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Dancing with young children

Rachna Joshi, a Froebel Travelling Tutor, reflects on how young children learn and experiment through dance - and introduces a new touring dance performance for children and t...

Tue, 09 April,2024
Men in early childhood education
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Where are the men in early childhood education?

An article by Pete Moorhouse asks what would Froebel have made of the current gender imbalance of educators working in early years settings and nursery schools? Pete Moorhous...

Mon, 15 January,2024
Froebel Kindergarten
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Froebel & the United States Kindergarten

Kaitlyn Kallimanis asks what educators and policy-makers in the United States might do to bring the kindergarten back to its Froebelian roots.

Fri, 24 November,2023
Outdoor schemas
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Schemas, outdoor play and Froebel

Pavla Boulton and Dr Amanda Thomas (University of South Wales) connect with Froebel to extend their understandings of young children's schemas and outdoor play in early childh...

Tue, 17 October,2023
Primary school
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Froebelian practice in the primary school

As many young children across the UK prepare for transition from nursery to school, educator Rachel Griffiths makes the case for more primary school teachers to incorporate Fr...

Mon, 26 June,2023
Curriculum making
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A Froebelian approach to planning with young children

An article from Shauna McIntosh about her experience of using a Froebelian approach to co-construct the curriculum with young children at Cameron House Nursery School - an ear...

Mon, 12 June,2023
Froebel Trust Practice & Research Grants
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Coaching - the Froebelian way

Nursery school headteacher, Sally Cave considers how a Froebelian approach to coaching can support educators working in early childhood education and care today.

Tue, 09 May,2023
EAL article
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Learning more than one language

An article by Dr Kyara Rojas-Bustos, Honorary Fellow, University of Roehampton on how a Froebelian approach can nurture linguistic diversity in early years settings and suppor...

Tue, 02 May,2023
Finding froebel
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Finding Froebel

Kate Smith, Bridget Steenkamp, Andrea Yankah and Donna Green share their experiences of developing their approach to early childhood education. Following our 2023 conference...

Mon, 06 March,2023
Outstanding
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Does Ofsted value play and creativity in early education?

Leading up to this year's Froebel Trust conference, Susana Castro-Kemp introduces her recent research looking at how Ofsted defines high-quality early years provision.

Wed, 01 February,2023
Singing
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Sing and move, love and belong

Leading up to the 2022 Froebel Trust autumn lecture all about the power of creativity, a new article by Rachna Joshi reflects on the importance of songs, music and dance in Fr...

Tue, 01 November,2022
Nursery setting
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Froebel meets Ofsted

Dr Susana Castro-Kemp reflects on the initial findings of her Froebel Trust funded research project. An article first published in Nursery World.

Thu, 05 May,2022
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