What is National Kindergarten Day?
National Kindergarten Day is held on April 21st each year, in honor of the man who started the first kindergarten. Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel (April 21, 1782 – June 21, 1852) is credited with establishing the very first Kindergarten in Germany in 1837. Johann Pestalozzi, a German teacher and a pupil, was Frobel, a German teacher and a student.. Frobel established a foundation for modern education, acknowledging that children learn through play and experience..
In 1837, a first kindergarten (which means a garden for the children) was established in Blankenburg, Germany. The kindergarten nourished Frobel's social experience for children. In addition, it helped them to move from home to school in a streamlined manner.
Frobel's unconventional methods were eventually outlawed by the Prussian government, who eventually banned the use of his unorthodox techniques. However, the United States was eager to accept Frobel's idea of kindergarten, including the United States.
In 1856, Watertown, Wisconsin, opened the first kindergarten in the United States in 1856. This kindergarten, as were many in the area, was a German-language kindergarten, founded by Margarethe Schurz. Kindergartens have made its way into private English-speaking schools around the country. Nevertheless, it wasn't until 1873 that it became part of any public school system, but it wasn't until 1873 that it became part of any public school system.
National Kindergarten Day is a day to honor a kindergarten teacher you know. The day can be celebrated in many ways, too.
