{"id":2,"date":"2013-10-20T15:32:37","date_gmt":"2013-10-20T15:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/froebelgaben.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2014-06-21T11:06:54","modified_gmt":"2014-06-21T11:06:54","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/froebelgaben.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Play Gifts"},"content":{"rendered":"<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"SE9BJTD8UTQRN\" \/><input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n<p><strong>$150.00 includes free shipping worldwide<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>91 beechwood blocks in four boxes with sliding lids<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>8 one inch cubes,<\/li>\n<li>8 blocks 2 x 1 x .5 inches<\/li>\n<li>21 one inch cubes, 6 half blocks, 12 quarter blocks.<\/li>\n<li>18 blocks 2 x 1 x .5 inches, 12 blocks 1 x 1 x .5 inches, 6 blocks 2 x .5 x 5 inches<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The first building gift designed by Friedrich Fr\u00f6bel is eight cubes.<\/p>\n<p>By presenting the eight cubes as a whole unit in the form of a cube, a child is made aware of the wholeness and discovers that each part is the same shape as the whole.<\/p>\n<p>A child aged about one to three strives to separate things, to take them apart, to change their form, but also to reassemble them. The child is intent on discovering inner properties of things and having discovered them, on recreating the whole.<\/p>\n<p>A child will move the cubes, put them on top of each other and thus begin to build.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37\" style=\"width: 304px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37\" src=\"https:\/\/froebelgaben.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/buildfirst.jpg\" alt=\"First Building Box\" width=\"304\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/froebelgaben.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/buildfirst.jpg 304w, https:\/\/froebelgaben.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/buildfirst-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">First Building Box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Then introduce the second building box of eight blocks, twice as long and half the width (known fourth gift)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38\" style=\"width: 304px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38\" src=\"https:\/\/froebelgaben.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/buildsecond.jpg\" alt=\"Second Building Box\" width=\"304\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/froebelgaben.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/buildsecond.jpg 304w, https:\/\/froebelgaben.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/buildsecond-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Second Building Box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Progressively introduce each box for a child to discover new shapes for building, creative play, active learning and design.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_72\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72\" style=\"width: 391px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72\" src=\"https:\/\/froebelgaben.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/colletgarden.jpg\" alt=\"Class at Colet Gardens with Miss Lawrence, ca 1900 Archives &amp; Special Collections, Roehampton University (Froebel Archive for Childhood Studies)\" width=\"391\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/froebelgaben.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/colletgarden.jpg 391w, https:\/\/froebelgaben.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/colletgarden-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Class at Colet Gardens with Miss Lawrence, ca 1900<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/psychologyoffroe00snid\">The psychology of Froebel\u2019s play gifts<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>This book by Denton Snider can be read online.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;ID=OneJS&amp;OneJS=1&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=gallery-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=1295879816&amp;asins=1295879816&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;MarketPlace=US\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>$150.00 includes free shipping worldwide 91 beechwood blocks in four boxes with sliding lids 8 one inch cubes, 8 blocks 2 x 1 x .5 inches 21 one inch cubes, 6 half blocks, 12 quarter blocks. 18 blocks 2 x 1 x .5 inches, 12 blocks 1 x 1 x .5 inches, 6 blocks 2 &hellip; 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