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French translation: garderies ou camps de jour

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17:56 Jan 17, 2012

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Education / Pedagogy

English term or phrase: play groups

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Je vois bien ce qu'ils veulent dire, mais n'arrive pas à trouver d'équivalent en français. Quelqu'un aurait une idée? Merci!!
C'est sur un site australien d'activités pour jeunes enfants.

Barbara de Lataillade KudoZ activity Questions: 10 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 62
Local time: 11:46

French translation:garderies ou camps de jour

Explanation:
Selon le contexte, ce sont les termes utilisés au Québec mais en Australie???

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mccp
Canada
Local time: 05:46

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Summary of answers provided

4 +2

école maternelle

Virginie Schmitt

Jardin d'enfants

Sonia Koprivica

3 +1

garderies ou camps de jour

mccp

Summary of reference entries provided

Playgroup - something like halte-garderie

yx37029

Discussion entries: 3

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36 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

garderies ou camps de jour

Explanation:
Selon le contexte, ce sont les termes utilisés au Québec mais en Australie???

mccp
Canada
Local time: 05:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 3

Notes to answerer

Asker: Merci! Je suppose que l'auteur du site cherche à être le plus international possible...

2 hrs confidence:

Jardin d'enfants

Explanation:
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http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jardin_d'enfants

Sonia Koprivica
Spain
Local time: 11:46
Native speaker of:

French

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

école maternelle

Explanation:
Autre possibilité....
Tout dépend en fait de l'âge des enfants, de la fréquentation et du système scolaire:
- de 3 mois à 2 ans 1/2 - 3 ans: crèche (à plein temps)
- de 3 mois à 2 ans 1/2 - 3 ans: halte - garderie (ponctuellement)
- de 18 mois à 3 ans: jardin d'enfants (plein temps ou mi-temps)
Ces structures sont des services destinés à garder les enfants, qui proposent un éveil adapté à l'âge de l'enfant, sans objectif pédagogique et plutôt dans une perspective de sociabilisation, d'épanouissement et de bien-être de l'enfant.
- dès 3 ans, voire 2 ans dans certaines écoles et jusqu'à 5 / 6 ans, l'école maternelle, qui est organisée en sections et fixe un but pédagogique pour chaque niveau, tout en restant très ludique dans la forme des apprentissages. C'est pourquoi ce terme a ma préférence, compte-tenu du contexte. Ceci dit "jardin d'enfants" convient aussi au niveau du sens.
Pour contourner la redondance avec *school*, on peut recourir à *classes des écoles maternelles et primaires*, ce qui indique que les activités sont adaptées à la tranche d'age des 2 - 10 ans.

Virginie Schmitt
France
Local time: 11:46
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 12

Reference comments

38 mins peer agreement (net): +3

Reference: Playgroup - something like halte-garderie

Reference information:
When I was a child I went to a playgroup - my mum would drop me off and go away for a few hours.

It's not always for a whole day (so not particularly for working parents) just a few hours.

When I read this sentence, that is what I understood.

http://www.wordreference.com/enfr/playgroup suggests halte-garderie as an approximation but I wouldn't dare pose it as an answer as I have no knowledge of this term.

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Note added at 40 mins (2012-01-17 18:36:51 GMT)
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PS I grew up in the UK not Australia so it could have a slightly different meaning

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Note added at 43 mins (2012-01-17 18:40:15 GMT)
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A google search for images of playgroups on Australian websites:
http://bit.ly/xWJkcJ
These look like the playgroups I remember

A google search for images of halte-garderie:
http://bit.ly/xnzole

Looks similar but of course that is no proof!

yx37029
Native speaker of:

English

Note to reference poster

Asker: Merci! C'est peut-être bien ça, difficile de savoir...

Asker: Après avoir vu les photos, oui, définitivement je crois que c'est ça. Grand merci!!!

Asker: Your answer was very helpful and I would be happy to select it as the most helpful. Would you like to put it as an answer (halte-garderie) instead of a comments?

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