April 21st, 2024
A day to recognize the importance of play, games and "creative self-activity" in children's education and to note the history of kindergarten. Observed on the anniversary of the birth of Friedrich Froebel, in 1782, who established the first kindergarten in 1837.
Source: www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/little-history-american-kindergartens-180963263/