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Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel or Froebel (German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈʔaʊɡʊst ˈfʁøːbl̩] ⓘ; 21 April 1782 – 21 June 1852) was a German pedagogue, a student of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, who laid the foundation for modern education based on the recognition that children have unique needs and capabilities.
The Froebel gifts (German: Fröbelgaben) are educational play materials for young children, originally designed by Friedrich Fröbel for the first kindergarten at Bad Blankenburg. Playing with Froebel gifts, singing, dancing, and growing plants were each important aspects of this child-centered approach to education.
The term was coined by German pedagogue Friedrich Fröbel, whose approach globally influenced early-years education. Today, the term is used in many countries to describe a variety of educational institutions and learning spaces for children ranging from two to six years of age, based on a variety of teaching methods.
In 1888, they received a gold medal at the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition; later that year, Banks gave the first public demonstration of her kindergarten methods with 150 children at the Women's Industries and Centenary Fair in Sydney. [2] In 1889, Banks was appointed to the Fort Street Model School as an expert in kindergarten instruction.
Child Life was the Froebel Society journal between 1931 and 1939. [1] However the journal has also been reported as being published, not necessarily continuously, and not always by the Froebel society itself, between 1899 and 1939. [2] Its successors were the National Froebel Foundation Bulletin and the Froebel Journal. [3]
Margarethe Meyer brought Fröbel's ideas to America. She spent two years in New York then went west. She employed Fröbel's philosophy while caring for her daughter, Agathe Schurz, and four neighborhood children in Wisconsin, leading them in games, songs and group activities channeling their energy and preparing them for primary school.
When Peabody opened her kindergarten in 1860, the practice of providing formal schooling for children younger than six was largely confined to Germany. [citation needed] She had a particular interest in the educational methods of Friedrich Fröbel, [4] particularly after meeting one of his students, Margarethe Schurz, in 1859.
Beiträge zum Verständnis Friedrich Fröbels (Contributions to understanding Friedrich Fröbel; 1876) She wrote a number of pamphlets on the kindergarten, several of which have been translated into English.