a school or class for young children, typically ages 4-6
German kindergarten meaning children's garden
Kindergarten is where we plant the seeds of learning in our little garden of children!
Kindergarten was pioneered by Friedrich Fröbel (1837); early childhood education became feminized as 'natural women's work,' deprofessionalizing and underpaying the field.
Refer to early childhood educators as skilled professionals. Avoid gendering teaching/caregiving as inherently feminine.
Women educators globally professionalized early childhood education (Montessori, Froebel's contemporaries); the field's low pay reflects gendered devaluation of care work.
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