A．The first kindergarten was started by Germany educator Friedrich Froebel in 1837 in Blankenburg, Prussia.
B．Froebel chose the German term kindergarten (children’s garden) because he intended children in his school to grow freely in a garden.
C．At the time, almost every children under the age of seven attended school, so Froebel designed his kindergarten for children between the ages of three and seven.
D．Froebel’s kindergarten was based on the then idea that children’s play was significant and the kindergarten became widely admired for its revolutionary, teaching methods.