are most commonly
enrolled in preschool between
the ages of 3 and 5 years old.
• Preschool is not a
mandatory program.
Kindergarten

• Kindergarten in the United

States is a program generally
for 5-year-olds, but
sometimes includes 4-to-6-
year-olds, that offers
developmentally appropriate
learning
 Elementary
school
• Elementary school is a
mandatory school program of
5 years.
• It enrolles 1st , 2nd , 3rd , 4th,
5th grades.
• Students start Elementary
school when they are 5 or 6
years old
Middle school

It is a mandatory program of 3
years:
6th , 7th and 8th grade

Other name for middle school

is Secondary school
 High school

It is a 4-year program
( 9,10,11,12th grade)
High school is mandatory.
The four years have
a particular name:

9th- grade : Freshman Year

10th grade : Sophmore Year

11th grade:Junior Year

12th grade: Senior Year

Questions:
1. is kindergarten a mandatory
program?

2. Is Elementary school a mandatory

program?

3. What other Word people use for

middle School?

4. How long is an Elementary school

program?

5. How long is a middle school?

6. How long is a high school program?

7. What are the names for 9th,10th, 11th

and 12th grade?
 Divide los 12
Primaria años de estudios
Secundaria en los 3
Bachillerato programas de
educación básica

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

VS

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th

Divide los 12
años de estudios Elementary school
en los 3 Middle school
programas de High school
educación básica