日本的学前教育主要在保育园和幼儿园进行。日本的保育园有点类似国内的托儿所,兼具教育功能。孩子出生4个月后就可以申请入保育园一直到上小学之前,而幼儿园至少要在3周岁以后才能入园。日本的学前教育是如何开展的呢?记者最近采访了东京都品川区西五反田保育园的园长松本纪子女士。 Pre-primary education in Japan is conducted in nurseries and kindergartens. Japan’s nursery school is similar to a domestic nursery school, with both educational functions. A child can apply for admission to a nursery school four months after she is born until she reaches primary school, and kindergartens must be admitted after at least three years of age. How did pre-school education work in Japan? Recently, the reporter interviewed Ms. Matsumoto Kiko, the director of the West Fifth Takuda nursery school in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo.