This master thesis discusses the history of organized early preschool education in the Republic of Croatia. We will walk through the history of the Duga Resa Kindergarten, one of the oldest kindergartens in Croatia and its long tradition of organized care for children of early and preschool age. The path of growth from traditional to modern kindergarten, and thus the development of the quality and excellence is core of this thesis. Most importantly, the uninterrupted continuity of kindergarten development from year 1926 will be shown and explained. Worldwide, in Europe, and in our country, there has been continuous changes, upgrades, improvements in institutions and standards for early preschool education. Organizations were changing their names from play schools, day cares, nurseries to kindergartens, so that today all institutions are called Kindergartens. Along with the names were changing, the ways of working attitudes and programs that have been adopted on from the very beginning until today are highlighted in this thesis. The way children are playing and toys they have were also changed throughout history. The modern way of life has brought a different conception of early childhood and child development. Today's National Curriculum for Early and Preschool Education is highlighted as an extremely important document that directs the way how to work in every kindergarten in the Republic of Croatia and determines all the essential components of an educational standards. To know which path we want to take in the development of Croatian early and preschool education we need to know history well to understand the path that teaches us life and showing new directions.