Primary Methods. A complete and methodical presentation of the use of kindergarten material in the work of the primary school.

Elementary educator William Nicholas Hailmann (1836 – 1920) and his wife Eudora Lucas Hailmann (1835 – 1904) were some of the first promoters of the philosophy of Froebel in the United States. Together, the Hailmanns developed curricula for both children and teachers, established two of the first normal schools in the country, and published New Education (1876 – 1893), the primary periodical for Froebelian educators across the United States. They also established the Froebel Institute, which later became the Kindergarten Department of the National Educational Association (NEA) in 1884. As president of that department in 1888, Eudora was the first woman to sit on the NEA governing board. Between 1894 and 1897, Hailmann also served as the Superintendent of Indian Schools under President Cleveland, while Eudora developed three normal schools and forty reservation kindergartens with training programs for aides and parents. Octavo. vi, [2], 166, [18 ads] pp. With many detailed text figures throughout illustrating the kindergarten activities (including the Froebel gifts). Publisher’s brown cloth stamped in black and gilt. Some rubbing to extremities. Slight marginal toning. Contemporary ink ownership signature (Harriet M. Starks) to front flyleaf. A near fine copy, scarce in commerce, especially in this condition. First edition of this manual that instructs teachers on how to incorporate Froebel gifts and other forms of manual work (i.e., the practice of arts and crafts in an educational context) into their primary school classrooms.…