Play School (Australian TV Series), Play School
Play School or Playschool may refer to: Television * ''Play School'' (British TV series), a BBC production aimed at preschool children * ''Play School'' (Australian TV series), an Australian Broadcasting Corporation production based on the British version * ''Play School'' (New Zealand TV series), a New Zealand version based on the BBC original Other * Playskool, a toy company * Pre-school playgroup * Preschool A preschool (sometimes spelled as pre school or pre-school), also known as nursery school, pre-primary school, play school, is an school, educational establishment or learning space offering early childhood education to children before they ...

Play School (British TV Series)
''Play School'' is a British children's television series produced by the BBC which ran from 21 April 1964 until 11 March 1988. It was created by Joy Whitby and was aimed at preschool children. Each programme followed a broad theme and consisted of songs, stories and activities with presenters in the studio, along with a short film introduced through either the square, round or arched window in the set. The programme spawned numerous spin-offs in Britain and other countries and involved many presenters and musicians during its run. Despite a revamp in 1983, ''Play School'' maintained the same basic formula throughout its 24-year history, but changes to the BBC's children's output led to the programme's cancellation in 1988, when it was replaced by ''Playbus'', which soon became ''Playdays''. Broadcast history ''Play School'' was the first programme shown on BBC2's launch day. It originally appeared on weekdays at 11am on BBC2 and received holiday runs on BBC1 in Summer 1964 an ...
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Play School (Australian TV Series)
''Play School'' is an Australian educational television show for children produced by the educational department of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), based on the original British version created by Joy Whitby, with many of the presenters former school teachers, whilst others being a mix of well known stage and screen actors and musicians. It is the longest-running children's show in Australia and the second-longest-running children's show worldwide after British series ''Blue Peter''. An estimated 80% of pre-school children under six watch the program at least once a week. ''Play School'' was admitted to the Logie Hall of Fame in 2006, the program's 40th anniversary year. It is one of only five Australian television programs to be inducted. History ''Play School'' premiered on 18 July 1966, with the first episode and was based on the Play School (British TV series), British program of the same name. (The British version started in 1964 and ended in 1988; the sho ...
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Play School (New Zealand TV Series)
''Play School'' is a New Zealand educational television show for children. It is based on the British '' Play School'' show. The series first aired in 1972, and ended in 1990. Synopsis ''Play School'' was first broadcast in New Zealand on Tuesday 22 March 1972 for a 26-week trial period, with a group of six hosts chosen, one pair for each week. Series one and two continued to be broadcast twice weekly, Tuesday and Thursday at around 4.30pm. Its first producer was David Istance, an ex-BBC TV floor manager, who had worked on the British ''Play School'', as well as comedies ''All Gas and Gaiters'' and ''Hugh and I Spy'' during the 1960s. He later returned to the UK and worked as a production assistant on ''Juliet Bravo'' (1980) and then as a production manager on '' Bergerac'', ''Juliet Bravo'', '' All Creatures Great and Small'' (1983), '' Malestrom'' and '' Tenko Reunion'' (1985) and in the mid-80s worked at BBC TV Training at Elstree Studios. It was originally recorded at AKTV2' ...
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Playskool
Playskool is an American brand of educational toys and games for preschoolers. The former Playskool manufacturing company was a subsidiary of the Milton Bradley Company and was headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Playskool's last remaining plant in the aforementioned city was shut down in 1984, and ''Playskool'' became a brand of Hasbro, which had acquired Milton Bradley that same year.Playskool MFG Co.
at Chicago Museum Amidst a major corporate restructuring at Hasbro, to focus on licensing, digital games and core toy brands in 2023, Hasbro has entered into licensing agreements with other toy companies, such as PlayMonster and Just Play Products, to outsource the brand's toy production.
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Pre-school Playgroup
A pre-school playgroup, or in everyday usage just a playgroup, is an organised group providing care and socialisation for children under five. The term is widely used in the United Kingdom. Playgroups are the same as preschool education and nursery schools. They can provide full-time care, or operate for only a few hours a day during school term time or all year round. The business model of a playgroup has changed over time and they are now very similar to pre-schools, nurseries and schools. They are staffed by nursery nurses, nursery teachers or qualified nursery practitioners, and are run by private individuals or charities, rather than by the state or companies. In the United Kingdom, since around the 1980s, the traditional territory of the playgroup has been encroached on by the expansion of more formal nursery education, and playgroups often now cater for children aged between 2 and 5 years of age before they move onto school. Over the same period there has been an increase ...
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