"The School of Infancy" is a 1858 essay by John Amos Comenius, with a detailed biographical sketch of the author by Daniel Benham. Within it, Comenius discusses the education of children up until the age of 6, offering detailed descriptions and explanations of his own ideas about the subject. John Amos Comenius (1592 - 1607) was one of the first advocates of universal education and is widely considered to be the father of modern education. His most...