"Kindergarten" translates from German into "Garden of children."
This comes from the old practice of burying children up to their heads in dirt. The effect of such made a plot of children's heads poking up through the ground, not unlike a field of cabbage.
This technique was used as a form of daycare so that the people of the village could tend the fields and animals without worry of the children getting injured, into trouble, or running away. They would be planted in the morning and dug up in the evening.
It also developed a strong stock of kids as they developed muscle strength from the constant struggle to free themselves. When they finally were strong enough to break free of the ground, they were ready for work in the fields.
"Kindergarten" translates from German into "Garden of children."
This comes from the old practice of burying children up to their heads in dirt. The effect of such made a plot of children's heads poking up through the ground, not unlike a field of cabbage.
This technique was used as a form of daycare so that the people of the village could tend the fields and animals without worry of the children getting injured, into trouble, or running away. They would be planted in the morning and dug up in the evening.
It also developed a strong stock of kids as they developed muscle strength from the constant struggle to free themselves. When they finally were strong enough to break free of the ground, they were ready for work in the fields.
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