Friedrich Froebel’s Education by Development

The second part of Pedagogics of the Kindergarten presents a more thorough discussion of the educational principles underlying play. In these eleven further essays Froebel discusses his theory of the meaning of the ball, the sphere, the cube, and its various subdivisions, casting new light on his thought with each exposition. Here he also moves on to drawing, paper-folding and stick-laying. W. T. Harris writes that ‘the essays on the training school for kindergartners and the method of introducing children’s gardens into the kindergarten are very suggestive and useful. In fact, there is no other kindergarten literature that is quite equal in value to the contents of this present volume.