Chapter 3 People

believed good habits must be established early in life

-education of girls-criticized corporal punishment-recognized importance of play

-believed children younger than 7 benefitted little from customary education programs

-boys were sent away; girls stayed home-children apprenticed in parents' trade at age 7

-birth to age 6 was critical-wrote 1st picture book-believed learning should be meaningful and personally relevant

-education for all-importance of literacy-all aspects of development are important

-child is blank slate-nurture more important that nature-importance of relationships

-believed children are inherently good-learn from direct experience-believed in free play

-believed 1st year most important in development-focused on sensory exploration-self-paced learning

-natural consequences-choices in the classroom-valued play

-father of kindergarten-designed first manipulatives (gifts)-K should be about games, play, sensory exploration

-sister-1st K in England-Brought K to English-speaking world

-developed and established NANE in 1926 later became NAEYC-one of the founders of lab nursery school at Columbia Univ.

-1st English K in Boston-founded 1st K teacher education program in US-influential in provided education to children of slaves

-sisters-opened one of the first nursery schools in England-emphasized value of outdoor play

-opened one of the first nursery schools in US in NYC- 1913

-established Ruggles Street Nursery School and Training Center-full day/ low income area program

-opened a laboratory nursery school in 1916

-1916- Univ. of Chicago Cooperative Nursery School-worked with and trained parents

-established Merrill Palmer Institute-provided motherhood training- early parent education

-Taught at Univ. of Chicago lab school-most influential spokesperson for Progressive Education-Hands-on, experience-based curriculum

-from Italy-program characterized by child-sized furniture, mixed ages/abilities sequential learning experiences

-one of the founders of Bureau of Educational Experiences- NY 1916-with Harriet Johnson and Caroline Pratt

-aesthetic learning environment, open-ended material, in depth program, looping 3 years with the same teacher, students work everywhere

-key experiences, learning centers, teacher designed program, designed for poor children, Plan-Do-Review

-stressed development of child's body, mind, spirit (whole child)-practical, hands on activities-3 years- mixed abilities