Patty Smith HillReported by : Ms. Althea Joyce Alabanzas1Who is Patty Smith Hill?An Overview

Patty Smith Hill27 March 1868 in Anchorage, Kentucky-25 May, 1946 in New York, New Yorkkindergarten teacherPrincipal of Louisville Kindergarten Training Schoolkey founder of the National Association Nursery Education (NANE) National Association For the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Director of the Department of Kindergarten and First Grade Education, Teacher's College, at Columbia University.

Kappa Delta Pi Laureate (1938)

Introduced the progressive philosophy to kindergarten teaching, stressing the importance of the creativity and natural instincts of children.

Authored materials about the work of fellow educators Friedrich Froebel, Anna E. Bryan, Susan E. Blow, and Maria Montessori.

Developed Patty Hill Blocks

Good Morning to all - 1893

Family Background & EducationFather: William Hill Presbyterian ministerBellewood seminary for girls

Mother: Martha Hill Independent ThinkersAllow children to play outdoors

Louisville Collegiate Institute in 1887 and joined the Louisville Kindergarten Training School under the direction of Anna E. Bryan

12 years

Aha! MomentTaking summer courses with

John Dewey, G. Stanley Hall and Luther GullickA Faculty Of Teachers College- invited by Dean Russell in 1905

- Strong Froebelian Foundation

Changed whenJohn Dewey Head Dept. of Philosophy in Columbias College

Edward Thorndike Dean of Teachers College

Influenced by DeweyShe followed Deweys Principles of Education

Free Play and Socialization

Introduced Patty Hill Blocks