Kindergarten vs. Nursery

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 Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th century in Bavaria and Alsace to serve children whose parents both worked outside home.

Nurserynoun

(countable) A place where breastfeeding]] or the raising of children is carried on.

Nurserynoun

(by extension) Especially in European countries: a room or area in a household set apart for the care of children.

Nurserynoun

A place where the pre-school children of working parents are supervised during the day; a crèche, a daycare centre.

Nurserynoun

A play]] at the same time.

Nurserynoun

(Philippines) The first year of pre-school.

Nurserynoun

A place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.

Nurserynoun

A place where animals breed, or where young animals are naturally or artificially reared (for example, on a farm).

Nurserynoun

(horticulture) A place where young shrubs, trees, vines, etc., are cultivated for transplanting, or (more generally) made available for public sale, a garden centre; also (obsolete) a plantation of young trees.

Nurserynoun

(sports) A club or team for developing the skills of young players.

Nurserynoun

(countable) Something which educates and nurtures.

Nurserynoun

Someone or something that is nursed; a nursling.

Nurserynoun

The act of nursing or rearing.

Nurserynoun

The act of nursing.

Nurserynoun

The place where nursing is carried on

Nurserynoun

That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen.

Nurserynoun

That which is nursed.

Nurserynoun

a child's room for a baby

Nurserynoun

a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions