Patty Smith Hill In The History Of Early Childhood Education

Patty Smith Hill has played an important part in the history of early childhood education. She started off in a nursery school, later became a kindergarten teacher. Growing as a teacher she became the principal and superintendent at her school. Her methods of teaching got her invited to Clark University to study child psychology. John Dewey also asked her to come study at the University of Chicago. For 12 years she was a director of the Louisville Kindergarten Training School, she was also taking summer courses with founders of the playground movement.While in the Louisville Kindergarten Training Schools she became very involved in the Kindergarten Movement. She was involved in many conferences, event, and discussions about different methods