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kindergarten

[kin-der-gahr-tn, -dn] / ˈkɪn dərˌgɑr tn, -dn /
NOUN
daycare
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NOUN
preschool
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Educators now also expect youngsters to start their first year of school already equipped with the basics that help them navigate kindergarten.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Despite warnings from early childhood experts against too much screen time, schools’ reliance on educational technology for grade levels as low as transitional kindergarten has grown — and frustrated parents.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

Students work with robotics and 3-D printers, and those as young as kindergarten used both techniques to create toy race cars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

“The running joke is everyone moves in kindergarten and everyone leaves after 12th grade.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

And sure enough, three days later Gladys Herdman took a pair of kindergarten safety scissors and cut Eugene Preston’s hair in the shape of a dog.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson




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