Johann Pestalozzi Early Childhood Education. 12 1746 zürich died feb. Born january 12 1746 zürich died february 17 1827 brugg.
Believed in education for all e. Johann heinrich pestalozzi born jan. His motto was learning by head hand and heart.
He saw arithmetic as the most important because it is based on sensory experience.
Pestalozzi who had an overly protected and isolated childhood considered himself to be socially inept and physically uncoordinated as an adult. Foster father of early childhood education. Johann s father died when he was only five but his mother and sister managed to raise the young boy and send him off to school when he was nine. Born in zurich pestalozzi took up rousseau s ideas and explored how they might be developed and implemented.