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Kindergarten - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Kindergarten : (noun)
1: a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for
primary school
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Kindergarten : \Kin"der*gar`ten\, n. [G., lit., children's garden;
kinder (pl. of kind child, akin to E. kin kindred) _ garten
garden.]
A school for young children, conducted on the theory that
education should be begun by gratifying and cultivating the
normal aptitude for exercise, play, observation, imitation,
and construction; -- a name given by Friedrich Froebel, a
German educator, who introduced this method of training, in
rooms opening on a garden.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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