Names
The preschool education institution is more commonly known in German and some English speaking countries as kindergarten (children's garden), a name given by the German Friedrich Fröbel who created the first institution in Germany, in 1837. The other common names for nursery school are pre-school, playschool, playgroup and nursery. The German word Kindergarten is also used in many non-English-speaking countries to denote a form of pre-school education. However, in the United States, Canada, and some parts of Australia kindergarten is instead the term for the first year of compulsory schooling. The word kindergarten is not generally used in the UK.
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