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==Origin==
German, from ''Kinder'' [[children]] + ''Garten'' [[garden]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century 1852]
==Definition==
*1: a [[school]] or class for [[children]] usually from four to six years old
==Description==
A '''kindergarten''' ([[literally]] "children's garden") is a preschool [[educational]] [[institution]] for children. The term was created by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Fr%C3%B6bel Friedrich Fröbel] for the [[play]] and [[activity]] institute that he created in 1837 in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Blankenburg Bad Blankenburg] as a [[social]] [[experience]] for children for their [[transition]] from [[home]] to [[school]]. His [[goal]] was that children should be taken care of and nourished in "children's gardens" like [[plants]] in a [[garden]].
The term ''kindergarten'' is used around the world to [[describe]] a variety of different [[institutions]] that have been [[developed]] for children ranging from the ages of two to seven, depending on the country concerned. Many of the [[activities]] developed by Fröbel are also used around the world under other [[names]]. [[Singing]] and growing plants have become an integral part of lifelong [[learning]]. Playing, activities, [[experience]], and [[social]] [[interaction]] are now widely accepted as [[essential]] aspects of [[developing]] [[skills]] and [[knowledge]].
In most countries, kindergartens are part of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preschool_education preschool] system of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_childhood_education early childhood education].
In the United States and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Canadian anglophone] Canada, as well as in parts of Australia, such as New South Wales, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory, kindergarten is the [[word]] often restricted in use to [[describe]] the first year of education in a primary or elementary school. In some of these countries, it is [[compulsory]]; that is, [[parents]] must send children to their kindergarten year (generally, at age five by September 1 of the present school year).
In the United States, many states widely offer a free kindergarten year to [[children]] of five to six years of age, but do not make it compulsory, while other states require all five-year-olds to enroll. The terms [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preschool preschool] or less often, "Pre-K", (formerly, nursery school) are used to refer to a school for children who are not old enough to attend kindergarten. Also, some U.S. school districts provide a half day or full day kindergarten at the [[parents]]' election.
In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English British English], nursery or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-school_playgroup playgroup] is the usual term for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preschool_education preschool education], and kindergarten is rarely used, except in the [[context]] of special approaches to education, such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldorf_education Steiner-Waldorf education] (the educational philosophy of which was founded by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Steiner Rudolf Steiner]).[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindergarten]
[[Category: Education]]
==Origin==
German, from ''Kinder'' [[children]] + ''Garten'' [[garden]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century 1852]
==Definition==
*1: a [[school]] or class for [[children]] usually from four to six years old
==Description==
A '''kindergarten''' ([[literally]] "children's garden") is a preschool [[educational]] [[institution]] for children. The term was created by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Fr%C3%B6bel Friedrich Fröbel] for the [[play]] and [[activity]] institute that he created in 1837 in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Blankenburg Bad Blankenburg] as a [[social]] [[experience]] for children for their [[transition]] from [[home]] to [[school]]. His [[goal]] was that children should be taken care of and nourished in "children's gardens" like [[plants]] in a [[garden]].
The term ''kindergarten'' is used around the world to [[describe]] a variety of different [[institutions]] that have been [[developed]] for children ranging from the ages of two to seven, depending on the country concerned. Many of the [[activities]] developed by Fröbel are also used around the world under other [[names]]. [[Singing]] and growing plants have become an integral part of lifelong [[learning]]. Playing, activities, [[experience]], and [[social]] [[interaction]] are now widely accepted as [[essential]] aspects of [[developing]] [[skills]] and [[knowledge]].
In most countries, kindergartens are part of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preschool_education preschool] system of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_childhood_education early childhood education].
In the United States and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Canadian anglophone] Canada, as well as in parts of Australia, such as New South Wales, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory, kindergarten is the [[word]] often restricted in use to [[describe]] the first year of education in a primary or elementary school. In some of these countries, it is [[compulsory]]; that is, [[parents]] must send children to their kindergarten year (generally, at age five by September 1 of the present school year).
In the United States, many states widely offer a free kindergarten year to [[children]] of five to six years of age, but do not make it compulsory, while other states require all five-year-olds to enroll. The terms [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preschool preschool] or less often, "Pre-K", (formerly, nursery school) are used to refer to a school for children who are not old enough to attend kindergarten. Also, some U.S. school districts provide a half day or full day kindergarten at the [[parents]]' election.
In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English British English], nursery or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-school_playgroup playgroup] is the usual term for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preschool_education preschool education], and kindergarten is rarely used, except in the [[context]] of special approaches to education, such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldorf_education Steiner-Waldorf education] (the educational philosophy of which was founded by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Steiner Rudolf Steiner]).[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindergarten]
[[Category: Education]]