What's the difference between Pre-K and Kindergarten?

Question

And at what age do they usually start?

Answer 1

I think you get to color and play more in Pre-K lol and the age would be 4.

Answer 2

Pre-Kindergarten as opposed to Kindergarten.

Pre-K is I think much like Day-Care with a very, very loose curriculum on teaching - or pretty much no structured teaching at all.

Kindergarten is where structure begins. There are specific times where different activities take place: Naptime, Language Arts, Math, etc. and the children are expected to abide by those times - thus enforcing rules and preparing them for 1st grade and so on.

Kindergarten is 5+ (well, really just 5) and Pre-K I think starts at 3.

I also think that Pre-K has no definite age, you can start at 3 or 4.

Answer 3

Ages/stages.  Pre K is now before 5.  Kindergarten, according to No child left behind law, starts at 5.  Public schools, usually go by the K no < 5.

Answer 4

Pre-K is designed to help your son/daughter prepare for Kindergarten. They teach socialization, numbers, letters, colors, etc. All the things that the child needs to know to be integrated in to the school environment. Children normally start at the age of 3 or 4 in Pre-K.

Kindergarten is more designed towards the school environment. Learning and expanding on what they already have learned in Pre-K. Addition, subtraction, what shapes are called, ect. Children normally start Kindergarten at the ages of 5 and 6.

        I hope this answers your question.

Answer 5

Pre K or Pre School?

Preschool their is no difference.

Pre k is a primer for Kindergarten.

5 for Pre anything and 6 for kindergarden