How to Use kindergartner in a Sentence

kindergartner

noun
  • The mom of three has been juggling a 2-year-old, a preschooler and a kindergartner.
    Emma Talley, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 May 2021
  • Michael Podolsky of Deerfield watched son Austin, 5, a kindergartner, play a bean bag toss game on the lawn in the park.
    Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Maybe Dad folds laundry on the couch while his kindergartner builds a block tower on the floor.
    Rachel Feintzeig, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2021
  • After the second-graders, who dined at 10:30 a.m., came the kindergartners.
    Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Hanna and John Toman dropped off their kindergartner for the first time, along with his third- and fourth-grade siblings.
    Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2020
  • Who will ensure kindergartners keep their hands out of their mouths?
    Jill Tucker, SFChronicle.com, 4 May 2020
  • The kindergartner is the couple’s oldest of their four children.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 9 Aug. 2022
  • You, me, our cousins, nieces, nephews, uncles, aunts, parents, those kids across the street, kindergartners in Des Moines.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 31 Jan. 2020
  • Her kindergartner has autism and has been back in school in-person since January.
    Jennifer Calfas, WSJ, 18 Apr. 2021
  • At the school, J. escorted one of his daughters, a kindergartner, to her classroom.
    New York Times, 28 Jan. 2021
  • What began in a church choir as a kindergartner now finds a cinematic bookend in Tran’s 30s, with a role and a prayer.
    Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2021
  • The Soloves’ kindergartner, Ezra, has already come up with a rebuilding plan.
    Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Shatavia Dorsey, the mother of a kindergartner and a fifth grader, said her children are going to wear their masks at school regardless of the rules.
    Jeff Amy, chicagotribune.com, 6 Aug. 2021
  • The district will also deploy JCPS vans to retrieve a kindergartner from the bus if a parent is not at their stop when the bus arrives.
    Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The Texas mom pulled three of her kids – a kindergartner and twin first-graders – from public school in favor of home education this school year.
    Megan Myers, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2022
  • At the time, Red Cloud's 500 students—ranging from kindergartners to high school seniors—relied on a network of steam pipes to keep warm.
    Rowan Moore Gerety, WIRED, 13 July 2023
  • Cindy’s favorite Casey story — one of them anyway — was about dropping the kindergartner off at Catholic school.
    Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Tardiness three times in one month didn’t seem like a big deal for a new kindergartner and her parent trying to get used to a new routine.
    Stephanie Land, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Gillian Stewart said that her friend has a kindergartner who attends Covenant and that the friend described to her the chaos of parents trying to pick up their children.
    Holly Bailey, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2023
  • On a large stage inside a packed amphitheater, a group of kindergartners attempts to stomp in unison around a small volador pole while Baltazar plays the flute.
    Leila Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • By the time a plan is fully implemented, Shorty’s kindergartner will be nearing the end of his time at Wide Ruins.
    Alden Woods, ProPublica, 6 Aug. 2020
  • This was a bit like giving a calculus exam to a kindergartner.
    Ben Cohen, WSJ, 1 June 2021
  • Belisle has three children: a sixth-grader, a second-grader and a kindergartner.
    Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Devin, a second-grader, handled vocals, while Cameron, a kindergartner, played the drums.
    BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Claire Trump was hired this summer as a kindergartner teacher at Gurney.
    Matt Leavitt, cleveland, 18 July 2023
  • The couple are both working from home, Timm said, and had to supervise plenty of their kindergartner’s online learning in the spring.
    Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, 27 Aug. 2020
  • Forquer and husband Mark Forquer are the parents of William, 7, a second-grader, and Thomas, 6, a kindergartner.
    Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2023
  • And while the state missed the mark with last year’s third graders, last year’s kindergartners made significant improvements in reading.
    Carmen Nesbitt, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
  • On Staten Island, another kindergartner had lost one of his bottom teeth and couldn’t wait to show off his new smile.
    New York Times, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Drawn to the game after watching her dad and older brother play outside, the 6-1 Zionsville standout was so tall as a kindergartner she was placed on the second-grade team.
    Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Mar. 2023

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