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German, from ''Kinder'' [[children]] + ''Garten'' [[garden]]

German, from ''Kinder'' [[children]] + ''Garten'' [[garden]]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century 1852]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century 1852]

==Definition==

==Definition==

*1: a [[school]] or class for [[children]] usually from four to six years old  

*1: a [[school]] or class for [[children]] usually from four to six years old  

==Description==

==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]].

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]].