The purpose of this study was to develop a model of early childhood patriotism education program available for carly childhood education institutions. After the objectives of education was set up based on recent early childhood education programs, teaching/learning methods and evaluation methods were selected as well. A program model was constructed in this process, and Taba(1962)' s process of curriculum development model and Yoo Sun-young(2014)'s process of development and Ha Mi-kyung(2014)' s process of development were all combined with some modifications to finalize a process of development: literature analysts, survey on the state and needs, program construction, expert consultation and final development of program model. An early childhood patriotism education program model was developed in the above-mentioned process. The educational object of this model was to provide patriotism education for preschoolers to foster their spirit of love for the nation, and it consisted of the following themes: education about national symbol, history, traditional culture, national unification/securit:'-f, national identity, great Korean people, national pride and practice of love for the nation. According to the semesters of early childhood education institutions, all the education is conducted in the form of a systemized yearly program 16 times in total. twice each in March, April, May, June, September, October, November and December. In terms of teaching/learning methods, cooperative learning by themebased projects, edutainment-aided learning, hands-on learning by paying a visit to local community and home-assisted learning by task assignment are introduced, and the selected teaching/learning materials arc websites, local community and picture books related to the selected thelnes. Finally, a qualitative evaluation is implemented to find out the level of changes in preschoolers' spirit of love for the nation to determine the effects of the program. Their works, interview videos, reflective journal and home assignments are all collected for analysis. This study is of great significance in that it discussed the importance of early childhood patriotism education and attempted to develop a program model.