ABSTRACT
Froebel captures his mission and dreams in 'The Education of Man', translated by W. N. Hailmann and demonstrates an earnest and practical approach to creative activity. This chapter describes Froebel's gifts provides in the basis for creative composition through a playful environment and behavior. The use of symbolic objects is distinguished from toys with themes and specific signatures as a means of increasing the range of creative exploration. Between the Civil War and World War I, Froebelian educators sought with resistance to establish kindergarten into a conservative Victorian and Evangelical Protestant environment within US child education. Froebel's kindergarten was introduced to American readers by the liberal Unitarian paper the Christian Examiner in 1859. The insertion of American cultural differences into the Froebelian system altered aspects of its social and educational philosophy, shifting from political to social reforms through the kindergarten system. Froebel developed a learning process of immense impact on design and composition through the use of symbolic objects and play.
