day nursery

as in nursery
a school for children who are generally less than five years old committed to the needs of its employees with young children, the insurance company has its own on-site day nursery

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Recent Examples of day nursery It was already filled with a day nursery, sewing classes and Sunday school. Carole Carlson, chicagotribune.com, 22 Oct. 2021 The organization’s beginning can be traced back to 1881, when a local women’s group named Western Association incorporated as Detroit Day Nursery and Kindergarten Association to provide a day nursery for working mothers. Scott Talley, Detroit Free Press, 9 Apr. 2021 The house, Hello Magazine reports, comes with five reception rooms, three main bedrooms, dressing rooms, a night and day nursery, and staff quarters. Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2020
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Noun
  • Epic Universe is a powerful example of how Florida’s nursery and landscape industry shapes the state’s world-class visitor experiences.
    Tal Coley, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 May 2025
  • This ranges from a solar farm housing grazing sheep as a natural way to maintain the land, to a learning center, fruit orchard, tree nursery and vegetable patch dedicated to growing foods that are hard to get in Puerto Rico, like kale, lettuce and tomatoes.
    Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
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  • Several years later, Mischel noticed a strong correlation between the success of some of those kids later in life (better grades, higher self-confidence) and their ability to delay gratification in nursery school.
    Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2025
  • Last week, the Maryland House of Delegates approved a bill that would allow contraceptives to be sold in nursery school, preschool, elementary and high school vending machines.
    Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2025
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  • This means around 29,500 students in 74 schools and preschools potentially face exposure to noxious emissions that can be released during extraction.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
  • For example, during the early childhood years, preschool and kindergarten children learn to identify numerals and match them to their quantity through hands-on math activities.
    Jose Bolanos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2025

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