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Froebel

American  
[frœ-buhl] / ˈfrœ bəl /

noun

  1. Friedrich 1782–1852, German educational reformer: founder of the kindergarten system.


Froebel British  
/ ˈfrøːbəl /

noun

  1. Friedrich ( Wilhelm August ) (ˈfriːdrɪç). 1782–1852, German educator: founded the first kindergarten (1840)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of, denoting, or relating to a system of kindergarten education developed by him or to the training and qualification of teachers to use this system

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Instead he turned to the simple Froebel blocks that had inspired Frank Lloyd Wright.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2022

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

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

Lonely, eccentric Friedrich Froebel, who had left school at a tender age to become a forester's apprentice because his teachers thought him a dunce, believed that children were "young plants needing to be nurtured carefully."

From Time Magazine Archive

Hence Froebel, like Comenius two centuries before him, looked to the course of nature for the principles of human education.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various

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