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The Additional Occupation of Pattern Drawing and Colouring-In based on Folded Grids
 
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1862

As far as I know, the idea of using crease patterns as the basis of drawing / colouring exercises first appears in Das Frobel'sche Faltblatt' (Frobel's Folding Sheet) ) by August Koehler, which was published by Hermann Bohlau in Weimar in 1862, says 'Paper folded in ths way could also be used for drawing, colouring and cutting out after such exercises as the following figures show.'

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The same idea appears:

1877

In 'Primary Methods: A Complete and Methodical Presentation of the Use of Kindergarten Material in the Primary School' by W N Hailmann was published by A S Barnes and Company in New York and Chicago in 1887.

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