Froebel's Gifts in the Art Room

Build foundational concepts like parts of a whole, rotation, gravity and balance while engaging in creative play and art observation.

Bring awareness to length width and height and deepen understanding of spatial division with the same volume cut into different shaped parts.

Interact with geometric relationships, rotation, translation, and reflection while progressing through forms of beauty. Explore quilting and jump ahead to Perforation and Embroidery,  Gifts 11 and 12.

Expand the possibilities for drawing from imagination using laying staffs. Collaboratively or on their own, this tool brings out daring and error free drawing for young hands.