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Inheriting Froebel's Gifts

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The Birth of Kindergarten in the 20th Century

In the 18 fifties, the prussian government was cracking down an liberal thought. In 18 51, they issued the kindergarten febot, a national ban on kindergartens. And frobell died the very next year. But even though the band slowed the expansion of kindergartens in germany, it didn't stop the idea from spreading elsewhere. A lot of freethinking liberals left germany and they brought frobels kindergarten with them.

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