Sexual conditions 11, 12 Shirreff, Emily 144, 146, 151, 152 Singing 56, 81 Skeleton of man as type 31 Soldier, Froebel as a 91-96, 111, 144 “Sonntags-Blatt,” articles in 76 Soul-cultivation 7 ——­ emerging from chrysalis 49 Sound method from fundamental principle 106 Special education 23, 115 Speech-tones 98 Spelling, teaching of 20 Spiritual endeavor at Yverdon. [See Religious experiences.] ——­ experiences 19 Stadt-Ilm 18, 44 Step-brother of Froebel 15 Step-mother of Froebel 4, 5, 27, 33 Stimulation at Yverdon 79 Stockwell Kindergarten College 143 “Stone-language” 10 Sturm 7 Style of Froebel’s writing 1, 117 Subject vs. object 46 “Sunday Journal” 142 Surveying, study of 39, 40, 41 Symbols to the inner eye 111

Taking sides                                                          13
Teacher in the Plamann School                                         89
——­ requirements of a                                                65
Teachers’ institutes at Burgdorf                                     136
Teaching suggested                                                    51
“Teaching-plan” of Pestalozzi                                         54
“The Education of the Future”                                        143
“The New Education” an antithesis                                    116
“The New Year 1836 demands a Renewal of Life”                        142
Theatrical performances                                           26, 33
Theological disputations                                              13
Third person in address                                                5
“Thou,” the German                                                     5
Thuringian forest, the                                                 3
“To the German People”                                               141
Tobler                                                            56, 69