Froebel's Kintergarten

1. FROEBEL – Life and
Educational contributions
VIDYAGHOSH A
Natural science

2. FROEBEL
• Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel was a
German pedagogue.
• He created the concept of 'Kindergarden’.
• He also developed the educational toys
known as Froebel gifts.
• He advocated play way method, songs and
occupations for the learning in pre-school
education.
• He advocated “ learning by doing”.

3. Froebel’s idealistic philosophy
• According to idealism, ideas are eternal ; all forms of matter
is perishable.
• According to him, life is the union of the spiritual with
material. Without mind or spirit or matter is lifeless.
• He said that human personality development is possible only
by integrating the physical and spiritual development.

4. Froebel's Educational Principles
1.Unity with God
The aim of education is not to make the mind of the child a jumble of
words.
2. Education through play
Play is an essential factor on the growth of the child. The free and
unfattered natural development of the child takes place through play.
3.Education should be according to the nature of the child
4.Education through freedom

5. 5. Education through assistance
The teacher is like a Gardner who carefully nurses and protect the
children in order to secure their full and free development along most
desirable lines.
6. Education through group life
Old social institutions like home, school ,Church and the state etc., are
the agencies of development of the individual.
7. Education through gifts
He devised songs, guestures and constructions as the chief means of
stimulating the imagination of the child

6. KINDERGARDEN
•He started kindergarten in 1837 for the children
in age group 4 to 6 years old
•Froebel conceived the school as garden, the
teachers as the gardner and students as tender
plants.

7. Objectives of kinder garden
• To give the children enjoyment in agreement with the
nature
• To strengthen the bodies of children
• To exercise their senses
• To awaken their minds
• To acquaint them with nature and their fellows
• To lead them to unit

8. Main features of kinder garden
• Self activity
• Play
• Songs, gestures and construction
• Gift and occupation
• The place of teacher
• Discipline
• Curriculum

9. Merits of kinder garden
• Stressed the importance of play
• Considered school as a miniature society, where children get
training in important things of life
• Stressed the necessity of study of children’s nature, his instincts
and impulses
• Gift and occupations give a newar approach to the method of
teaching
• Sufficient scope for activity in a kindergarden

10. •Various gifts provides sensory
training
•Inclusion of nature study in
the curriculum helps to
develop love for the nature
and world in the mind of the
students

11. Limitations of kindergarden
• Expects too much from the child
• Too much is stress has been laid on the development
from within. The importance of the environment has
not been fully recognised.
• Songs given by him or out of date
• The store provide for the study of individual child
• Play will distract from serious learning

12. Influence on Modern Education
• Emphasis on pre primary education
• New conception of school
• Respect for children’s individualty
• Stress on the study of the nature of the child
• Education through play
• Sense training
• Activity in education
• Women teachers at the nursery stage

13. Conclusion
Frederick Froebel is a famous German pedagogue who
proposed the idea kindergarden.
He also developed the educational toys known as
Froebel gifts. He advocated “learning by doing".
He started his kinder garden in 1837 at his native place. The
main features of kindergarden includes self activity, play,
songs , guestures and construction, gift ,curriculum ,discipline
occupation etc.

14. Reference
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich
• Kindergartens: A History (1886)". Social Welfare History Project.
2015-07-15. Retrieved 2022-07-26.