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Do you think if Froebel, the “Father of Kindergarten”, were alive, he would be disappointed or happy about how children learn today?

When you think of “kindergarten” do you think of it as a garden of children? In 1837 German educator Friedrich Froebel developed and tested new educational methods and philosophies based on the structure, activity, and learning of young children. In 1840 he founded a Play and Activity Institute which he later named Kindergarten reflecting his […]