![]() ![]() (It makes me wonder if Kindergarteners in the 1800s were far more advanced than they are today.) You must carefully manipulate and fold the paper following a key set of instructions to make the star. It was also a fabulous lesson in precision. (Here is where we overlap the Moravian Star… the first Moravian stars were also “Math Lessons”). ![]() Folding what is basically a 2 dimensional sheet of paper into a 3 dimensional star became a key lesson in mathematics to help understand the world around them. Young children also learned paper folding. To encourage children’s learning, he created a series of “gifts”… basically, puzzles and manipulative toys, that would draw children in to figuring out how the world would work. So why are they known as Froebel Stars (Fröbel Sterne)?Īs a staunch believer that children should learn through creative play, Friedrich Fröbel established a school that became the first “Kindergarten” in 1837. What makes them extra special is that the star holds together without using glue or tape. (Much like today kids fold “cootie catchers / fortune tellers”… wait… do kids still do that?). This German form of “origami” was actually a fairly common thing that people made and was just known as a paper star. Simply put, a Froebel Star is a 3 dimensional Star made by weaving and folding 4 strips of paper. What is a Froebel Star? And why is it also called a Moravian Star, German Star, Advent Star and more importantly… how do I make some so I can decorate for Christmas with them? And wasn’t Froebel the guy who invented Kindergarten? (yes) Is there a relationship? Sigh. In Germany they are called Fröbelsterne or Froebel Stars. But they were also called German Star, Advent star, Danish star, Nordic star, Polish star, Pennsylvanian star, Christmas star, and Swedish star. While they didn’t look like the pointed Moravian stars, but that’s what a lot of resources called them. While doing research on Moravian Stars (aka Herrnhuttersterne), I came across sweet little folded German paper stars.
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