National Kindergarten Day occurred this year on Sunday, April 21st. Our student worker Kayti created this attractive and informative display that we have been enjoying for a couple of weeks already. As she says, “Celebrate by grabbing a book to read or teaching a child something new!” All the books, puppets, and music on the display may be checked out.

Did you ever wonder why it is called Kindergarten – a German word? It’s origins are in Europe in the 1770s. The German educator Friedrich Froebel coined the name Kindergarten for a pre-school in which children (Kinder) would achieve self-understanding through playing with each other, and grow like plants in a garden (Garten).