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1782-1852 Friedrich established the first

kindergarten in Bad Blankenburg in 1837.

He wanted to learn more about how kids think when they played with certain objects like blocks, clay, and sand.

He was a German man who got children interested to learn about nature by focusing on plants.

Birth of Friedrich Wilhelm August Frobel, the sixth and youngest child of Pastor Johann Jacob Frobel in Oberweißbach near Rudolstadt His mother died nine months after his birth in February 1783.

Friedrich's grandfather, Johannes Frobel, (died 22 July 1738) was the gamekeeper/forester.

Froebel attended the training institute run by John Pestalozzi at Yverdon. Froebel left the institution accepting the basic principles of Pestalozzi's theory: permissive school atmosphere, emphasis on nature, and the object lesson. Froebel, however, was a strong idealist whose view of education was closely related to religion.

Froebel’s mom died when he was 9 months old.

He was the youngest of his 5 brothers.

He studied languages and science at Gottingen University.

Friedrich learned about plants and natural phenomena and also started to study math at the same time.

He brought education to America.He published his first book ” The

Education of Man” in 1826.

1797- Froebel moved to a little town named Hirschberg to learn about forestry, geometry, land surveying and valuation.

1804- Froebel studies Architecture at Frankfurt University

1805- Froebel began to teach in Anton Gruner’s school at Frankfurt

1811- Froebel studies at the University of Gottingen

1818- Froebel married Henriette Wilhelmine Hoffmeister.

1831- Froebel invited to Switzerland to open schools and stays for five years

Friedrich Froebel died at Marienthal in his bed on June 21, 1852.

"As a child, Friedrich Froebel, the friend of children and the apostle of child-happiness, fell asleep. Without a struggle and without pain ended a life which never for a moment had had an egotistical thought but which had been entirely dedicated to mankind and childhood.“

“Children are like tiny flowers; they are varied and need care, but each is beautiful alone and glorious when seen in the community of peers.”

“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.”

“A child who plays and works thoroughly, with perseverance, until physical fatigue forbids will surely be a thorough, determined person, capable of self-sacrifice.”

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