FRIEDRICH

FROEBEL
ROMMEL ERWIN Q. ANCA
 WHO IS FRIEDRICH FROEBEL?

 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.
 FRIEDRICH CHILD LIFE

 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.
EVENTS DURING HIS LIFETIME

 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
 EVENTS DURING HIS LIFETIME

 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
 QUOTES

 “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.”
EDUCATIONAL PRINCIPLES