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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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The findings come as California enters its second year of offering free transitional kindergarten, called TK for short, to all 4-year-olds, fully expanding the earlier and smaller program.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Researchers followed 1.6 million children who started kindergarten between 2011 and 2014, comparing the later reading and math scores of children who had access to TK before kindergarten with those who did not.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Thompkins said kindergarten is going well for her son, now 6.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

She and her husband had always aimed for their son to enroll in kindergarten, after he earlier attended preschool.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

When you can do it secretly, go in and change the seating chart in the kindergarten classroom.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

That strike left more than 1,000 residential buildings without heating and hot water, along with 47 schools, 72 kindergartens and 18 medical institutions, according to Reuters.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Authorities also waived fees for public kindergartens beginning last fall.

From Barron's ● Jan. 19, 2026

Zohran Mamdani promises policies along such lines: a rent freeze, free buses, free kindergartens, etc.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025

Getting vaccinated against hepatitis A has never been required as a condition of entry to California’s kindergartens or child-care centers, however.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2025

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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