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Kindergarten is a class which students attend when they reach age 5 or 6 that prepares them to enter first grade. (noun)

The academic year that occurs before first grade where students develop basic skills and learn social behavior is an example of kindergarten.

See kindergarten in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a school or class for young children, usually four to six years old, that prepares them for first grade and that develops basic skills and social behavior by games, exercises, music, simple handicrafts, etc.

Related Forms:

kindergartner noun or kindergartener

See kindergarten in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(kĭnˈdər-gärˌtn, -dn)

noun Abbr. K

A program or class for four-year-old to six-year-old children that serves as an introduction to school.

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