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Meaning of KINDERGARTEN

Pronunciation:  'kindur`gârtn

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 Definition: [n]  a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 

 

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