Bredekamp (2013) discusses how Caroline focused on children playing freely or with materials. Her major contributions were the wooden blocks and her inventions are still used in early childhood facilities across the nations. She founded the city and country school in Greenwich Village, New York and due to her open-ended approach to teaching the Blocks Program, Jobs Program and Rhythms curriculum continue to be used in classrooms and homes around the world. The curriculum was drawn from the children’s environment: observations about the neighborhood which inspired children to reflect on their world directly so that they could make sense of their
