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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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In nearby Welasco, Catalina Ozuna said her daughter is working in an understaffed kindergarten classroom for little pay while being weighed down by the cost of daycare for her own child.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

There are just under a million designated English learners in California schools — roughly 1 in 6 students in kindergarten through 12th grade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Toy baskets are labeled in English, Spanish and Mandarin for transitional kindergarten students at a dual language Head Start program at Hillcrest Elementary School in Monterey Park on Aug. 21.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Dinowitz and Krishnan are also calling for the city to ban gamified learning apps, eliminate individual digital devices for kindergarten through fifth grade and move back to paper and pencil for standardized tests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Josie had time to remember changing Max’s name tag, all those years ago in kindergarten when she told him it’d be easier to go by “Max” than “Maximilian.”

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Crimeans say basic services like kindergartens, trash collection and ATMs have stopped functioning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

Authorities also waived fees for public kindergartens beginning last fall.

From Barron's ● Jan. 19, 2026

Essential to the modern apateu are the amenities — such as on-site kindergartens or convenience stores — that allow them to function like miniature towns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025

She used the knowledge she had gained teaching at kindergartens in Germany to make education enjoyable and approachable for her students.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2024

It had long been a leader in education, establishing one of the first kindergartens and introducing practice teaching to further the studies of its students.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson




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