Early education 3 ——­ mental struggles 14, 16 Education ad hoc 23 ——­ aim of 11 ——­ as an object 58 ——­ at Jena 28 ——­ in relationships 70 ——­ purpose of 69 ——­ reaches beyond life 119 “Education of Man” 1, 76, 117, 141, 145 Educator and teacher 68 Energy in play 21 ——­ in rocks 97 England, first kindergarten in 143 Ephors 21 Escape from creditors 128 “Exchange classes” 54 Expression of thought difficult 73 Eyes, deficient power of 30

“Family Journal of Education” 117, 141, 142 Family ties 44, 83 Father of Froebel. [See Froebel, Johann Jacob.] ——­ and mother 118 Fatherland vs. motherland 90 Fichte 116, 123 Financial difficulties 33, 47, 106, 127, 128 First consciousness of self 9 ——­ grasp of the word KINDERGARTEN 137 ——­ idea of a school of his own 68 ——­ work as a teacher 57 Following Nature in geography 61 Foresight of vocation as a teacher 108 Forestry-apprentice 24 Form-development 98 Form fixed for language 98 Forms, study of 75, 76 Forster, Johann Georg 94 ——­ “Rhine Travels” 94, 121 Francke’s Paedagogium 55 Frankfurt, life at 47, 50, 57, 141, 142 ——­ Model School 57 French, study of