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kindergarten Definition

kinder·gar·ten (kin′dər gärt′'n)

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.

Etymology: Ger, lit., children's garden, coined (1840) by Friedrich (Wilhelm August) Froebel < kinder, gen. pl. of kind, child (see kind) + garten, garden

kindergarten Related Forms

kin′der·gart′·ner noun or kin′der·gar′·tener-gärt′nər

kindergarten Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • attend: He attended the new kindergarten with a support teacher, provided by the family.
  • teach: She went on to teach kindergarten for thirty-two years in the public school system.
  • enter: The lost tape contained the names of 887 children, the majority of whom will be entering kindergarten.
  • start: Her daughter Nadine, four, has just started kindergarten.
  • run: There is an excellent kindergarten run by an English couple just 2 minutes walk away.
  • include: The SOS School teaches primary and secondary level pupils, and includes a kindergarten.

Preposition: through

grade: In its first year, the JFK Charter School will serve 170 students in kindergarten through the third grade.

Adjective modifier

  • preschool: Perfect for preschool, kindergarten waiting rooms, and doctor's offices.
  • ski: For kids, a special lunch offer is included in the price at the ski kindergarten.
  • private: Children in Taiwan can attend preschool in public or private kindergartens.
  • local: By seventeen years old he was working to support himself by gardening and teaching in a local kindergarten.
  • special: There's also a special ski kindergarten for children aged 3 to 6 years.

Modifies a noun

  • teacher: The five - January 10, 1953 - his kindergarten teacher had him sent to a nearby raised in Chicago.
  • class: A group of 15 children from a local kindergarten class were also there to watch the 20 minute performance.
  • child: In the summer term we give our kindergarten children a couple of taster classes in each language.
  • age: It was also decided to start with children of kindergarten age.
  • student: They said they hope to complete assignments for kindergarten students by the weekend.
  • school: We were building a kindergarten school for the local nursery.

Noun used with modifier

ski: There's also a special ski kindergarten for children aged 3 to 6 years.

Preposition: for

child: There's also a special ski kindergarten for children aged 3 to 6 years.