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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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Michelle Reitano, a kindergarten teacher in Methuen, said her class sizes have ranged from 16 to 18 children in recent years, down from 20 to 24 when she began teaching in the district in 2012.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

In 2014, at the very bottom of Springfield’s income collapse, Daniels was working at Horace Mann Elementary, onboarding the new kindergarten class, when she realized something was amiss.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

Shemrai found it difficult to secure kindergarten places in Ivano-Frankivsk for her children.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 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

Once a kindergarten gerbil got loose and climbed in Boomer Malone’s desk and died there.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson

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

"Prolonged air-raid alerts affect not only people's safety, but also the operation of businesses, logistics, transportation, schools, kindergartens," he said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

The state’s measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccinations among kindergartens fell nearly 10% over 13 years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

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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