1901 Froebel Kindergarten Thread Drawings: Set One, 4 Drawings round brush and with some hand-tinting to

and with some hand-tinting to the photo

in part for the simplicity of the two figures

And then just this simple polka dotted homespun indigo dress

This Latvian real photo postcard captures a wonderfully delicate

1901 Froebel Kindergarten Thread Drawings: Set One, 4 Drawings round brush and with some hand-tinting toAs I've learned more about kindergarten inventor Friedrich Froebel and the series of "Gifts" he created to give form and structure to discovery based learning, I now know that these yarn drawings were product of Gift #12, some made on pre punched cards, as here, others make by punching points through a gridded template. Looking at these, it should not seem too surprising that Paul Klee and Piet Mondrian were both products of early kindergarten. I