The first Kindergarten was established by Froebel in Bad Blankenburg, Germany in 1837. He renamed his Play and Activity Institute to a ‘kindergarten’ two years later in 1840; a term coined by him.
Kinder means "children" and ‘Garten’ means “garden" in German. It was set up with the aim of providing the toddlers an exposure to the various facets of life like music, motor skill development, drawing, nature etc.
The first one in England was established 1850 by Johannes Ronge, German Catholic priest; in America, 1868, by Elizabeth Peabody of Boston, Mass.
Whereas it is taken into English untranslated, the other nations that borrowed the institution nativized the name (Danish börnehave, Modern Hebrew gan yeladim, literally "garden of children").
The present day Kindergartens are a ripened fruit of the efforts of the ideas and practices of Robert Owen in Britain, Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi in Switzerland and his pupil Friedrich Froebel (who coined the term) in Germany, and Maria Montessori in Italy. The approach today is no different from what was initially started, however; with technology and the internet, the exposure gained by children is more.
In India we have Balwadi’s that are either run by the government or the NGO’s that aim to provide early childhood care and education to children coming from poor sections of society. This aims to bring these children to the level average child who join the primary school.
Kinder means "children" and ‘Garten’ means “garden" in German. It was set up with the aim of providing the toddlers an exposure to the various facets of life like music, motor skill development, drawing, nature etc.
The first one in England was established 1850 by Johannes Ronge, German Catholic priest; in America, 1868, by Elizabeth Peabody of Boston, Mass.
Whereas it is taken into English untranslated, the other nations that borrowed the institution nativized the name (Danish börnehave, Modern Hebrew gan yeladim, literally "garden of children").
The present day Kindergartens are a ripened fruit of the efforts of the ideas and practices of Robert Owen in Britain, Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi in Switzerland and his pupil Friedrich Froebel (who coined the term) in Germany, and Maria Montessori in Italy. The approach today is no different from what was initially started, however; with technology and the internet, the exposure gained by children is more.
In India we have Balwadi’s that are either run by the government or the NGO’s that aim to provide early childhood care and education to children coming from poor sections of society. This aims to bring these children to the level average child who join the primary school.
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