Prekindergarten
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Prekindergarten is an adjective meaning Before kindergarten, or not yet old enough to attend it.
Meaning
Before kindergarten, or not yet old enough to attend it.
More Meanings
- (US) The first formal academic learning environment for children, before kindergarten.
Example Sentences
Kate Yourke does not have the heart to tell her daughter Coral she was rejected from the prekindergarten program at Public School 132 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where her sister goes, even though siblings were supposed to get priority. […] This year, Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein has streamlined and centralized the dizzying array of admission procedures for the city’s prekindergartens and middle schools.
Word Forms
- prekindergartens
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include preprimary, preschool, pre-primary, presecondary, pre-school, prenursery.
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