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)

HUGE congratulations to Dr Stella Louis who has been shortlisted for the Nursery World Awards 2025 Professional Book of the Year! 🙌 Her new book, Let’s Talk About Race (Routledge) co-authored with Hannah Betteridge, explores the importance of race and representation. (1/2)

🔎 Resource Spotlight: Creating Inspiring Environments for Young Children 🌱 When you’re preparing for new children to join your setting it’s the perfect time to reflect and refresh your learning environment. 🌱 Check out this thread for resources to support educators 🧵 (1/3)

🎓 Bursary opportunity - Froebel Certificate Course (Level 4 or 6) 🌱 Deepen your knowledge of Froebelian education at the University of Roehampton and apply for £550 towards your course fees with a Froebel Trust bursary. 🎉 Find out more ➡️ buff.ly/GM7Jd9k #FroebelTrust #EducationBursary

This year we celebrate our 40th birthday! To mark the occasion, we’re shining a light on 40 influential educators. Read the full list here 👉 https://bit.ly/45EhJ6V We start with Freidrich Froebel, founder of kindergarten who pioneered play-based early education. #education #earlyyears #edusky

Fantastic to see this book is now available to order. Our Falkirk Froebel Network has a chapter in it, along with many of our fabulous Froebelian friends. 💕 @froebeltrust.bsky.social @fceyteam.bsky.social @fiona248.bsky.social @fclisamccabe.bsky.social

🎓 Congratulations to Froebel Graduates Around the Globe! 🌍 A huge well done to the 55 dedicated participants who completed all six Elements of our online course this year! 👏 We were thrilled to welcome learners from across the world to our course this year, incl America, India, China and the UK.

🧱 Block by Block: Building confidence, resilience and a sense of responsibility in young children. Tickets now available! Join us online on Tuesday 7 October at 7pm (BST) for our autumn lecture with Jane Clarke. Booking details below.⬇️

💰 Bursary opportunity! Apply now for the Froebel Certificate in Early Childhood (Level 4 or 6) at University of Roehampton, starting Oct 2025. With a Froebel Trust funded bursary you could save £550, pay just £690. Limited spaces! 🔗 Info/apply: www.roehampton.ac.uk/study/short-... #CPD #Froebel

We’re looking forward to seeing Froebelian colleagues in Erfurt for @intfroebelsociety.bsky.social Conference taking place tomorrow until Saturday. 🎉 This year’s theme is Froebelian Pasts, Present and Futures. Froebel Trust Travelling Tutors will present on a range of engaging topics, incl... (1/4)

How can we ensure babies and very young children get the nurture and care they deserve in early years settings? In this TACTYC webinar, Froebel Trust CEO Sacha Powell & colleagues across the globe explore findings from their Froebel Trust research project, ‘Pedagogies of Care with One Year Olds’.

"Thinking with Froebel can't give us any simple answers. But it can help to ask the right questions." If you missed our webinar on ‘Freedom with Guidance’ with @helwasmuth.bsky.social, you can now watch the recording on our website. www.froebel.org.uk/training/fil... #Froebel #EarlyYears

💡 Learning opportunity! 💡 On 22nd July the National Literacy Trust is hosting a webinar with Director of Froebel Trust Courses, Dr Stella Louis. Stella will explore schemas & learning in Key Stage 1. Book: literacytrust.org.uk/events/dr-st... #earlyyears #Froebel #earlychildhoodeducation

Do you want to get early education news, invites to free events and resources direct to your inbox? 📧 Sign up to our monthly newsletter to get all of this and more! Join our mailing list: www.froebeltrust.org.uk/newsletter-signup. #Froebel #EarlyYears #EarlyEducation #EarlyLearning

Want the latest on int'l Froebelian research & practice, + a chance to connect with early childhood practitioners & experts from around the world? Join us at our IFS 2025 Biennial Conference in Erfurt, Germany this summer. Book at www.conftool.net/ifs2025/; conf details here:

We're hiring! Are you a creative communicator with an interest in early childhood education and experience in engaging online audiences through scroll-stopping content? We have a vacancy for a Digital Content Officer. Applications close 8am Monday 30th June. www.froebel.org.uk/news/join-ou...

We're looking forward to welcoming attendees to our Freedom with Guidance webinar with @helwasmuth.bsky.social shortly. 🎉

Looking forward to this webinar #Froebel

Join us this Thursday 19th June for a webinar with @helwasmuth.bsky.social, exploring the Froebelian concept of ‘freedom with guidance’ and what it means for modern day practice. Info and booking ↩️ www.froebel.org.uk/events/webin... #Froebel #EarlyYears #EarlyLearning #EarlyEducation

“We can’t master our skills unless we have numerous times to do it. That’s the importance of uninterrupted play. It allows time to really connect up your learning.” ✨ This clip from Poppies PreSchool highlights the importance of allowing children time for uninterrupted play. 🧵 (1/3)