11 Facts About Kindergarten

Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school.

Kindergarten's system was successful in producing obedient children with basic literacy and numeracy.

Kindergarten published many works on the subject, and his work became the model for infant schools throughout England and further afield.

Kindergarten began working for the Infant School Society the next year, informing others about his views.

Kindergarten wrote The Infant System, for developing the physical, intellectual, and moral powers of all children from 1 to seven years of age.

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Kindergarten renamed his institute on June 28, 1840, reflecting his belief that children should be nurtured and nourished "like plants in a garden".

Kindergarten is mandatory in British Columbia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, and is optional elsewhere.

Kindergarten is a day care service offered to children from age three until the child starts attending school.

Kindergarten classes were made mandatory in 2009 and are offered by primary schools before a child enters first grade.

In 2011, the Department of Education disseminated copies of the Kindergarten Education Act through Republic Act No 10157 making it compulsory and mandatory in the entire nation.

Until the start of implementation of K-12 curriculum on June 6, 2011, upon making Kindergarten became mandatory, education officially started at the elementary level, and placing children into early childhood education through kindergarten was optional.