nurturing children to be inquisitive and open to the world
In 1900 Denton Jacques Snider wrote about Friedrich (Frederick) Froebel and his life experiences which led to the founding of the first kindergarten. Over a century later, a Froebel family member and author of two children’s books about Froebel and kindergarten, expands the publication designed for readers in the Victorian age to make it a timeless reference.
Johannes Froebel-Parker is a direct descendant of a brother of Friedrich Froebel, the world renowned educator and founder of the first kindergarten. He lives in New York in the USA. Froebel-Parker follows a centuries-long tradition of Froebel’s nephews and nieces, dedicated to the philosophy of their uncle and his approach to education. Grandparents, great-aunts and great-grandmother of the author left him the legacy of a vibrant oral tradition about Friedrich and his family.
20th Anniversary Edition featuring a pull-out frieze to pin up: Amazon.com: Books
Filled with fun rhymes and make-believe stories, this wonderfully illustrated children’s tale offers an imaginative view of a beach that includes swimming, surfing, and splashing. Imagine a perfect beach where you can swim, surf, splash through the waves, make sandcastles, hunt for treasures, explore rock-pools, muck about in boats, fish from the jetty, and build a bonfire under the stars. Imagine a beach where adventure begins. From sand castles and rock pools to boats and fish, the realistic scenes evoke images of a summer day along the waterfront where anything can happen.
Many young children are immersed in screens and technology, from watching television to playing Xbox or using mobile phones and iPads.
What do we actually know about the impact of these technologies on kids’ brains?
BRIEFING: What is technology doing to kids’ brains? – AusSMC – Australian Science Media Centre.
In 2011, the Architecture & Design Department of New York’s Museum of Modern Art acquired a portion of Norman Brosterman’s collection of historical kindergarten material in anticipation of their comprehensive exhibition, Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900-2000
The Museum of Modern Art’s ambitious survey of 20th-century design for children, is the first large-scale overview of the modernist preoccupation with children and childhood as a paradigm for progressive design thinking.
Published to accompany an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, this book surveys more than 100 years of toys, clothing, playgrounds, schools, children’s hospitals, nurseries, furniture, posters, animation and books
This richly illustrated catalogue illuminates how progressive design has enhanced the physical, intellectual, and emotional development of children and how models of children’s play have informed experimental aesthetics and imaginative design thinking.
Inventing KINDERGARTEN by Norman Brosterman — Kickstarter.
Help to republish out-of-print book, Inventing Kindergarten, which first appeared in 1997 and was highlighted as a New York Times Notable Book, was called “Revelatory,” by the New Yorker, won an American Institute of Architects award as one of the best books of the year, and has ultimately become a crucial resource for educators and art historians worldwide.
