“For every interaction that we have, consider the ripple effects that have led us to that moment and where they might lead to next.” – Rachna Joshi Watch Rachna’s keynote speech on our website as she reflects on identity, relationships and the wider world through a Froebelian frame. 🤩

Kickstart the New Year by joining us in celebrating the Power of Froebel at our free webinar with Lynn J. McNair and Luke J. Addison! 😍 The special online event coincides with the newly launched book, The Power of Froebel, which features insights and experiences of Froebelian educators in Scotland.

Happy New Year – here’s to 2026! 🎉 For over 15 years, the Froebel Trust has helped thousands of educators across the globe explore and develop Froebelian pedagogy in early years settings. 🌿 Comment below and let us know your professional goals for 2026 ⬇️ #NewYear #Froebel #FroebelianPedagogy

There is still time to book for our upcoming webinar, celebrating the new book - The Power of Froebel! 🌿 The book, published by Routledge, shares insights from Scotland’s flourishing community of Froebel-inspired early childhood educators. 📅 15th January 🕖 7pm 💻 Zoom

Seasonal opening times! Over the holiday period the Froebel Trust office will be closed from today until Monday 5th January 2026.

“The Froebel Trust courses have strengthened my principles in sustaining a child-centred and holistic approach to learning and development through play,” – Nursery school educator, Wales Introduce and boost your Froebelian knowledge by signing up to a Froebel Trust short course in 2026! 🎉

Coming this January… a webinar celebrating the book, The Power of Froebel, edited by Lynn J. McNair and Luke J. Addison! 🎉 📅 Thursday 15th January 2026 🕖 7pm 💻 Zoom

“It feels really invigorating to actually be in here with a lot of people who have the same values and the same approaches as me,” – Catherine Thomas The response from the Gifts for Our Future 14: Being and Belonging Conference has been phenomenal, with attendees celebrating all they learned. 🤩

🔎 Resource Spotlight: Time for Childhood: Slow Pedagogy 🌿 During a season known for hecticness, we’re shining a light on our Slow Pedagogy pamphlet, a Froebelian practice that nurtures a child’s time for play, learning and relationships.

It is unmistakable that we are living in a digital age with nearly every essence of life being digitalised. But how does that shape the lives of young children? 🤔 With gift-giving season approaching, we’re resharing our Research Highlight: Young Children and Digital Technology at Home. (1/3)

Last month, over 150 educators joined us for the Gifts for Our Future 14: Being and Belonging Conference to learn more about Froebelian education. ✨ “My big takeaway is about ‘Flourishing.’ In order for the children to flourish, you have to flourish as well as a practitioner,” – Yvonne Young

Did you catch our latest podcast episode? 🎙️ "Everything about Froebel […] helps me to meet the needs of my children and helps me to get it right for them and think about what's important for them and put them at the heart of everything we're doing." – Donna Kilpatrick

Twinkle, Twinkle, Froebel Star… This December, let the festive creativity flow by making a Froebel Star to add to your decorations! ⭐

“It's really important to mention that it’s not at all necessary to be a good singer, all the words are not needed to be known, children just love a song.” – Paula Lester Thank you to everyone who attended our webinar, Singing with Young Children! 🎶

Just one day to go until our FREE webinar – singing with young children! 🎉 📅 2nd December 🕖 7pm 📍 Online Zoom event Froebel Trust Travelling Tutor and author of our latest pamphlet, Paula Lester as she explores the practice examples of how singing can be used to teach young children. 🎶

For years, Treasure Baskets have been used in exploratory play in Early Years settings, but what is the history behind them? 💡 Inventor, Elinor Goldschmied, was a pioneering educator whose ideas influence Early Years policy and practice in the UK and internationally with her innovative thinking.

Time is running out to book onto our FREE webinar, Singing with Young Children, featuring guests, Paula Lester, Rachna Joshi and Dr Jane Read! 🎉 📅 2nd December 🕖 7pm 📍 Online Zoom event (1/3)

“The more they experience, whether that’s at home or here, the wider their world will be and the greater their understanding will be,” Karen Clements, Senior Early Years Practitioner at Poppies Pre-School.

Can you help demonstrate the value of woodwork in early years settings by sharing your experience? 💡 The Big Bang Research Project is in its final phase of a seven-year study, evaluating the value of woodwork provision for young children, and there is still time for you to contribute.

@intfroebelsociety.bsky.social is having its first webinar in January 2026 on "Froebel and Democracy". We want to spark conversations about what Froebel means today. If interested, please contact @amand8.bsky.social or me, and see the flyer. @froebeltrust.bsky.social #Froebel

What does it take to become a Froebelian early years setting? Find out all that and more in the very first (and most listened to) Froebel Trust podcast which launched in 2023! 🤩 (1/4)

🔎 Resource spotlight: Empowering Learning: Play, symbols and creativity 🤸 Broaden your understanding of play, symbolic representations and ways to nurture creativity in early childhood education. 🌿 📖 You can find our free downloadable pamphlet on empowering learning on our website. (1/2)

Introducing our new Trustee, Sean Alleyne! 🤩 With over 25 years of experience in investment banking and financial services, Sean is bringing a wealth of knowledge to support the Froebel Trust. (1/2)

New podcast episode now out! 🚨 Froebelian Education: Past, Present and Future! 🎙️ Following the International Froebel Society Conference in the summer, we caught up with six Froebelians across the globe to explore Froebel’s influence throughout history. 🌿

To mark the launch of our latest pamphlet, Singing with Young Children, by Paula Lester, we’re hosting a FREE webinar – and you’re invited! 🎉 Join us on Tuesday 2nd December at 7pm GMT with Paula as she explores practice examples of how singing can be used to inspire and teach young children. 🎶

We’re looking forward to learning more about all things Froebel at today’s Gifts for Our Future 14: Being and Belonging conference! 🌿 This sold-out event will feature a series of keynote speakers and workshops with leading Froebelian educators.

