kindergarten
noun
kin·der·gar·ten
ˈkin-dər-ˌgär-tᵊn 
ˈkin-də-,
-dᵊn
plural kindergartens
: a school or class for children usually from five to six years old
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Under one scenario, the district would reduce its number of schools to four, leaving the district with three elementary schools housing 4-year-old kindergarten through sixth grade and one seventh- through 12th-grade middle and high school building.
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Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 23 Apr. 2024
By building oral language, children develop phonemic awareness and learn to notice, think about and work with the individual sounds in spoken words — skills taught and developed in transitional kindergarten.
—Ana Tramp, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
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Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 23 Apr. 2024
By building oral language, children develop phonemic awareness and learn to notice, think about and work with the individual sounds in spoken words — skills taught and developed in transitional kindergarten.
—Ana Tramp, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for kindergarten
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kindergarten
noun
kin·der·gar·ten
ˈkin-də(r)-ˌgärt-ᵊn
-ˌgärd-
: a school or class for very young children
Etymology
from German kindergarten "a school for very young children," from kinder "children" and garten "garden"
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