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1797 Froebel worked as a forester and surveyor apprentice for two years which inspired and motivated his love of self education.

Froebel's thirst for knowledge lead him to work and attended several universities .

His studies provided him with a sense of artistic perspective and symmetry he later transferred to his design of the kindergarten's gifts and occupations.

Froebel switched paths

The would-be architect dropped his plans and decided to pursue education as a profession. He accepted an invitation to teach at a Frankfurt school – one of the first schools based on the educator Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi’s progressive ideals

After two years of teaching in Frankfurt, Froebel spent the years 1808 through 1810 under Pestalozzi at his Yverdon school, and was deeply influenced by him.

. Pestalozzi’s ideas are reflected throughout Froebel’s first important work, The Education of Man.

Friedrich Froebel a German educator was born on April 21, 1782.

He was the youngest of five sons born to a Luthern paster Johann Jacob Froebel. Froebel's mother died when he was nine months old.

In 1793 at the age of ten, Friedrich was sent to live with his maternal uncle, Herr Hoffman where he attended the local town school .

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"PLAY

is the highest expression of human development in childhood, for it alone is the free expression of what is in a child's soul."

Friedrich Froebel

Philosophy of Education

Frobel’s philosophy of education was based on four major principles: free self expression, creativity, social participation and motor expression. He began to focus on the needs of children just prior to entering school. Froebel envisioned a place where 4 to 6 year old children would be nurtured and protected from outside influences.

In 1840 Frobel created the word kindergarten (infant garden) for the Play and Activity Institute he had founded in 1837 with its emphasis on play as well as featuring games, songs, stories, and arts and crafts to stimulate the child’s imagination and develop physical and motor skills.

Frobel believed in the importance of play in a child’s learning as a creative activity.

He developed a series of materials known as ‘gifts’ and a series of recommended activities ‘occupations’ and movement activities..

Froebel respected children as individuals with rights and responsibilities according to their ages and abilities, and his philosophy has profoundly affected educational policy and practice around the world.

Froebel’s educational ideas provided the major direction of kindergarten curriculum during the last half of the nineteenth century. Many of his ideas can still be observed in kindergarten today including learning through play, group games, goal orientated activities, and outdoor time.

Friedrich Froebel: The Father of Kindergarten

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