Last month over 650 people across the globe joined our Autumn Lecture to hear our guest speaker, Jane Clarke, who explored the legacy of City and Country School in New York and its founder, Caroline Pratt. 🤩

New resource! 🚨 The latest title in our Froebel Trust pamphlet series, Singing with Young Children is out now! The new edition by Paula Lester, explores how children can be supported in their learning and development in early years settings and in the home, with the use of songs and rhymes. 🎶

Calling all educators in the early years sector, your insight is needed! 📣 The Early Years Coalition is wanting you to share your views to shape the new edition of Birth to 5 Matters. They want to know… 👶 How Birth to 5 Matters is being used in practice 👍 What works well 💡 What could be improved

Celebrate and learn at the Block Play Today event, hosted by the Cornwall Froebel Network as they mark the launch of the network. 🤩 📅 Monday 3 November 📍 Truro Nursery School, Cornwall 🕔 4pm to 5.15pm

Calling all Froebel Trust Alumni Network members! A free online event, especially for you is coming soon 📣 On Monday 10 November at 7pm, @froebelpartnership.bsky.social will be presenting their Reflection with Guidance toolkit – a Froebel Trust funded professional development package for educators.

We’re hiring! 🎉 Right now, we’re looking to fill three fixed-termed research positions to support the creation of themed research insight publications and the evaluation of the Froebel Trust courses. We’re seeking to hire…

The countdown is on for the Gifts for Our Future 14: Being and Belonging conference! On the day we’ll be joined by many speakers, including Simon Bateson who will be delivering a powerful workshop that looks at anti-racism and decolonisation through a Froebelian lens. (1/3)

Our Autumn Lecture, Block by Block: Building confidence, resilience and a sense of responsibility in young children with Jane Clarke is now available online! 🎉 View the recording and hear from our guest speaker, Jane who has over 40 years' experience in early childhood teaching.

🔎 Resource spotlight: Nurturing relationships in nursery settings 🧒 As educators we know the importance of building emotional attachments, but what does that mean in practice? (1/3)

Foundation Years, the digital resource for everything early years in England, has featured Froebel among its key resources for educators. 🤩  Froebel Trust Short Courses Director, Dr Stella Louis wrote a blog, A Foundation for Play-based Learning.

This month, the @newyorker.com shared this fantastic front cover featuring free play! 🤩 “Play is the highest expression of human development in childhood for it alone is the free expression of what is in a child’s soul,” – Friedrich Froebel

Want to learn more about slow pedagogy? Join the Edinburgh Froebel Network and Froebel Trust at the Gifts for Our Future 14: Being and Belonging conference. 📅 Saturday 8 November 📍 John McIntyre Centre, Edinburgh (1/3)

Thank you to everyone who attended our Annual Lecture this evening! If you’re feeling inspired by Jane Clarke’s speech and want to introduce block play and Froebelian principles into your setting, download our free pamphlet Froebel’s gifts and block play today!

It was fantastic to see the importance of teaching woodwork in schools throughout history highlighted in our autumn lecture this evening.

"[City and Country School] archives remind us of the value of uninterrupted play” – Jane Clarke The past and present has come into play as our Autumn Lecture guest speaker, Jane shares the continuing legacy of the City and Country School in New York and its founder, Caroline Pratt. 🌿

We’re looking forward to seeing everyone at our Annual Lecture tonight with guest speaker, Jane Clarke – a progressive educator with over 40 years’ experience of specialising in early childhood teaching. 🤩 Let us know what you’re most looking forward to ⬇️ #FroebelianPrinciples #FroebelianEducation

Time is running out to get your tickets to the Froebel Trust annual lecture on block play! 💥 It will be presented by guest speaker Jane Clarke, former head of early years at the City and Country School in New York - the birthplace of Unit Blocks, invented by the school's founder, Caroline Pratt.

“I just don’t think you can do your job as an educator if you don’t spend the time to get to know the children, because that’s where you’re teaching from,” - Rachna Joshi

Join Rachna Joshi, Early Years Educator and Writer at the Gifts for Our Future 14: Being and Belonging this November! 📅 Saturday 8 November 🕘 9.30am - 4pm 📍 John McIntyre Centre Rachna will talk about identity, relationships and the wider world through a Froebelian frame.

“You have to really know your families in order to be able to connect with them in any way whatsoever. It has to be real. It has to be meaningful,” – Holli Williams

Froebel meets Ofsted: what makes an Outstanding nursery? 💡 At our 2023 conference, Susana Castro-Kemp shared her Froebel Trust funded study, ‘What makes a nursery Outstanding?’ The study explores whether Ofsted inspectors value Froebelian principles and making a case for inspection guidelines.1/2

Could you help with a Doctoral research project? 🧐 A PhD student based at the University of Cambridge is looking to interview Froebel trained nursery teachers who completed their studies at Froebel College between 1945 to 1999 as part of their Doctoral research. ✨ (1/2)

Enjoy a powerful exploration of inclusion and belonging through a Froebelian lens with Catriona Gill! As our settings become increasingly diverse and the needs of our children increase, here is your chance to learn how a Froebelian approach can help us to deeply see each child for who they are.

New resource! The latest title in our Froebel Trust pamphlet series, Connecting with parents, families and communities: a starting point is out now. It explores how educators can use Froebelian pedagogy to build and nurture genuine relationships with parents, families and communities. 🌿 (1/3)