kindergarten
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- noun
- /ˈkɪndərˌɡɑrtən/
- US
:
jardín de infancia
- We have no consensus on what to do to help children come to kindergarten prepared to learn.
- a kindergarten teacher
- a kindergarten class
- kindergarten children
So I was, I skipped kindergarten, so I was always the smallest kid.
- So I was, I skipped kindergarten, so I was always the smallest kid.
- When we went from preschool to kindergarten, we just moved along.
- I felt unsafe at a school I had gone to since kindergarten.
- Like people like my fiance teaches kindergarten.
- Although once I left and the government changed hands, they repealed all day kindergarten.
- There's like maybe a year and a half, two years until they're in kindergarten.
- OK, so this picture, I'm pretty sure it was like preschool or kindergarten.
- And then she has she teaches kindergarten.
- Continue to keep your friends you know, my best friend from kindergarten is still one of my best friends.
Examples
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" How could I forget the prettiest robin in the whole kindergarten class?" she asked, smiling.
Fiction book (1997) -
Last year, her daughter, Milani, attended kindergarten at a public school in the city of New Orleans.
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We, we were in the same kindergarten class.
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So in kindergarten, I had issues.
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Continue to keep your friends you know, my best friend from kindergarten is still one of my best friends.
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Well, we're all glad the kindergarten class could join us.
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Her experience includes being a kindergarten teacher in Los Angeles public schools.
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I knew her since I was in kindergarten.
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All of the children in these three teachers' kindergarten classes would give separate performances on stage.
Academic text (1999) -
Many children eagerly await their first day at kindergarten to meet new friends.
Synonyms
94
1.3
A school for children ages three to five to learn and play
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1.0
A place where young children are looked after and learn before starting school
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1.6
A place where very young children learn before primary school
How Early
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1.3
- US
180
1.1
- US
58
1.4
- US
103
1.4
- US
∞
1.0
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word kindergarten comes from the German words Kinder 'children' and Garten 'garden'. A German teacher pictured the classroom as a little garden where young children grow and learn, so kindergarten is a school that helps children get ready for primary school.