‘Froebel Gift No.1’, Mixed. Photo: Suzi Tibbetts. Courtesy: Roehampton University Archives. Gift No.1 is a soft ball or series of balls. They are for play between infant and mother, and produce movement and apprehension of colour, shape, number and texture… Skilled use is said to produce subliminal awareness of being, having and becoming – past present and future – in other words self-awareness, and concepts of unity and difference….