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What makes the Froebelian approach unique and effective? In what way are the Froebel Gifts educational? If you have one thing to thank Friedrich Froebel for, what would it be?
Vocabulary
principle- A fixed or predetermined policy or mode of action. pedagogy-1. the function or work of a teacher; teaching 2. the art or method of teaching; pedagogics Interrelated- placed in or came into mutual relationship.
Approach
3) An environment which
is physically safe but intellectually challenging, promoting curiosity, enquiry, sensory stimulation and aesthetic awareness demonstrates the unity of indoors and outdoors, of the cultural and the natural allows free access to a rich range of materials that promote open-ended opportunities for play, representation and creativity entails the setting being an integral part of the community it serves, working in close partnership with parents and other skilled adults is educative rather than merely amusing or occupying promotes interdependence as well as independence, community as well as individuality and responsibility as well as freedom.
Gifts
He produced gifts that were simple and interrelated. They encouraged the child to play, be creative and explore designs that mirrored the unity of the universe.
Gift 8: Gift Six: Classic Gift 7: Building Blocks The Tablets Sticks & Rings
Gift 6: Classic Building Blocks
Women as Educators
The destiny of nations lies far more in the hands of women, the mothers, than in the possessors of power, or those of innovators who for the most part do not understand themselves. We must cultivate women, who are the educators of the human race, else the new generation cannot accomplish its task. He saw womens role as going far beyond the home. The Froebel Web explains: The women who trained as kindergarten teachers gained economic independence and a respected role in the community.
Froebels words
"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."
Sources:
froebelgifts.com stateuniversity.com froebel.web thestrengsfoundation.org freeonlinedictionary.com