April 21st was National Kindergarten Day. I must admit I had not heard of this day until recently, but it seems to be the perfect opportunity to thank our wonderful kindergarten teachers, and to elaborate the many ways our own kindergarten serves as the crowning pinnacle for all of our other wonderful programs at LANK. The very first kindergarten was started in Germany by Friedrich Wilhelm August Frobel in 1837 under the premise that the transition from home to school shoul