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Celebrating our first Greek training
In October, Froebelian Futures welcomed more than 100 early years practitioners and professionals to take part in our Introduction to Froebel certificate. We were delighted to partner on the training with the Network For Children’s Rights in Athens, in this first step towards building a Greek network of Froebelian-inspired practitioners who are committed to developing ...
Introducing Practitioner Inquiry
An introduction to Practitioner Inquiry - the backbone of Froebelian Futures - a practical exploration ...
Play: what’s time got to do with it?
The relationship with time is part of everyday life in early childhood practice but is ...
Froebel Trust invests £450k in Froebelian Futures
A major new Froebel Trust funding programme designed to increase understanding of a Froebelian approach ...
We must escape the delusion that insight [into things] is denied to the child and that they lack judgement. True, they may not have the adult's power of deductive thought, yet they have a certain spontaneous insight and judgement, an immediate response, which is for that very reason all the more likely to be right.
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