KINDERGARTENS
Noun
kindergartens
plural of kindergarten
Source: Wiktionary
KINDERGARTEN
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