Kindergarten vs. Kindergartner

Kindergartennoun

An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school.

Kindergartennoun

(US) The elementary school grade before first grade.

Kindergartennoun

(Philippines) The two levels between nursery and prep; the second and third years of preschool.

Kindergartennoun

A class within a primary school or a separate school for young children, usually between the ages of four and six years, designed to adapt children to the classroom environment before beginning academic training, 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.

Kindergartennoun

a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school

Kindergartennoun

(in Britain and Australia) an establishment where children below the age of compulsory education play and learn; a nursery school.

Kindergartennoun

(in North America) a class or school that prepares children, usually five- or six-year-olds, for the first year of formal education.

Kindergarten

Kindergarten (, US: (listen)) is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th century in Bavaria and Alsace to serve children whose parents both worked outside home.

Kindergartnernoun

A child who attends a kindergarten.

Kindergartnernoun

(rare) A person who teaches at a kindergarten.

Kindergartnernoun

One who teaches in a kindergarten.