Kindergarten Culture in the Family and Kindergarten: A Complete Sketch of Froebel’s System of Early Education, Adapted to American Institutions for the Use of Mothers and Teachers.
Cincinnati: Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co., [1873]. First edition. With twelve plates depicting the Froebel gifts. Note that the author’s surname, Hailmann, is misspelled as “Hailman” on the binding and title-page. Two ink ownership signatures (Emma L. Duff, 1893) to preliminary blanks. Some marginal toning. A few annotations in margins. A very good, tight copy of a book that is scarce in commerce. Publisher’s red-brown cloth titled in gilt. Octavo. 119 pp. Item #17702
Elementary educator William Nicholas Hailmann (1836 – 1920) and his wife Eudora Lucas Hailmann (1835 – 1904) were some of the first promoters of the philosophy of Froebel in the United States. Together, they developed a nationally acclaimed curriculum for both children and teachers, established two of the first normal schools in the country, and published New Education (1876 - 1893), the primary periodical for kindergarten educators across the United States. They also established the Froebel Institute, which later became the Kindergarten Department of the National Educational Association in 1884. Between 1894 and 1897, W.N. Hailmann also served as the Superintendent of Indian Schools under President Cleveland, while Eudora Hailmann developed three normal schools and forty reservation kindergartens.
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