elementary education

Early childhood learning

Elementary education is schooling during the earliest years of formal instruction, typically covering ages five through eleven or twelve.

In the United States, this usually means kindergarten through fifth or sixth grade, focusing on foundational skills: reading, writing, arithmetic, and basic science and social studies.

She has a degree in elementary education.

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educational level/progression

elementary educationhigher education

Post-secondary academic training

tertiary education · graduate education · postgraduate education · university education · secondary education

cognitive complexity

elementary educationspecialized training

Targeted professional education

professional training · technical education · professional development

Family

education, elementary, elementary school

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