Kindergarten and Child Care - Statistics & Facts
Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach traditionally based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. The first such institutions were created in the late 18th century to serve children whose parents both worked out of the home. As of 2015, about 3.64 million children were enrolled in public kindergartens in the United States, and another 428,000 in private ones.
