Education has come a long way since the days of Plato and Aristotle, but from each new era has come a person with a concept that has influenced the world of education forever. Sisters Margaret and Rachel McMillian influenced education through the development of outdoor preschool in more ways than one. Not only had they introduced the idea of ​​starting education at a younger age than the nascent preschool program, but their school was designed for children from low-income areas who also needed extra care. A unique concept of the time that captured my interest and made me want to find out more about their program and its effects on early childhood education. Outdoor preschool did more than just start the educational process earlier, allowing children to have a better education. The nursery took its name from what the nuns wanted to achieve through their school, “caring, nurturing and learning” and that is exactly what they did, cultivated. Through their program they worked to improve the wellbeing of 'slum children', promoting school meals and opening Britain's first school clinic. The aim of this program was to improve the child both mentally and physically before he started regular school. This concept of an early start to education has influenced education in many ways, including the spread of kindergartens around the world. In the United States, daycare centers were opened to middle-class children not only as a way to provide children with early learning experiences to help them develop, but also to give parents some free time while providing a sense of community. In addition to nurseries designed for middle-class families, the type of nurseries created by the McMillian sisters (f...... middle of paper ......education to be equivalent. The idea of ​​letting the child exploring and learning through their play is a practice that I associate with my teaching style as an early childhood educator. Work CitedCooper, H. (2004 Key stage one In D. Fulton (Ed.), Exploring time and place through play: foundation phase (p. 160). London: David Fulton Publishers Ltd. Retrieved from http://books.google.com/booksFeeny, S. (2009 Who am I in the lives of children), an introduction to Early Childhood Education (8th ed., p. 512).Canada: Pearson Education.McMillan, M.B. (1921).google.com/booksPuckett, M.B. (2004). , p. 455: Thomson Delmar Learning. Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books