Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A child who attends kindergarten.
- noun A teacher in a kindergarten.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A teacher in a kindergarten.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who teaches in a kindergarten.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
child who attends akindergarten - noun A person who
teaches at a kindergarten
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In the film, the Human Animal Transformation Project will turn the title kindergartner's family into animals.
Anime News Network 2009
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My kindergartner is in a class that received a Bill Gates technology grant.
Sound Politics: Sorry, low-income children of Washington, you lose 2006
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My kindergartner is in a class that received a Bill Gates technology grant.
Sound Politics: Sorry, low-income children of Washington, you lose 2006
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And this suggests a subject worthy of future discussion, that head librarians should reckon this to be a profession within our profession, just as the kindergartner is a specialist within the teaching body, demanding a higher type of training than is the rule, and paying the price to get it.
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They also complain that Junie is often impolite, hoggish, and generally a poor role model -- again, like an enthusiastic but not very advanced kindergartner.
“Young People Don’t Want to Read About Characters Their Age” 2009
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As the New York Times reported a couple of years ago, some ideologically-minded adults dislike the Junie P. Jones books for their narrative voice, which is full of the grammatical mistakes of an enthusiastic but not very advanced kindergartner.
“Young People Don’t Want to Read About Characters Their Age” 2009
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How does a man find the words to tell his kindergartner and preschooler how much they are loved, even thought they have been left?
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery Jack Canfield 2011
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The experts aren't in agreement on when formal keyboarding lessons should begin, but no one with any credibility is recommending them for the little, uncoordinated hands of a kindergartner.
Rae Pica: Just Say "No" to Keyboarding in Kindergarten Rae Pica 2011
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How does a man find the words to tell his kindergartner and preschooler how much they are loved, even thought they have been left?
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery Jack Canfield 2011
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I will tell her of the kindergartner who worried about a little boy in her class who was teased by the other children, and how she shared her first kiss with a boy when she was only five.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms Jack Canfield 2011
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