PLATO.
Though the word 'Kindergarten' means 'Children's garden', goes back only about 160 years, the idea of early childhood goes back to Plato, who advised the community that, it was responsible for educating its young. His ideal commonwealth included a community nursery. Long after his time, in the 15th century, Vittorino de Feltre established in Mantua, Italy, a school that had many characteristics of modern kindergarten education. He called for physical activities, condusive sorroundings, alternating periods of play and study to combat fatigue and boredom. He believed that school should be fun and that teachers should recognise the individual differences in children and lead rather than coerce them.
J. Amos Comenius (17th century) incharged of school in Poland wrote 'The Great Didactic'. He urged the teacher of young children to appeal to child's sensory perceptions and to use material based on the child's own experiences.
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