kindergartening

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kindergartening (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The skill or practice of caring for children in a kindergarten.
    • 1886, The Ohio Educational Monthly and the National Teacher, page 493:
      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.
    • 1888, The Addresses and Journal of Proceedings of the National Educational Association, volume 27, page 352:
      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.