Meanings
- archaicuncountableThe skill or practice of caring for children in a kindergarten.
The kindergarten trainer should be assisted in her special training-work by a regular assistant kindergartner, and by the Principal in the science and art of kindergartening.
1888, The Addresses and Journal of Proceedings of the National Educational Association, volume 27, page 3521 more example
The first lecture, delivered in Boston in 1872, is that which first interested the people of that city in kindergartening. The seven others following were addressed to kindergarten training classes in Boston and other cities.
1886, The Ohio Educational Monthly and the National Teacher, page 493
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