Unboxing Childhood: Froebelian Approaches to Planning, Observation and Assessment
In the aftermath of Covid, anxieties about developmental delays in young children have been influential in bringing standardised assessment...
Pecha Kucha: Provoking Play
Inspired by the Japanese PECHA KUCHA (“chit chat”) format, five inspirational humans speak for just six minutes each in...
“I am going to school.” Transition and autism
Where is Froebel in our Early Learning and Childcare Centre Information Brochure?
It’s just a tatty teddy! Or is it?
Documenting Young Children’s Learning Through a Froebelian Lens
Slow pedagogical approaches through children’s documentation
Outdoor and free-flow play at non-formal educational settings
Froebel in Nature: past, present, futures
What affordances in our past, present and future can spur us on to go further and deeper with children...
Our Froebelian Practice: Nature Kindergarten at Cowgate Under 5s
An immersive look at a uniquely Froebelian approach to nature-based learning and play at Cowgate Under 5s, Edinburgh. Download...
Jayne White – Dialogic Pedagogy
Part of the Froebelian Futures in conversation series – Dialogic pedagogy is underpinned by an attitude towards teaching that...
Developing children’s involvement in child focused policies
What’s environment got to do with it?
Liminal Relationalities
Collaborative Writing With/in and Across Race In The Study of Early Childhood. Read more about this work at our...
by Shaddai Tembo & Simon Bateson
Diversity in Unity: Developing an anti-racist framework within Froebelian pedagogy
In light of the murder of George Floyd and the resurgent Black Lives Matter movement, the past two years...
The Image of the child – with Peter Moss
Webinar (in conversation, presentation and Q&A). Which images of the child dominate practice in today’s neoliberal world, and what...
Freedom and Food (conversation)
Elaine Kerridge (Children in Scotland) and Simon Bateson (Cowgate Under 5s) on the role of food in creating community...
by Tisdall, Kustatscher & McAneney
When do we share images of children?
When – if ever – is it ethical to share images of children online for research purposes? We have...
“Why are all the doors locked?”
This ethnographic study sought to explore the perspectives of 16 children as they transitioned from one ‘early learning and...
by Stella Louis
Where does race or anti-racism show up in Froebel?
Where does race or anti-racism show up in Froebel? A sideways look at Froebel’s writing. Froebel is well known...