Definitions for kindergarten
ˈkɪn dərˌgɑr tn, -dnkinder·garten

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. kindergartennoun

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. kindergartennoun

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

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th century in Germany, Bavaria and Alsace to serve children whose parents both worked outside home.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 DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

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.]

WikidataRate this definition:4.4 / 8 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

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.]

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1. Kindergarten

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

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1. kindergarten

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

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon WurdzRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. KINDERGARTEN

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

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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 OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

Matched Categories

1. • Preschool

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How to pronounce kindergarten?

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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. Harris Faulkner:

   The road to get to this point, has never been just about my race, ethnicity, culture or any of the immutable or unchangeable demographics. The main ingredients are critically more powerful than that.I was born and raised on military bases across the US and even Stuttgart, Germany. I am the daughter of an amazing officer’s wife and kindergarten teacher and social worker whose family was a mix of Haitian and Native American. And I’m the daughter of a military combat pilot who came from the sticks of east Texas.My parents taught me that our skin color and hair texture will always identify us to people who choose only to see that. But, we must work hard to ensure our success reflects our individual gifts, diversity of thought and experience.

2. Christopher Rufo:

   The number of teachers arrested for child sex abuse is just the tip of the iceberg—much as it was for the Catholic Church prior to widespread exposure and investigation in the early 2000s, the best available academic research, published by the Department of Education, suggests that nearly 10% of public school students suffer from physical abuse between kindergarten and twelfth grade.

3. Brenda Ueland:

   I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain top, but like child stringing beads in kindergarten--happy, absorbed and quietly putting one bead on after another.

4. Monica Marta-Ely:

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

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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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=kindergarten
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kindergarten
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindergarten
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kindergarten
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=kindergarten
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=kindergarten
8. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Kindergarten
9. ^ The Roycroft Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36566/36566-h/36566-h.htm#:~:text=kindergarten
10. ^ The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1989/pg1989-images.html#:~:text=kindergarten
11. ^ Etymology and Origins
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=kindergarten
12. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=kindergarten