Close-Up View of Froebel’s Kindergarten with Frank Lloyd Wright at the Drawing Table

About the Book

Unparalleled account of two astute thinkers – German Friedrich Froebel and American Frank Lloyd Wright – about an intertwined connection between a captivating school-master and a tenacious master-architect. An in-depth examination of how children learn coupled with what Wright learned in Froebel’s Kindergarten and how he applied it at the drawing table. Appropriate for parents, caretakers and educators of children and young people up through college age; and academic scholars and avid practitioners who advocate for the preservation of Wright’s legacy. Narrative transcends years of commonplace thinking and practices founded upon an unrivaled method that accurately led to patterns of lovely shapes and magnificent angles, the bedrock of Froebel’s historical kindergarten and Wright’s timeless architecture.

About the Author

Teacher, trainer, facilitator and consultant for 40 years in elementary and junior-senior high school classrooms; and, university, industry and school administration positions. For 20 years, interpreter and director of education at one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s finest Usonian homes; and, for 15 years director of research for Froebel’s Kindergarten studies. Dr. Rogers conducted scores of workshops and lessons on the workings of Froebel’s Kindergarten that enabled hundreds of children and adults, individually and in groups, to gain proficiency over brief periods of time, with authentic instruction and inexpensive training materials.