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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Kindergarten \Kin"der*gar`ten\, n. [G., lit., children's garden; kinder (pl. of kind child, akin to E. kin kindred) + garten garden.] A school for young children, conducted 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: kindergarten n : a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school
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