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kindergarten
[ kin-der-gahr-tn, -dn ]
noun
- a school or class for young children between the ages of four and six years.
kindergarten
/ ˈɪԻəˌɡɑːə /
noun
- a class or small school for young children, usually between the ages of four and six to prepare them for primary education Often shortened to (in Australia and New Zealand)kinderkindykindie
Derived Forms
- ˈ쾱ԻˌٱԱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·쾱d·t noun adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of kindergarten1
Word History and Origins
Origin of kindergarten1
Example Sentences
Just 5% of Heartland’s 810 kindergarten students received all their childhood vaccines last year, and 9% were vaccinated against measles, according to a Times analysis of data that California schools report to the state.
In a nearby township, rescue workers found the bodies of 12 preschool children and a teacher under a building housing a kindergarten.
Thursday’s action relies on the Trump administration’s interpretation of the federal Family Education Rights and Privacy Act, or FERPA, which protects the privacy of student education records from kindergarten through graduate school.
And only 93.1% of kindergarten students had received both doses of their measles, mumps and rubella shots, substantially lower than the 96.2% statewide average.
And 93.7% of kindergarten students were up to date on all their immunizations, down from 94.1% in the same period the previous year.
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