LITTLE fessors at Berlin. " A child must have a teacher," said 

 JOURNEYS Jean Jacques, " but a professional teacher is apt to be- 

 come the slave of his profession, and when this occurs 

 he has separated himself from life, and therefore to 

 that degree is unfitted to teach." 



A school should not be a preparation for life a school 

 should be life. The Kindergarten Idea, among other 

 things, suggests that a child should never know he is 

 in school. The discipline is kept out of sight, and the 

 youngster finds himself a part of the busy life. He 

 blends in with the others, and works, plays and sings 

 under the wise and loving care of his " other mother," 

 the teacher. He is living, not simply preparing to live. 

 QA11 life should be joyous, spontaneous, natural. The 

 Rousseau Idea, modified and refined by Froebel, is 

 the utilization of the propensity to play. 

 Major von Humboldt found a man who was saturated 

 with the true Froebel spirit, although this was before 

 Froebel was born. The man's name was Heinrich 

 Campe. He was hired to superintend the education ot 

 the Humboldt boys. That is to say, he was to be- 

 come their comrade, friend, counsellor, fellow-scholar, 

 playmate and teacher. 

 Play needs direction as well as work. 

 Campe played with the boys. They lived with Nature 

 made lists of all the trees at Tegel, drew sketches of 

 the leaves and fruit, calculated the height of trees, 

 measured them at the base, and occasionally cut dowri 

 trees, first sitting in judgment on the case and deciding 

 why a certain tree should be removed, thus getting a 

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