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