Dr Stella Louis presented her keynote speech, 'Play Coordinates All Learning', at the Froebel Trust 2025 Conference, Inspiring Early Learning. Recorded on 29th March 2025.
Dr Stella Louis presents her keynote speech, 'Play Coordinates All Learning' at the Froebel Trust 2025 Conference, Inspiring Early Learning on Saturday 29th March.
Stella explains the importance of trusting children's best intentions and explores how children use play to build on their experiences and learning.
Download a free Froebel Trust pamphlet by Dr Stella Louis, Observing Young Children
About Dr Stella Louis
Dr Stella Louis is Director of Froebel Trust's Short Courses and leads our team of Froebel Trust Travelling Tutors. She was named Trainer of the Year at the Nursery World Awards 2023 and was also honoured with the Nursery World Lifetime Achievement Award for her work in early childhood education.
She is an early years consultant, trainer and author working with individual early years settings, parents and carers, nursery schools, local authorities, government departments and charities. She provides training and consultancy and is particularly interested in observation and its part in developing learning, especially through children’s schemas.
Stella has worked both in the United Kingdom and internationally, including South Africa and Australia where she worked with teachers to develop a Froebelian approach to teaching and learning.
