![](https://netgalley-covers.s3.amazonaws.com/cover394356-medium.png)
Where Children Grow
Wisdom for Raising Resilient Humans from the Inventor of Kindergarten
by Friedrich Froebel
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
Send NetGalley books directly to your Kindle or Kindle app
1
To read on a Kindle or Kindle app, please add kindle@netgalley.com as an approved email address to receive files in your Amazon account. Click here for step-by-step instructions.
2
Also find your Kindle email address within your Amazon account, and enter it here.
Pub Date 13 Aug 2024 | Archive Date 13 Aug 2024
Plough Publishing | Plough Publishing House
Talking about this book? Use #WhereChildrenGrow #NetGalley. More hashtag tips!
Description
An early champion of childhood reminds parents and educators that children learn best when they are free to play and explore.
Far ahead of his time, Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852) viewed children not as future adults to be seen and not heard, but as unique individuals with strengths and interests.
Since he believed in joy-based learning – founding the first kindergarten on children’s innate desire to discover and create – his approach will resonate with those who value varying learning styles today. These extracts from his writings will embolden teachers and parents to withstand pressure to conform and will help them connect with children’s intrinsic motivation.
This slim volume includes a biographical introduction followed by short selections introducing Froebel’s thought on topics such as the importance of unstructured play, time in nature, creative self-expression, faith, sports, and building character.
A Note From the Publisher
- Stresses the importance of free play in an age of helicopter parenting
- Highlights the vital role of the natural world in healthy child development
- Ideal for promotions around the start of the school year, World Teachers’ Day (October 5) or US National Teachers’ Day (May 7)
Advance Praise
Froebel gathered diffused thought and practice into a system, but he did a greater thing than this. He raised an altar to the enthusiasm of childhood upon which the flame has never since gone out. —Charlotte Mason
Froebel's method is a radical change of direction. It changes the educator's point of view. Instead of looking down upon the child, the kindergarten teacher must clear her mind of foregone arbitrary conclusions, and humbly look up to the innocent soul. —Elizabeth Peabody
I was equipped, in fact armed, with the Froebel-kindergarten education I had received as a child from my mother. —Frank Lloyd Wright
Marketing Plan
- Giveaways and promotions on GoodReads, NetGalley, Open Road, and others
- Feature in Plough Quarterly magazine, circulation 15,000
- Giveaways and promotions on GoodReads, NetGalley, Open Road, and others
- Feature in Plough Quarterly magazine, circulation 15,000
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9781636081380 |
PRICE | US$14.00 (USD) |
PAGES | 75 |
Available on NetGalley
Featured Reviews
![](https://netgalley-profiles.s3.amazonaws.com/avatar830614-micro.png?1725759473)
Froebel invented kindergarten and, for his time, was extremely revolutionary in his approach to learning. As a teacher and parent I was keen to read this and I found the introduction by Mathis very interesting. I enjoyed reading about how Froebel worked and what he did in his lifetime very much. The book then uses excerpts of Froebel's own words; it's here I lost my way a little. Some of the quotes and ideas were extremely thought provoking and echo sentiment I see in my practice as an EYFS teacher, others were harder to relate to. Not just due to how they were expressed, as Mathis says we must grant some pardon to ideas of his time that now would be sexist or limiting, but also because there is much relation to God. Teaching in a secular school, this felt very jarring with my own practice - however, as a parent, I could marvel in some ideas a little more.
An interesting read if you're interested in Kindergarten, Montessori or Steiner education, and it's a short read!
![](https://netgalley-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/a15cb8542c/images/profile-micro.png)
I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.
Where Children Grow is a book of proverbs and wisdom by the founder of Kindergarten; Friedrich Froebel. Friedrich founded kindergarten in the 19th century, so much of his teaching and writings are different from present times, and I found this very interesting to read about. Mostly from a Christian perspective, he had much wisdom about children and child development, and this bleeds through the pages. If you have an interest in education, children, childcare, and child development, I highly recommend this book - you'll definitely take away something from it.