The Public Paperfolding History Project
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Royal Gifts for the Kindergarten by Frances Post Van Norstrand and Alice H Putnam, 1888 | |||||||
'Royal
Gifts for the Kindergarten' by Frances Post Van Norstrand
and Alice H Putnam, was published by the Standard
Publishing Company in Chicago in 1889, although the
copyright notice is dated 1888. The illustrations are
reproduced from those in 'Paradise of Childhood' by
Edward Wiebe, which were in turn borrowed from those in
the first edition of 'Der Kindergarten' by Hermann
Goldammer. It contains chapters on: The Thirteenth Gift - Paper cutting and mounting The Fourteenth Gift - Paper weaving The Seventeenth Gift - Paper intertwining The Eighteenth Gift - Paper folding There is also a poem on page 287, the illustration for which includes a Newspaper Hat. The section about paperfolding is reproduced at the foot of this page. A full copy of the work can be found here. ********** Analysis The Eighteenth Gift - Paper-Folding The text is minimal and only explains a few of the basic mathematical folds shown in the illustration. It does not mention Froebel's method of cutting four squares from a rectangle which is also illustrated. There is, however, an interesting reference to the child being first allowed 'to form any object at pleasure' and a mention of 'box, basket, ship and stars', although these designs cannot be identified for lack of any accompanying illustrations. ********** The Fourteenth Gift - Paper Weaving The Woven Cross ********** ********** The Seventeenth Gift - Paper Intertwining ********** The Thirteenth Gift - Paper Mounting and Weaving ********** Source Pages ********** |
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