The Kindergarten Guide: Vol. 2 The Occupations [Paperback]

Maria Kraus-Boelte (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 5, 2001

Maria Kraus-Boelte was widely recognized as the foremost authority on the Froebel kindergarten. Froebel's widow, Luise, called her Froebel's "spiritual daughter." Along with her husband John Kraus, she produced this definitive guide to Froebel's kindergarten methods and materials. The Kindergarten Guide is divided into two volumes. The first volume covers Froebel's Gifts, while this second volume discusses the Occupation materials.

Kraus-Boelte's work was the Bible of the 19th century kindergarten movement. To this day, it is the single best reference for the Froebel Kindergarten.

Product Details

• Paperback: 486 pages
• Publisher: Kindergarten Messenger (January 5, 2001)
• ISBN-10: 193034905X
• ISBN-13: 978-1930349056
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,956,393 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Like Volume One, A Treat To Be Mined, March 9, 2006

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This review is from: The Kindergarten Guide: Vol. 2 The Occupations (Paperback)

Kraus & Kraus-Boelte complete their definitive work on the best, most comprehensive step-by-step overview of the Froebelian Kindergarten.

Focusing on The Occupations, Volume Two elaborates not only on how to impliment them but also the logic and methodology behind their necessity and contrast from The Gifts.

Like Volume One, this book takes many reads; however,--if you persevere--you will bring your understanding full circle on how Kindergarten has changed from its cerebral and spiritual form into its more watered-down, cold embodiment of the 21st Century.