Kindergarten facts for kids
Kindergarten, literally meaning 'garden for the children is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school.
Such institutions were originally created in the late 18th century in Bavaria and Strasbourg to serve children whose parents both worked outside home. The term was coined by the German Friedrich Fröbel, whose approach globally influenced early-years education. Today, the term is used in many countries to describe a variety of educational institutions and learning spaces based on a variety of teaching methods.
In North America and some parts of Australia kindergarten is the first year of school. Kindergarten children are usually between three and seven years of age. Kindergarten ages vary from country to country. In Malaysia, for example, kindergarten children are six and when they are seven years old they go to primary school.
History
Friedrich Fröbel (1782–1852) opened a "play and activity" institute in 1837 in the village of Bad Blankenburg as an experimental social experience for children entering school. He renamed his institute Kindergarten on June 28, 1840, reflecting his belief that children should be nurtured and nourished, like plants in a garden.
Women trained by Fröbel opened kindergartens throughout Europe and around the world. The first kindergarten in the US was founded in Watertown, Wisconsin in 1856 and was conducted in German by Margaretha Meyer-Schurz.
Elizabeth Peabody founded the first English-language kindergarten in the US in 1860. The first free kindergarten in the US was founded in 1870 by Conrad Poppenhusen, a German industrialist and philanthropist, who also established the Poppenhusen Institute. The first publicly financed kindergarten in the US was established in St. Louis in 1873 by Susan Blow.
Images for kids
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Kindergarten in Amsterdam 1880, by Max Liebermann
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Kindergarten, by Johann Sperl, circa 1885
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A kindergarten classroom in Afghanistan
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Student teachers training in a kindergarten class in 1898 in Toronto, Canada
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Chinese kindergarten, primary, and secondary schools are sometimes affiliated with tertiary institutions, e.g. Experimental Kindergarten of Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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The wording salle d'asile was the former name of current école maternelle
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Allgemeine Deutsche Erziehungsanstalt in Keilhau (Germany), nowadays the Keilhau Free Fröbel School
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(East) German Kindergarten, 1956
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A Hungarian preschool class having outdoor activities, March 2007
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Typical classroom layout in an Italian nursery school [it]. From left to right: restroom, bathroom, playroom, and outdoor playground.
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A girl at a Japanese kindergarten entrance ceremony
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Kindergarten children in 1942 in Slobozia, Romania
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Children of a kindergarten on a walk, Leningrad, Russia, 1930s
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On the territory of the kindergarten. Kaliningrad region, Russia
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1921 kindergarten class at the East Texas State Normal College Training School
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See also
In Spanish: Educación preescolar para niños
