I FROEBEL'S GIFTS

The Republic of Childhood The Kindergarten is the free republic of childhood.—Froebel

FROEBEL'S GIFTS

BY KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN AND NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH

The true teacher is a student of human nature, and the student of human nature is the pupil of God.—Horatio Stebbins

BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY The Riverside Press, Cambridge 1895

Copyright, 1895, By KATE DOUGLAS RIGGS AND NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH. All rights reserved. The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A. Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton and Company.