Where did the word "kindergarten" come from?

Answer 1

kindergarten
from German
This word originated in Germany

In the nineteenth century, it sometimes seemed that everything we needed to know came from Germany: Christmas trees, serious philosophy and science, the art of brewing beer, and kindergarten. The latter was the invention of a serious, philosophical teacher of teachers, Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel, born in 1782.

Froebel himself was largely self-educated and therefore escaped the grim, rigorous drills that passed for education in his day. He was thus free to dream of a different ideal, and he dedicated his life to providing children with an education that developed their spirits as well as their bodies by making use of a child's natural playfulness and creativity. He was already noted as an educator when in 1837 he started the first preschool embodying his principles of guided play. Three years later, on May 1, 1840, he invented the name for it. Looking for a word to describe a sunny experience that would cultivate children like plants and let them bloom like flowers, he called it a children's garden, that is, a Kinder-Garten.

With that name embodying its cheerful philosophy, the kindergarten idea soon became world famous. That was a good thing, because his own government, fearing that kindergartens would not impart proper lessons in obedience, banned them for a while in the 1850s. Refugee teachers established kindergartens in England, where the word was adopted without translation as early as 1852. The first kindergarten in the United States was established in 1856.

Answer 2

Hooded men and women chanting, but that image seems ignorant in hindsight b/c several religions have been known to do this. One person's religion is another person's cult. But I guess the real picture is I view a congregation that may be harmful to the people involved and others around them. With scientology if someone wants to pay out the *omit* for their own inner peace and personal happiness why not let them.

Answer 3

German for kid´s garden. Obviously a place where kids go and learn by playing, a place where they congregate for that purpose. Garten has wide uses in German it also means an open place where people gather, like a Beer Garden to eat and drink.

Answer 4

From the German Kindergarten ("nursery school" or "playground", literally "children's garden").

Answer 5

KIN(family)der(.....) GARDEN(garden)
?a familly garden?

Answer 6

well kin is like family

Answer 7

german