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• n  a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school

• Demanding better work conditions and higher pay, Germany's kindergarten teachers go on strike, shutting down nursery schools across the country and leaving parents scrambling to .
• For some children, delaying kindergarten is the right choice.
• One hundred years ago a German schoolmaster named Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel opened in Blankenburg the world's first kindergarten.

News & Articles

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• Nashua kindergarten classes to be smaller with new teacher positions in budget
  NASHUA – City elementary schools will see smaller kindergarten classes next school year thanks to five new teacher positions included in the district operating budget. Enrollment projects as of June 7 show that only three kindergarten classrooms in the city – at Birch Hill Elementary School – are expected to have more than 20 students per classroom, a big improvement over the current school year ...
  June 16, 2013 - The Nashua Telegraph
• Kindergarten Camp program lives on, thanks to support of several
  The Community Partnership of the Ozarks managed to scrape up enough donations and volunteers to keep the Kindergarten Camp program going this summer. But without the grant money to help pay for it, organizers are not sure how long it will last after this year. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A summer program aimed at giving kids a head start to kindergarten started this week even after it ran out of funding ...
  June 14, 2013 - KSPR Springfield
• Kindergarten registration scheduled for March 25-26
  Submitted Registration for children entering kindergarten in the Thomaston-Upson County School System for the 2013-2014 school year is being held this month. Children who will be five years of age on or before September 1, 2013, qualify for next year’s kindergarten program.
  June 13, 2013 - The Thomaston Times

Quotes

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• Charles Schumer in The Associated Press
  Sen. Charles Schumer said her "brilliant" record was clear and complete, declaring: "The only thing as far as I can tell that we don't have is her kindergarten report card."
• Barack Obama in The Miami Herald
  I don't know what's next,Obama said at an outdoor rally in North Carolina. "By the end of the week, he'll be accusing me of being a secret communist because I shared my toys in kindergarten. I shared my peanut butter and jelly sandwich."
• President Bush in USA Today
  I am still trying to recover from the kindergarten experience,Bush said. "You talk about sapping your energy."