Call for Papers: Finding Froebel: National and Cross-National Pedagogical Paths in Froebelian Early Childhood Education Editors: Dr Lynn J. McNair, Cowgate Under-5s Centre and Edinburgh University, Scotland; Dr Teresa K. Aslanian, University of South-Eastern Norway and Dr Sacha Powell, The Froebel Trust, England. In recent years, there has been an international resurgenc...

A project by Kerry Bethell and Helen May The International Froebel Society (IFS) conference planned in Edinburgh for June 2020 was cancelled due to the Covid-19 worldwide pandemic including the shut down of international travel and the ‘lockdown’ of countries. (( http://www.ifsfroebel.com [retrieved 25th March 2020] Day one of NZ national lockdown )) As long-time attendees ...

Colleagues at Maynooth University's Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood are working to create an Irish Froebel Network to promote Froebelian practice in Ireland. Practitioners in Early Childhood and Primary sectors are especially welcome to participate. For information and updates, please contact Séamie Ó Néill at seamie.oneill@mu.ie.

The Froebel Trust has allocated funds to enable students to present papers at the International Froebel Society’s Biennial Conference, which will be held in Edinburgh from 3-6 June 2020. If you are a student (full-time or part-time) and will present a paper (or other refereed contribution) at the IFS conference in Edinburgh, you may apply for a bursary from The Froebel Trus...

(17 March 2020) To all IFS conference participants, colleagues and friends, It is with regret that we announce the postponement of the 9th Biennial Conference of the International Froebel Society, which was scheduled to take place in June 2020 in Edinburgh. The IFS Executive Committee has taken this decision in view of the circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic. We plan to...

'Froebelian Work Schools' circa 1930. (Wikimedia: Manfi.B. CC BY-SA 4.0) The Ida Seele Archive in Dillingen an der Donau in southern Germany was founded in 1993 and has been developed ever since as an incomparable archive of Froebelian education. A private, volunteer-run archive, it was founded and compiled by a coalition of individuals and organizations representing many f...

The excellent architecture and design podcast 99 Percent Invisible dedicated an episode earlier this year to Froebel's Gifts. Both the audio version and a transcript are available from the podcast's website here: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/froebels-gifts/ 

I arrived in Edinburgh on a very warm September day while one of the biggest Climate Change global strikes was in full force. As soon as I stepped out of the train station, after a very scenic journey through the length of England, I felt excited for what was to come. I have never been that far north (geographically) before, a very good friend of mine came to Edinburgh not lon...