ECE Ch.1 Timeline

  • 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.
  • headstart

    Jim Crown schools, who only taught students skills used for agriculture and domestic service. Wanted them to fit the needs of economy and society. Jim Crow comes from a character in late 1800s and refers to the system of segregation