An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
KINDERGARTEN
kindergarten
(noun) a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
kindergarten (plural kindergartens)
An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school. [from 1852]
(US) The elementary school grade before first grade.
(Philippines) The two levels between nursery and prep; the second and third years of preschool.
Synonyms
• nursery school
• preschool
Source: Wiktionary
Kin"der*gar`ten, n. Etym: [G., lit., children's garden; kinder (pl. of kind child, akin to E. kin kindred) + garten garden.]
Definition: A school for young children, conducted on the theory that education should be begun by gratifying and cultivating the normal aptitude for exercise, play, observation, imitation, and construction; -- a name given by Friedrich Froebel, a German educator, who introduced this method of training, in rooms opening on a garden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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