Froebel’s Gifts
Play materials for very young children developed for what was the world’s first ever kindergarten in Germany. They became hugely influential in the worlds of art and architecture.
Froebel’s gifts (German: Fröbelgaben) are educational play materials for very young children, developed by German pedagogue Friedrich Fröbel in 1837 for use in what was the world’s first ever kindergarten at Bad Blankenburg.
Prior to Friedrich Fröbel, very young children were not educated. Fröbel was the first to recognise that significant…
