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Child-Rearing Practices
"5th-3rd centuries BC to AD 1400s: Few records exist concerning child-rearing practices; the development of cities gives rise to schooling on a larger scale" (Gordon and Browne 8).
Textbook:
Gordon, Ann M., and Kathryn W. Browne. Beginnings and Beyond: Foundations in Early
Childhood Education. 10th ed., Cengage Learning. 2017. -
First Infant School
The first infant schooled open in Massachusetts. A psychologist named Amariah Brigham said that early intellectual activity causes physical and mental issues, so public early childhood education ended for years. It was decades discovered that early experience is healthy for brain development.
YouTube video:
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First Kindergarten in the USA
"Margarethe Schurz opens the first kindergarten in the United States" (Gordan and Browne 8).
Textbook:
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Association for Childhood Education
"International Kindergarten Union founded; becomes the Association for Childhood Education in 1930, increasing its scope to include elementary education" (Gordon and Browne 8).
Textbook:
Gordon, Ann M., and Kathryn W. Browne. Beginnings and Beyond: Foundations in Early
Childhood Education. 10th ed., Cengage Learning. 2017. -
Progressive Movement in American Education
"John Dewey establishes a laboratory school at the University of Chicago and develops a pragmatic approach to education, becoming the father of the Progressive movement in American education" (Gordon and Browne 8).
Textbook:
Gordon, Ann M., and Kathryn W. Browne. Beginnings and Beyond: Foundations in Early
Childhood Education. 10th ed., Cengage Learning. 2017. -
NANE to NAEYC
Patty Smith Mill published the National for Nursery Education (NANE). In 1966, NANE becomes the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NYEC) (Goron and Browne 9-10).
Textbook:
Gordon, Ann M., and Kathryn W. Browne. Beginnings and Beyond: Foundations in Early
Childhood Education. 10th ed., Cengage Learning. 2017. -
Early Education Majors
About 74 colleges started offering students Early Childhood Education as a major.
From the YouTube video, “A Brief History of Early Learning – Part 1 | NO SMALL MATTER a film about early childhood,” by No Small Matter
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Emergency Nurseries
"The Works Progress Administration (WPA) opens emergency nurseries for relief of unemployed teachers during the Great Depression" (Gordon and Browne 9).
Textbook:
Gordon, Ann M., and Kathryn W. Browne. Beginnings and Beyond: Foundations in Early
Childhood Education. 10th ed., Cengage Learning. 2017. -
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Lanham Act
A childhood crisis struck once again because of WWII. Men were sent into the armed forces and the women into the workforce, so children ultimately had nowhere to go. The Lanham Act of 1940 was passed by the U.S Congress to establish a childcare program (children had high early education while their parents were working). The Lanham Act expired in 1946 when WWII ended.
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT6I2LcXt0w&feature=emb_title
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Brown vs Board of Education
"U.s. Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education in public education, the doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place" (Godan and Browne 10),
Textbook:
Gordon, Ann M., and Kathryn W. Browne. Beginnings and Beyond: Foundations in Early
Childhood Education. 10th ed., Cengage Learning. 2017. -
War on Poverty - Head Start Program
From 1964 to 1965, President Lydon B. Johnson declared a War on Poverty, as well as start the Head Start Program for 3 and 4-year-olds for families who needed childcare and to help with brain development.
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASnAxQeVTeE
Textbook:
Gordon, Ann M., and Kathryn W. Browne. Beginnings and Beyond: Foundations in Early
Childhood Education. 10th ed., Cengage Learning. 2017. -
Child Development Associates
"The Child Development Associate Consortium is started by Edward Zieglar to develop a professional teacher training program (no known as Child Development Associates" (Gordon and Browne 10).
Textbook:
Gordon, Ann M., and Kathryn W. Browne. Beginnings and Beyond: Foundations in Early
Childhood Education. 10th ed., Cengage Learning. 2017. -
Child Care Development Block Grant
"The Child Care Development Block Grant established to improve the quality, availability, and affordability of child care programs" (Gordon and Browne 10).
Textbook:
Gordon, Ann M., and Kathryn W. Browne. Beginnings and Beyond: Foundations in Early
Childhood Education. 10th ed., Cengage Learning. 2017. -
Early Access
"Universal preschool is considered as a next step in providing equal access to quality early educational experiences for all children under 5 years of age" (Gordon and Browne 11).
Textbook:
Gordon, Ann M., and Kathryn W. Browne. Beginnings and Beyond: Foundations in Early
Childhood Education. 10th ed., Cengage Learning. 2017. -
Higher Quality Standards
"State-funded preschools rise in per-child funding, expanded access, and moved toward higher quality standards" (Gordon and Browne 11).
Textbook:
Gordon, Ann M., and Kathryn W. Browne. Beginnings and Beyond: Foundations in Early
Childhood Education. 10th ed., Cengage Learning. 2017. -
The First American Summit
"The first American Summit on Early Childhood Education is convened in Washington, D.C., by President Barack Obama" (Gordon and Browne 11).
Textbook:
Gordon, Ann M., and Kathryn W. Browne. Beginnings and Beyond: Foundations in Early
Childhood Education. 10th ed., Cengage Learning. 2017.
