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(DESIGN.) FRÖBEL, WILHELM A. (after) / PEDAGOGICAL ART. Classroom workbook for Fröbel's "System of Gifts." Double accordion-folded book containing 31pages of woven paper designs in brown and coral. Small 8vo, thick square black board portfolio measuring 8 1/2x6 1/4 inches, gilt-stamped "Weaving." on front cover, cloth ties, some wear; a bit of scattered toning and soiling but pages and materials bright and colorful. Signed by the creator, Rosamond Sayer Horton, and dated 1898-99. [Kansas], 1898-99
Wilhelm August Fröbel was the pioneer of early childhood education and founder of the first Kindergarten in 1837. These educational notebooks, based on his teaching principles, were used in classrooms as far-ranging as London, Canada, Germany, and the United States. The lessons, known as Fröbel's "Gifts and Occupations" explore the concepts of shapes and objects (such as paper, string, balls, cubes, lines, points, etc.), known as "gifts" and the ways in which they could be manipulated, which he called "occupations." The creator of this workbook on weaving is listed as Assistant Librarian in Topeka, Kansas, at the Kansas State Library.
