The Efficiency of German Kindergartens

Germans invented the kindergarten because they needed a place to teach three year olds

proper recycling techniques and the correct way to organize crayons by color and size.

While other countries let kids play with blocks randomly, German toddlers learn structural

engineering principles and why their tower didn't meet building code requirements. The word kindergarten

literally means children garden because Germans believed kids should grow in neat organized

rows like their perfectly trimmed hedges. Today German kindergartens still have tiny

filing cabinets where children practice alphabetizing their snack requests and learning that fun

time is scheduled between 10:47 and 11:03 exactly. Meanwhile German parents receive