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单词 kindergarten
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Definition of kindergarten in English:

kindergarten

noun ˈkɪndəˌɡɑːt(ə)n
  • 1(in Britain and Australia) an establishment where children below the age of compulsory education play and learn; a nursery school.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She added that Play Days would not be in competition with the kindergarten, which provides care in the mornings or afternoons and not all day.
    • Four children in Singapore are believed to have died from the disease which has infected about 1150 people there, prompting the city-state to close all kindergartens and childcare centres.
    • The ability to see patterns is usually not a liability, in fact it is one of the primary skills taught in schools from kindergarten to college.
    • The unattractive appearance of the lesions may worry parents, and children are often barred from schools and kindergartens because of fear of spread of the infection.
    • The toys were then taken to the north of Albania by the charity and distributed between the kindergartens there.
    • Its stronghold is in Gaza, where it has curried loyalty from impoverished Palestinians by offering an array of social services, from kindergartens to health clinics.
    • If both parents wish to resume careers, they will find that the cost of childcare in some Scottish kindergartens is twice as much per week as it is in Finland per month.
    • In addition, the church will sharply reduce its extensive support for kindergartens and cut the number of religion teachers it sends to public schools.
    • Not until World War II sent mothers back into the workforce did the Commonwealth government subsidise crèches and kindergartens.
    • He sounds like a kindergarten teacher explaining to little kids about imagination.
    • It wasn't just a question of choosing the right kindergarten and school, it was the right kind of party bag and the right sort of cake.
    • She was a bright child and very good at drawing and writing, so that the morning kindergarten was a godsend to her, and to me.
    • He visited a range of educational establishments, from kindergarten to university.
    • He said he was too busy and came to Glasgow to open a kindergarten instead.
    • Robert Fulghum is right to say that the world would be a much better place if everyone would do what they learned in kindergarten.
    • Are we to believe the little tinkers were using language of the kindergarten?
    • Her role, and that of other men and women, in urging education for women resulted in the establishment of kindergartens and the Advanced School for Girls, the first government secondary school for girls in Australia.
    • Contrast this with PowerPoint: children can learn it in kindergarten, it is so easy.
    • We've secured funds to build houses, health centres and kindergartens.
    • I discussed negotiation skills in business schools, sang nursery rhymes in kindergartens and lectured on contemporary British culture at numerous universities for the British Council.
    1. 1.1 (in North America) a class or school that prepares children, usually five- or six-year-olds, for the first year of formal education.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Many of the earliest kindergartens in the United States served the purpose of easing the acculturation of newly arrived immigrant children.
      • It had been her birthday party, where she had had to invite the whole kindergarten class.
      • Audra wouldn't even be able to graduate from kindergarten, let alone high school!
      • His dream was finally realized when the state mandated the existence of public school kindergartens in every school district.
      • She recognized kids from her kindergarten class and waved to a few as she leaned out the window.
      • Their younger schoolmates in preschool and kindergarten tied fabric scraps together.
      • I thought of the convent school in which I was educated from kindergarten to high school.
      • When I graduated I taught kindergarten and second grade in a suburban school district.
      • Educators have criticized the emphasis on an exclusively academic curriculum versus a play-centered and developmentally appropriate curriculum in some preschools and kindergartens.
      • Another focus of the kindergarten science curriculum is to understand weather concepts.
      • This represented a major shift in the literacy culture of the kindergarten teachers at this school.
      • In North America, kindergartens are often found in large buildings, typically in the same building as primary grades.
      • There are private kindergartens or pre-schools, but first grade is the first step they take into the school they will attend for six years, and it is the beginning of academic life.
      • Little Johnny was in his kindergarten class when the teacher asked the children what their fathers did for a living.
      • Then we invited the kindergarten classes to visit our cave and learn about the oldest paintings in the world.
      • The oldest child is five now, and he's one of the brightest boys in his kindergarten class.
      • Since the late 1980s, most private kindergartens in Hong Kong have lacked government funding and have been able to afford only older, less powerful computers.
      • Until the early 1990s, teachers in most kindergartens in Hong Kong had no official curriculum guidelines for integrating computers into the early childhood curriculum.
      • Phonemic awareness can be incorporated into preschools and kindergartens in a developmentally appropriate fashion.
      • The children, who were 7 years old, were asked to compare their new primary school experiences with those from their kindergartens.

Derivatives

  • kindergartener

  • noun ˈkɪndəˌɡɑːt(ə)nə
    North American
    • A child attending kindergarten.

      a kindergartener who can read most of his picture books
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The diminished status of the language specialist is acknowledged in the following comment from an ELA teacher who works with kindergartners.
      • These stories outline the basic requirements for kindergartners through high schoolers, as well as for school athletes and college students.
      • With the exception of one student, all, including my kindergartners, became competent readers in Spanish.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from German, literally 'children's garden'.

 
 

Definition of kindergarten in US English:

kindergarten

noun
  • 1A school or class that prepares children for first grade. A child in kindergarten is typically 5 or 6 years old.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • His dream was finally realized when the state mandated the existence of public school kindergartens in every school district.
    • Since the late 1980s, most private kindergartens in Hong Kong have lacked government funding and have been able to afford only older, less powerful computers.
    • Educators have criticized the emphasis on an exclusively academic curriculum versus a play-centered and developmentally appropriate curriculum in some preschools and kindergartens.
    • Then we invited the kindergarten classes to visit our cave and learn about the oldest paintings in the world.
    • Until the early 1990s, teachers in most kindergartens in Hong Kong had no official curriculum guidelines for integrating computers into the early childhood curriculum.
    • Many of the earliest kindergartens in the United States served the purpose of easing the acculturation of newly arrived immigrant children.
    • The children, who were 7 years old, were asked to compare their new primary school experiences with those from their kindergartens.
    • Their younger schoolmates in preschool and kindergarten tied fabric scraps together.
    • There are private kindergartens or pre-schools, but first grade is the first step they take into the school they will attend for six years, and it is the beginning of academic life.
    • She recognized kids from her kindergarten class and waved to a few as she leaned out the window.
    • The oldest child is five now, and he's one of the brightest boys in his kindergarten class.
    • Audra wouldn't even be able to graduate from kindergarten, let alone high school!
    • In North America, kindergartens are often found in large buildings, typically in the same building as primary grades.
    • When I graduated I taught kindergarten and second grade in a suburban school district.
    • Little Johnny was in his kindergarten class when the teacher asked the children what their fathers did for a living.
    • I thought of the convent school in which I was educated from kindergarten to high school.
    • Phonemic awareness can be incorporated into preschools and kindergartens in a developmentally appropriate fashion.
    • It had been her birthday party, where she had had to invite the whole kindergarten class.
    • Another focus of the kindergarten science curriculum is to understand weather concepts.
    • This represented a major shift in the literacy culture of the kindergarten teachers at this school.
    1. 1.1 (in Britain and Australia) an establishment where children below the age of compulsory education play and learn.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from German, literally ‘children's garden’.

 
 
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