A clause in the government's new Children and Young People Bill will increase the free entitlement by more than 100 hours to 600 a year.
Looked-after two-year-olds and those with a kinship care order will also be eligible for the allowance.
The announcement followed a pledge made in March last year by First Minister Alex Salmond to include a legal guarantee of 600 hours of free nursery education in the bill.
At the time, Salmond said Scotland would offer “the best package of free nursery education on offer anywhere in the UK”.
Anand Shukla, chief executive of the Daycare Trust and Family and Parenting Institute, credited the initiative to a campaign run by the Daycare Trust and Children in Scotland in February 2012.
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