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German educator, founded in 1837, is called the first kindergarten in the world.
Friedrich Wilhelm August Fr?bel (German: Friedrich William Augustus Te Vrede? Bel,1782 April 21-1852 June 2), a German educator, is recognized as one of the most important educators in Europe in the19th century and the originator of modern preschool education. He not only founded the first preschool education institution named "Kindergarten", but his educational thought still dominates the basic direction of preschool education theory. At that time, all the parents who could let their children attend his education courses were rich and powerful.

1836, Froebel returned to Thuringia, his hometown, and began to guide and help mothers to raise their children, and set out to design a set of game teaching materials that met the educational requirements.

1837, 55-year-old Froebel founded a children's game activity organization in Bart Blanckenburg, near Kelhao. This organization developed children's instinct and spontaneous activities, recruited children aged 3-7, and used his expertise in mathematics and architecture to design six sets of toys for children, named Wu En (German: Spiegel Gabe, Chinese: Froebel It is designed by God for children to play with, and it is a gift from God, so it is called a gift. 1840 Froebel, who loves nature, created a new word for this institution-kindergarten, which is also the source of this word: kindergarten is like a garden, children are like flowers and plants, teachers are like gardeners, and children's development is like plant growth. At the same time, he gave women a professional position-kindergarten teacher for the first time in Europe.

1844, Blanckenburg kindergarten moved to Marintal Castle. 1848 after the European revolution, the Prussian government began to ban domestic freedom factors. 185 1 year, the Ministry of Education ordered the ban on kindergartens [3]. Foucault suffered a heavy blow, and later a countess continued to devote herself to this promotion. 1On June 2nd, 852, 70-year-old Froebel died peacefully upstairs in Marienthal's residence. At that time, people around him hardly realized that he had passed away. His favorite Raphael painting "The Virgin and the Baby" hangs on the bedside.

Because of its great contribution to the development of early childhood education, it is called the father of early childhood education.