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Early childhood education

Here are entered works on the activities and schooling that are intended to effect developmental changes in children from birth through elementary grade 3. Works on the structured education of children before entering kindergarten or grade 1 in elementary school are entered under Education, Preschool.

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• Education

• Early childhood education -- Economic aspects
• Early childhood education -- Great Britain
• Early childhood education -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Early childhood education -- Parent participation
• Early childhood education -- Religious aspects
• Early childhood education -- United States
• Education, Preschool
• Education, Primary
• Kindergarten

• Complexities, Capacities, Communities: Changing Development Narratives in Early Childhood Education, Care and Development (Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, c2015), by Alan R. Pence and Allison Benner (PDF files and Epub with commentary at University of Victoria)
• Cultural Diversity and Early Education: Report of a Workshop (1994), ed. by Deborah A. Phillips and Nancy A. Crowell (HTML with commentary at NAP)
• Early Childhood, by Margaret McMillan (PDF files at Roehampton)
• The Infant System: For Developing the Intellectual and Moral Powers of All Children, From One to Seven Years of Age (eighth edition, 1852), by Samuel Wilderspin (Gutenberg text)
• Letters on Early Education, Addressed to J. P. Greaves, Esq. (Syracuse, NY: C.W. Bardeen, 1898), by Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (PDF files at Roehampton)

• From Preschool to Prosperity: The Economic Payoff to Early Childhood Education (Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2014), by Timothy J. Bartik (PDF at Upjohn Institute)

• From Preschool to Prosperity: The Economic Payoff to Early Childhood Education (Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2014), by Timothy J. Bartik (PDF at Upjohn Institute)
• Reroute the Preschool Juggernaut (2009), by Chester E. Finn (PDF files at Hoover Institution)

• Practical Kindergarten Lessons for English Infant Schools (London: Joseph Hughes and Co., 1891), by Mrs. E. M. Mortimer (PDF files at Roehampton)

• Teaching Our Youngest: A Guide for Preschool Teachers, Child Care and Family Providers (Washington: U. S. Department of Education, 2002), by Bonnie B. Armbruster, Fran Lehr, and Jean Osborn (HTML and PDF at ed.gov)
• Mrs. Hoare's Hints on Early Education, 1820 (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1905), by Mrs. Hoare (PDF files at Roehampton)

• Teaching Our Youngest: A Guide for Preschool Teachers, Child Care and Family Providers (Washington: U. S. Department of Education, 2002), by Bonnie B. Armbruster, Fran Lehr, and Jean Osborn (HTML and PDF at ed.gov)
• Mrs. Hoare's Hints on Early Education, 1820 (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1905), by Mrs. Hoare (PDF files at Roehampton)

• Mrs. Hoare's Hints on Early Education, 1820 (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1905), by Mrs. Hoare (PDF files at Roehampton)

• Education in the Home, the Kindergarten, and the Primary School (London: S. Sonnenschein, 1887), by Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, contrib. by E. Adelaide Manning (Gutenberg text)

• From Preschool to Prosperity: The Economic Payoff to Early Childhood Education (Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2014), by Timothy J. Bartik (PDF at Upjohn Institute)
• From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development (2000), ed. by Jack P. Shonkoff and Deborah A. Phillips (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Early Childhood Reform in Seven Communities: Front-Line Practice, Agency Management, and Public Policy (1996), by Thomas Schultz, M. Elena Lopez, and Mona R. Hochberg (HTML at Harvard)

• Early Childhood Reform in Seven Communities: Front-Line Practice, Agency Management, and Public Policy (1996), by Thomas Schultz, M. Elena Lopez, and Mona R. Hochberg (HTML at Harvard)

• Learning from Experience: Evaluating Early Childhood Demonstration Programs (1982), ed. by Jeffrey R. Travers and Richard J. Light (page images with commentary at NAP)
• A Guide to Family Reading in Two Languages: The Preschool Years (1977), by Theodore Andersson (PDF at ed.gov)
• From Preschool to Prosperity: The Economic Payoff to Early Childhood Education (Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2014), by Timothy J. Bartik (PDF at Upjohn Institute)

• Reroute the Preschool Juggernaut (2009), by Chester E. Finn (PDF files at Hoover Institution)

• Reroute the Preschool Juggernaut (2009), by Chester E. Finn (PDF files at Hoover Institution)

• The Girl and the Kingdom: Learning to Teach, by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)

• The Montessori Method (New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1912), by Maria Montessori and Anne E. George (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)

