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Margarethe Meyer Schurz started the first
kindergarten in the United States in Watertown in 1856. Margarethe
was born in Germany. While she was there, she studied to be a
teacher. She married Carl Schurz, and they moved to the United
Kingdom. While they lived there, Margarethe taught school with
her sister. When she and her husband came to the United States,
they lived in Watertown. Margarethe started to teach her daughter
and other children of relatives and neighbors. The children learned
through arts and crafts, music and play. This was the first time
that young children got together and learned rules by having
fun. This was the first modern kindergarten. This system was
adopted quickly throughout the United States.
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