Froebel
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When the German educator Friedrich Froebel invented kindergarten in the 1830s, he stressed the educational value of games and free play.
From New York Times ● Sep. 25, 2020
A psychologist finally diagnosed her dyslexia, and after more tutoring she was enrolled at the Froebel League, a three-year training school for prospective kindergarten teachers.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2019
The care goes into design work that is behind the scenes, as in the prepared environment of the Froebel kindergarten or the stocking of a playground with sand, wood, or junk.
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2018
From Friedrich Froebel she learned that education should come to the young as a result of self-activity.
From Time Magazine Archive
The elementary teachers of the canton were to spend three months every alternate year at Burgdorf, and there compare experiences, and learn of distinguished men such as Froebel and Bitzius.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
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