kindergarten

  • Johann Amos Comenius

    he was called "the father of modern education" he proposed the idea "school of the mothers knee" which was for children ages birth to 6
  • John Locke

    founder of modern educational philosophy, theorized that a child is not born evil or a clean slate but neutral. Lockes contribution is mostly based on accepting our individual differences in children.
  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    he made a field by arguing that children are inherently good, developing through distinct natural stages, and learns best through sensory experience
  • robert owen

    founded the first infant school in great Britain, he believed that education in children shapes their character
  • Nursery Schools

    nursery schools provided infants with nurturing and health focused care, the first nursery school was developed by Robert owen in 1816
  • Johann Henrich Pestalozzi

    he was a swiss educator know as the " foster father of early childhood education" his philosophy is centered around deveopling a childs natural abilities
  • Johann Henrich Pestalozzi

    he centered learning around childrens head, heart, and hands, which promoted natural development in many areas for children
  • kindergarten

    German was the first country to have kindergarten. Kindergarten has gone through many social changes throughout the years. At first it was for poor students and then it went to be led by churches. The kindergarten we know today is the first grade that students enter when they go to school to help them become more independent and prepared for the following grades.
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Froebel

    he founded the first kindergarten in 1837
  • standards

    strict, academic-focused, adult-centered models, and equity
  • social reform

    Social reform has fundamentally driven early childhood education (ECE) from the 19th-century focus on moral development and literacy for the poor to modern, equity-focused programs like Head Start
  • A. S Neill

    he founded the summer hill school in 1921 which was child centered and a progressive approach to education
  • Rudolf Steiner

    Steiner theorized that childhood is a phase of life that is very important and carefully planned to protect and nurture the child
  • maria Montessori

    first women in Italy to have a medical degree and began studying childrens diseases
  • maria Montessori

    first women in Italy to have a medical degree and began studying childrens diseases
  • sputnik

    October 4 1957
  • headstart

    a child development program designed to break the cycle of poverty by educational, health, nutritional, and social services
  • media and technology

    technology increases the concern of children getting pushed into adulthood instead of enjoying the perks about being a child and having a childhood with special joys, sorrows, and happy innocent children.
  • DAP

    developmentally appropriate practice
  • highscope

    highscope was made to address the effects of poverty on childhood development and it focuses attention on cognitive aspects
  • No Child Left Behind

    was signed into law by President George W. Bush on January 8, 2002, acting as a major reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act