What does kindergarten mean?
Word: Kindergarten
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Kindergarten means a school or class for young children before they start Class 1.
Word origin: From German Kindergarten, 'children's garden'.
How do you spell kindergarten?
Syllables: kin - der - gar - ten
Tricky part: The last part sounds like garden, but it is spelt with a t, not a d.
Watch out for: kindergarden, kindergartan
Memory tip: Kindergarten is a German word, and in German the garden part is spelt with a t instead of a d.
Kindergarten in a sentence
Example 1: My little sister goes to kindergarten.
Example 2: In kindergarten we learnt to count with coloured beads.
Example 3: The kindergarten has swings and a sandpit.
Fun Fact
Friedrich Froebel opened the first kindergarten in Germany in 1837 and gave it that name a few years later.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) kindergartin
b) kindurgarten
c) kindergarten
d) kendergarten
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c) kindergarten. The second part is der, with an e, and the word ends in e-n.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
tnrkeiadgrne
a) kindergraten
b) kinedrgarten
c) kindegrarten
d) kindergarten
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d) kindergarten. Start with the k; the German word for garden comes last.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
kinndergarten
a) k
b) r
c) n
d) t
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c) n. Only one n comes before the d.
Word Chain
Complete the word sequence:
playschool, ____, primary school, secondary school
a) university
b) kindergarten
c) office
d) college
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b) kindergarten. Little children go to playschool first, then kindergarten, and only after that to primary school.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What do children mostly do in kindergarten?
a) learn through play and songs
b) write long essays
c) study for college
d) sit final exams
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a) learn through play and songs
2. In England, children usually start school at four or five in a class called ____, which is a lot like kindergarten.
a) Reception
b) Lobby
c) Hallway
d) Doorway
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a) Reception
