Froebel activities

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In 1880, the great educational pioneer who began the first Kindergarten wrote these words: “Play is the highest level of human development in childhood . . . It gives . . . joy, freedom, contentment, inner and outer rest, peace with the world.” This article explores some of Froebel’s original ideas, and offers thoughts on how to use them to challenge the inappropriate academic practices used with our youngest children. Tap through to read.

Froebel designed a number of art-related toys and activities for children. He called the toys "Gifts" and the activities were named "Occupations." A Gift could be restored to its original state, while an Occupation was more like a craft project that could be used only once. Among the Occupations was an activity Froebel called "Peas-Work,"…

The Froebel gifts (German: Fröbelgaben) are play materials for young children designed by Friedrich Fröbel for the original Kindergarten at Bad Blankenburg. You may have heard of Froebel Gifts, Spielgabe, or Spielgaben. There is a company out there selling a secondary version of it called Spielgaben. Did you know that the original is called Froebel Gifts, and it has a long history? You can read about the history here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Froebel_gifts Froebel Gifts have a lot to…

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Froebel materials and kinetic sand!

Ever since writing my post about Charlotte Mason and kindergarten, I've been trying to get more familiar with Froebel's ideas. Friedrich Froebel lived in the late 18th century and early 19th century, and his principles on early education deemed him the affectionate title "the father of the Kindergarten." Unfortunately, Froebel did not have an outstanding

Open ended resources. Beautiful, clean and inviting set up

Friederich Froebel invented Kindergarten over 150 years ago, and in the process introducing building blocks as an educational toy. A cen...