Neil is a famous early childhood educator in Australia, the founder of Summerhill School, and one of the great educators in the 20th century. Neil was born in Falver, Scotland on 1883. He was educated in the rural school where his father taught. After graduating from Edinburgh University, he worked as a teacher and a periodical editor.

Holly Madison is a famous pre-school education thinker and child psychologist in Australia, and the founder of early education in Madison. Its educational philosophy is "the environment changes the future", that is, the educational environment changes the future of children's growth. Educational environment includes teaching environment, family environment, social environment and personal psychological construction environment.

Preschool education can be divided into broad sense and narrow sense. Preschool education in a broad sense refers to the care and education of children born to 6 or 7 years old, while preschool education in a narrow sense refers to the care and education of children aged 3-6 or 7 years old.