Early Childhood Timeline By facebooker_2033741446937396 1658 Johann Amos Comenius wrote the first picture book for children 1837 Froebel opens the first kindergarten in Blankenburg, Germany 1873 The Butler School at Hampton Institute is opened as a free school for black children, including kindergarten curriculum for five-year-olds. 1880 First teacher-training program for kindergarteners, Oshkosh Normal School, Pennsylvania 1909 First White House Conference on Children is held by Theodore Roosevelt, leading to the establishment of the Children’s Bureau in 1912. 1915 First U.S Montessori school opens in New York City 1926 Arnold Gesell establishes the Clinic of Child Development at Yale University and studies norms of child growth and behavior. 1946 Loris Malguzzi starts a school in Reggio Emilia, Italy, emphasizing the child’s individual creative expression. 1966 The U.S Congress passed bills that authorized both Head Start and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act/Title 1 1986 Accreditation by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) for programs serving young children was launched.
