In order to find out what influenced Friedrich Frobel, we must first look at what education was like before him, his life and his childhood. After learning about the man who created preschool, we need to revisit his philosophy and the tools he used to support it. Next, we will take a closer look at who supported it. Finally, we will examine how the life of nursery education has evolved since then. Education before Frobel Although there are many great philosophers of our time, the one who influenced Friedrich Froebel includes; Comenius who in 1649 published a book about how children were born with a natural need for knowledge and goodness and this school defeated them. He was also known as the father of modern education who attempted to improve the way students were taught. We then have Rousseau who was one of the two main philosophers who inspired Froebel; in 1762 he outlined a new theory of education that emphasized the importance of expression rather than repression in producing well-adjusted, free-thinking children. He believed that by providing a child with choices while controlling those choices, he exposed him to appropriate stimuli that would generate life experiences. Although Froebel was not as inspired by his work, Fichte advocated a national system that would stimulate the desire to improve education by developing the individual for the benefit of the community, stimulate the individual to independent activity, and develop the character and good will. The second man who had the most influence on Freidrich was Pestalozzi who developed pedagogical training and curricular innovations such as group work, field trips, grade levels, ability grouping and accommodating differences individual. Finally we have Owen who...... middle of article......web.org/web2008.htmlA garden for children - http://www.froebelweb.org/web2013.htmlTheory and practice educational - http: //www.froebelweb.org/web2015.htmlA life of Froebel - http://www.froebelweb.org/web2033.htmlThe education of man - http://www.froebelweb.org/web7000 .htmlEducation before Froebel - http://www.froebelweb.org/linepre.htmlChildhood experiences of Freidrich Froebel - http://www.froebelweb.org/web4002.htmlLife of Froebel - http://www.froebelweb .org/web4007.htmlGet all pages from women's sitesSupport for the kindergarten movement - http://www.froebelweb.org/web5005.htmlKey roles played by teachers - http://www.froebelweb.org /web7012.htmlhttp://www.religio.de/froebel/biograf/ sholive.htmlhttp://www.froebel.org.uk/pwbookmedium.pdfhttp://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id =3442http://www.religio.de/froebel/biograf/sholive. HTML