Abstract

CHAMON, Carla Simone. THE PARADISE OF CHILDREN: THE KINDERGARTEN IN THE UNITED STATES BETWEEN THE MIDDLE OF 19 CENTURY AND THE BEGINNING OF THE 20. Hist. Educ. [online]. 2016, vol.20, n.48, pp.15-33. ISSN 2236-3459 .  https://doi.org/10.1590/2236-3459/56596.

The aim of this paper is to analyze the spread of kindergarten in the United States, educational institution directed to children between three and seven years, conceived by Froebel (1782-1852) in Germany. Although it was born in Europe, the kindergarten had expanded in the United States, from the second half of the nineteenth century, where acquired its own features. It's this diffusion movement and this Americanization of the kindergarten which will be analyzed here. On the one hand, let us analyze the reasons for the acceptance of the kindergarten in that country, searching for its adaptation to the American culture. On the other hand, let us examine, from some works of kindergarten advocates, proposals and principles that marked its implantation in the United States.

Keywords : kindergarten; froebelianismo; americanization.

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