What does Kindergarten mean?

Definitions for Kindergarten
ˈkɪn dərˌgɑr tn, -dnkinder·garten

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. kindergartennoun

    a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school

Wiktionary

  1. kindergartennoun

    An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school.

Wikipedia

  1. Kindergarten

    Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th century in Germany, Bavaria and Alsace to serve children whose parents both worked outside home. The term was coined by German pedagogue Friedrich Fröbel, whose approach globally influenced early-years education. Today, the term is used in many countries to describe a variety of educational institutions and learning spaces for children ranging from 2 to 6 years of age, based on a variety of teaching methods.

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  1. kindergarten

    Kindergarten refers to an educational institution or program that serves as an introduction to formal education and is typically attended by children between the ages of four and six. It is a foundational stage of education that focuses on developing social, emotional, and cognitive skills through play-based activities, interactive learning, and structured guidance. Kindergarten aims to foster the holistic growth of children while promoting their early literacy, numeracy, and socialization skills in preparation for primary education.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Kindergartennoun

    a school for young children, conducted on the theory that education should be begun by gratifying and cultivating the normal aptitude for exercise, play, observation, imitation, and construction; -- a name given by Friedrich Froebel, a German educator, who introduced this method of training, in rooms opening on a garden

  2. Etymology: [G., lit., children's garden; kinder (pl. of kind child, akin to E. kin kindred) + garten garden.]

Wikidata

  1. Kindergarten

    A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school. His goal was that children should be taken care of and nourished in "children's gardens" like plants in a garden. The term kindergarten is used around the world to describe a variety of different institutions that have been developed for children ranging from the ages of two to seven, depending on the country concerned. Many of the activities developed by Fröbel are also used around the world under other names. Singing and growing plants have become an integral part of lifelong learning. Playing, activities, experience, and social interaction are now widely accepted as essential aspects of developing skills and knowledge. In most countries, kindergartens are part of the preschool system of early childhood education. In the United States, as well as in parts of Australia, such as New South Wales, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory, kindergarten is the word often restricted in use to describe the first year of education in a primary or elementary school. In some of these countries, it is compulsory; that is, parents must send children to their kindergarten year. In other parts of Australia, the term 'preps' is used for compulsory pre-school, and kindergarten refers to regulated day-care for 3- and 4-year-old children.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Kindergarten

    kin′dėr-gär′tn, n. an infant school on Froebel's principle (1826), in which object-lessons and games figure largely.—n. Kindergart′ner, a teacher in a kindergarten. [Ger. kinder, children, garten, garden.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Kindergarten

    schools conducted according to Froebel's system for the development of the power of observation and the memory of young children.

The Roycroft Dictionary

  1. kindergarten

    The greatest scheme ever devised--for the education of parents.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz

  1. KINDERGARTEN

    From Ger. _kinder_, children, and Lat. _garritus_, a babbling. A place for babbling children.

Editors Contribution

  1. kindergarten

    A type of nationalized public preschool education service created and designed to provide a variety of services for children with the accurate and specific ability, experience, management, employees, knowledge, skills, training and qualifications to provide the service responsibly.

    Kindergarten is a form of public service, preschool education and school for children.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 12, 2020  

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Etymology and Origins

  1. Kindergarten

    Expresses the German for a children’s garden or playground. The system of juvenile education so called aims at self-tuition by means of toys and games.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Kindergarten in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Kindergarten in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Kindergarten in a Sentence

  1. Leana Wen:

    There are a couple of isolated reports of kids with monkeypox, but no reports of kids transmitting to each other. The incidence of monkeypox among kids is currently so low that I am not worried about spread while my kids are in their preschool and kindergarten, this could change if outbreaks start happening in children, but that's not what we have seen thus far.

  2. Orange County District:

    A monster with a gun murdered a little boy on his way to kindergarten – because he was cut off on the freeway, the callousness of this crime is unspeakable, but the fact that this couple continued to hide out in plain sight knowing full well they killed a 6-year-old child while Aiden’s grieving parents pleaded with the killers to come forward is [unforgivable].

  3. Monica Marta-Ely:

    We haven't had clean water since he was in kindergarten.

  4. Jens Spahn:

    Anyone going to a kindergarten or school should be vaccinated against measles, whoever does not get their child vaccinated, faces up to 2,500 euros in fines.

  5. Rebecca Cokley:

    Trying to apply for SSDI makes doing your taxes look like a kindergarten watercolor painting, it’s well known that you usually have to apply multiple times. It can take years.

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