National Kindergarten Day — 21 April

Get out your crayons and flash cards — it’s time for National Kindergarten Day!  

April 21 is the birthday of the German educator Friedrich Fröbel, who founded the first play and activity institute called kindergarten in 1837. (Kindergarten’s actually a mid-19th century German word literally meaning “children’s garden.”) But you already knew that.

According to Fröbel, young children should follow their own interests and freely explore them. That’s why kindergartens include singing, dancing, and creative play.

We need to find our nap mat just thinking about it.