Educational Ideas on Kindergarten

Contents: Preface. 1. Life of Friedrich Froebel up to 1816. 2. Froebel\'s School at Keilhau, 1817-1831. 3. The Helba Scheme. 4. "The Education of Man". 5. "The Education of Man", --The School and the family. 6. Froebel in Switzerland. 7. Blankenburg. 8. Pedagogics of the Kindergarten. 9. The "Mutter Und Kose Lieder" or "Mother Songs and Games". 10. Froebel\'s Last Years.

From the Preface: "Froebel\'s Kindergarten methods have established themselves fairly well. The important thing with regard to them is to ensure that they are not employed mechanically, but in the spirit in which Froebel himself used them so effectively, and with a psychological insight deepened by reason of the gains which Psychology and Physiology have won since his day.

What we want at the present time is guidance in applying the principles underlying these methods to the work of the higher school classes, in constructing that is to say, a workable "Heuristic Method". It is for this reason that the author have dwelt at such considerable length on Froebel\'s experiences at Keilhau and on his "Helba Scheme", of which he have given almost a complete translation."