[originaltext]Kindergarten students are typically four or five years age./In cl

Kindergarten students are typically four or five years age./In class, they are introduced to the alphabet, numbers, and colors;/they study their bodies, their families, and their communities;/they listen to stories read aloud;/they make art projects; and they learn about holidays, plants, animals, and other topics in science and social studies./Some kindergartens also teach introductory reading and mathematical skills./Kindergartens tend to offer children a foundation for the development of social skills, self-confidence, motivation,/and the process of knowing./The first kindergarten was started by a German educator./He chose the German term kindergarten (children’ s garden) because he intended children in his school to grow as freely as flowers in a garden./His kindergarten was based on the then idea that children’ s play was significant./At the time, almost no children under the age of seven attended school,/but he designed his kindergarten for children between the ages of three and seven./The kindergarten became widely admired for its revolutionary teaching methods./