Synonyms for kindergarten

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kin-der-gahr-tn, -dn

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɪn dərˌgɑr tn, -dn

Définition of kindergarten

Origin : 1852, from German, literally "children's garden," from Kinder "children" (plural of Kind "child;" see kin (n.)) + Garten "garden" (see yard (n.1)). Coined 1840 by German educator Friedrich Fröbel (1782-1852) in reference to his method of developing intelligence in young children.
Kindergarten means a garden of children, and Froebel, the inventor of it, or rather, as he would prefer to express it, the discoverer of the method of Nature, meant to symbolize by the name the spirit and plan of treatment. How does the gardener treat his plants? He studies their individual natures, and puts them into such circumstances of soil and atmosphere as enable them to grow, flower, and bring forth fruit,-- also to renew their manifestation year after year. [Mann, Horace, and Elizabeth P. Peabody, "Moral Culture of Infancy and Kindergarten Guide," Boston, 1863]
The first one in England was established 1850 by Johannes Ronge, German Catholic priest; in America, 1868, by Elizabeth Peabody of Boston, Mass. Taken into English untranslated, whereas other nations that borrowed the institution nativized the name (cf. Danish börnehave, Modern Hebrew gan yeladim, literally "garden of children"). Sometimes partially anglicized as kindergarden (attested by 1879).

As in preschool : noun nursery school
As in daycare : noun child care center

Example sentences :

It was no kindergarten way of learning to drive four-in-hand.
Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson

My papa is a doctor, and my mamma teaches a Kindergarten school.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 20, 1880 » by Various

This same Morning-glory is the subject of one of the kindergarten songs.
Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael

Seela's joy is to be considered old and allowed to go to the kindergarten.
Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael

One day in deep depression of spirits the Coney arrived at the kindergarten.
Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael

And this brings us straight to the newest of our beginnings in Dohnavur—the Kindergarten.
Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael

The first picture shows the old nursery, used now for the kindergarten.
Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael

Most of these attend the kindergarten, and are very proud of the fact.
Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael

In fact, its work has ranged from kindergarten to university.
Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various

It seems but a few years ago since Pet was in the kindergarten.
Extract from : « The Love Affairs of an Old Maid » by Lilian Bell

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