School+of+Infancy

School of Infancy by  John Amos Comenius

*Written by: John Amos Comenius Evangelist of modern pedagogy, nearly three hundred years ago. Believed that education would regenerate race. Instruction must begin in early youth and follow through the course of nature. He had an ideal scheme which extended from the birth of the child to the age of twenty-four years old. The mother school which should cover the first six years of the child's life. He gave simple lessons on life such as rocks, plants, and animals. Primary School according to him was the age of six to twelve, which is peculiar of the mother tongue. The Latin School occupied the ages of twelve to eighteen. This was a guide to mothers during the years of opening intelligence.