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playgroup

[pley-groop]

noun

  1. a group of small children, especially preschoolers, organized for play or play activities and supervised by adult volunteers.



playgroup

/ ˈɪˌɡː /

noun

  1. a regular meeting of small children arranged by their parents or a welfare agency to give them an opportunity of supervised creative play See also preschool playschool

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of playgroup1

First recorded in 1905–10; play + group
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Over the decades she founded several L.A. institutions including the cooperative daycare Echo Park Silverlake People’s Child Care Center that was immortalized in the Emmy-winning short documentary “Power to the Playgroup” and the Teen and Parent Child Care Program at the Los Angeles Technology Center.

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More and more children at Rebecca Stewart's east London playgroup are using asthma inhalers, she says.

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Coral Jeffery says she has developed asthma in the past six years and her daughter, Ms Stewart, who runs the playgroup, has noticed children's health deteriorating.

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She is pleased that her child "can play with others at playgroup".

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On a random Sunday, there were 15 posts: one about a playgroup location, and 14 about free things.

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