kindergarten

(kin’dér-giir’tn), n. [G., a fan- ciful name, lit. ‘garden of children’ (regarded as tender plants to be reared), ¢ kinder, gen. pl. of kind, a child (see child), + garten= E. garden, q.v.}] A school in which instruction is imparted to very young children by the use of objects and instructive games and songs, according to the system initiated by Fried rich Froebel (1782- 1852) in Germany in 1840. kindergartner (kin’dér-girt/nér),. [