Kindergarten is usually the beginning of school, although in a few states it is not required to enter elementary school. Kindergarten originated in Germany. Fredrich Froebel, a German educator, founded a school in Blankenburg, Germany in 1837. Froebel characterized the children in his school as plants and the teachers as the gardeners. Kinder in German means “children” and Garten says “garden”, thus kindergarten. The main difference between the two is the children’s age and their developmental abilities. In preschool, a student is between the age of 2 to 4 years old, while a child in…