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An educational theorist, Friedrich Froebel, opened the first kindergarten in the world in Blankenburg, Germany. Friedrich thought that keeping young children out of school was crazy. Eschner, K. (2017, May 16). A Little History of American Kindergartens. Retrieved from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/little-history-american-kindergartens-180963263/.
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Friedrich Froebel's ideas about kindergarten were so unusual and new that the Prussian Government shut down every kindergarten because the feared a social revolutionary.
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Johannes and Bertha Ronge brought the idea of kindergarten from Germany to England. in 1851 London, England opened their first kindergarten. (2019). Retrieved from https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/education/education-terms-and-concepts/kindergarten.
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The first German-language kindergarten in the United States was founded by Margarethe Schurz in Watertown Wisconsin. Christison, S. (2017, October 4). Kindergartens: A History (1886). Retrieved from https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/education/kindergartens-a-history-1886/.
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Elizabeth Peabody was fascinated by the German-language kindergarten and decided to open the United States' first English-language kindergarten in 1860. Christison, S. (2017, October 4). Kindergartens: A History (1886). Retrieved from https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/education/kindergartens-a-history-1886/.
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Kindergarten was reopened in Germany in 1860. (2019). Retrieved from https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/education/education-terms-and-concepts/kindergarten.
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In 1870 kindergarten was started in public schools in America. The first public school to have kindergarten was in St. Louis. Eschner, K. (2017, May 16). A Little History of American Kindergartens. Retrieved from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/little-history-american-kindergartens-180963263/.
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The idea of kindergarten gained so much popularity that France and England opened free kindergartens for the poor. (2019). Retrieved from https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/education/education-terms-and-concepts/kindergarten.
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By 1914 every major, urban city in America had publicly funded kindergartens in their school districts. (2019). Retrieved from https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/education/education-terms-and-concepts/kindergarten.
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In 1986 Mississippi offered public kindergarten. This was the last state to do so. (2019). Retrieved from https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/education/education-terms-and-concepts/kindergarten.
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