Flepp founded the world's first kindergarten, and was praised as the father of early childhood education by the world. According to the relevant public information,? The first kindergarten in the world was founded by a German named Froebel. Froebel founded the first preschool education institution called kindergarten, so he founded the first kindergarten in the world. The man who is praised by the world as the father of early childhood education is Froebel.