• Complexities, Capacities, Communities: Changing Development Narratives in Early Childhood Education, Care and Development (Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, c2015), by Alan R. Pence and Allison Benner (PDF files and Epub with commentary at University of Victoria)
• Extracts From Letters on Early Education (Liverpool: Printed by George Smith, 1828), by Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (PDF files at Roehampton)
• Letters on Early Education, Addressed to J. P. Greaves, Esq. (Syracuse, NY: C.W. Bardeen, 1898), by Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (PDF files at Roehampton)
• Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young, by Jacob Abbott
  • Gutenberg text
  • page images at MOA
• Early Childhood, by Margaret McMillan (PDF files at Roehampton)

• Education in the Home, the Kindergarten, and the Primary School (London: S. Sonnenschein, 1887), by Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, contrib. by E. Adelaide Manning (Gutenberg text)
• Friedrich Froebel's Education by Development: The Second Part of the Pedagogics of the Kindergarten (London: Edward Arnold, 1899), by Friedrich Fröbel, trans. by Josephine Jarvis (PDF files at Roehampton)
• Friedrich Froebel's Pedagogics of the Kindergarten (London: Edward Arnold, 1897), by Friedrich Fröbel, trans. by Josephine Jarvis (PDF files at Roehampton)
• Froebel's Gifts (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1895), by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Froebel's Letters on the Kindergarten (London: S. Sonnenschein and Co., 1891), by Friedrich Fröbel, ed. by Emilie Michaelis and H. Keatley Moore (PDF files at Roehampton)
• Froebel's Occupations (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1900), by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Kindergarten Principles and Practice, by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Mother's Songs, Games, and Stories (student's edition; London: William Rice, 1920), by Friedrich Fröbel, trans. by Henrietta Frances Lord and Emily Lord (PDF files at Roehampton)
• The Mottoes and Commentaries of Friedrich Froebel's Mother Play (London: Edward Arnold, 1900), by Friedrich Fröbel, ed. by Susan E. Blow, trans. by Henrietta R. Eliot (PDF files at Roehampton)
• Play in Work and Work in Play: Interesting and Varied Kindergarten Occupations for the School and the Nursery (London: Blackie and Son, 1888), by Joseph Hassell (PDF files at Roehampton)
• The Songs and Music of Friedrich Froebel's Mother Play (Mutter und Kose Lieder) (London: Edward Arnold, 1898), by Friedrich Fröbel, ed. by Susan E. Blow (PDF files at Roehampton)
• The Songs and Music of Friedrich Froebel's Mother Play (Mutter und Kose Lieder) (New York and London: D. Appleton, c1895), by Friedrich Fröbel, ed. by Susan E. Blow (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Child Under Eight (1920), by E. R. Murray and Henrietta Brown Smith (Gutenberg text)
• Froebel's Kindergarten Principles Critically Examined (New York: Macmillan, 1916), by William Heard Kilpatrick
  • page images at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• The Psychology of Froebel's Play-Gifts (c1900), by Denton Jaques Snider (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class; and Moral Culture of Infancy (revised edition; New York: E. Steiger, 1877), by Elizabeth Palmer Peabody and Mary Tyler Peabody Mann
  • Gutenberg text and multimedia
  • page images at MOA
• The Kindergarten Guide: An Illustrated Hand-Book Designed for the Self-Instruction of Kindergartners, Mothers and Nurses (New York; London: E. Steiger; George Phillip and Son., 1882), by Maria Kraus-Boelté and John Kraus (PDF files at Roehampton)
• Kindergarten Principles and Practice, by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook (reprint of a 1914 publication; Cambridge, MA: R. Bentley Inc., 1966), by Maria Montessori (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Advanced Montessori Method (2 volumes; New York: F. A. Stokes Co., c1917), by Maria Montessori, trans. by Florence Simmonds and Arthur Livingston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook (London: W. Heinemann, 1914), by Maria Montessori (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook (New York: F. A. Stokes Co., c1914), by Maria Montessori
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• From Locke to Montessori: A Critical Account of the Montessori Point of View (London: G. G. Harrap and Co., 1914), by William Boyd (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Montessori Method (New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1912), by Maria Montessori and Anne E. George (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• A Montessori Mother (New York: H. Holt and Co., 1912), by Dorothy Canfield Fisher (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Spontaneous Activity in Education, by Maria Montessori, trans. by Florence Simmonds (Gutenberg text)

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