- school ▁kind er gart ens ▁were ▁established ▁in ▁Berlin , ▁Ontario ▁( mod ern ▁K itch ener ) ▁at ▁the ▁Central ▁School . ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 5 , ▁the ▁Toronto ▁Normal ▁School ▁( te acher ▁training ) ▁opened ▁a ▁department ▁for ▁kind erg arten ▁teaching . ▁ ▁Elizabeth ▁Harrison ▁wrote ▁extens ively ▁on ▁the ▁theory ▁of ▁early ▁child hood ▁education ▁and ▁worked ▁to ▁enh ance ▁educational ▁standards ▁for ▁kind erg arten ▁teachers ▁by ▁establish ing ▁what ▁became ▁the ▁National ▁College ▁of ▁Education ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 6 . ▁ ▁By ▁country ▁ ▁Afghan istan ▁ ▁In ▁Afghan istan , ▁children ▁between ▁the ▁ages ▁of ▁ 3 ▁and ▁ 6 ▁attend ▁kind er gart ens ▁( ; ▁). ▁Although ▁kind er gart ens ▁in ▁Afghan istan ▁are ▁not ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁school ▁system , ▁they ▁are ▁often ▁run ▁by ▁the ▁government . ▁ ▁Early ▁Child hood ▁Development ▁programs ▁were ▁first ▁introduced ▁during ▁the ▁Soviet ▁occupation ▁with ▁the ▁establishment ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁of ▁ 2 7 ▁urban ▁pr esch ools , ▁or ▁k od ak istan . ▁The ▁number ▁of ▁pr esch ools ▁grew ▁stead ily ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁pe aking ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁with ▁more ▁than ▁ 2 7 0 ▁in ▁Afghan istan . ▁At ▁this ▁peak , ▁there ▁were ▁ 2 , 3 0 0 ▁teachers ▁car ing ▁for ▁more ▁than ▁ 2 1 , 0 0 0 ▁children ▁in ▁the ▁country . ▁These ▁facilities ▁were ▁an