Report by Jacqueline Matthew The first cohort of Froebel in Childhood Practice students in completed their course in May 2018 receiving their certificates from Lynne McNair, OBE and Jane Whinnet, MBE at an enjoyable ceremony held in the historic Scottish Mining Museum. As part of their final assessment, the students each designed a poster describing and illustra...

In cooperation with the University of Frankfurt's Department of Educational Sciences, the International Froebel Society-Germany (IFS-D) invites participants to its 2018 symposium, to be held at the Goethe University of Frankfurt in Frankfurt am Main on the 19th and 20th of October, 2018.  The focus of this year's symposium is  "Fröbel und die Politik: Kindheitspädagogik und Pol...

Routledge's International Handbooks series has published a new volume of essential reading for all those interested in the history, analysis, and practical implementation of Froebelian principles in education. The new Routledge International Handbook of Froebel and Early Childhood Practice: Re-articulating Research and Policy, edited by Tina Bruce, Peter Elfer, Sacha Powell...

NZCER Press has just published a new book by esteemed Froebelian historians and early years experts (and former IFS President) Helen May and Kerry Bethell entitled Growing a kindergarten movement in Aotearoa New Zealand: Its people, purposes and politics. This excellent volume traces the history of the nation's kindergarten movement from the earliest days of contact with Froebe...

The 8th International Froebel Society Conference will be held from 6-8 September 2018 in Hiroshima, Japan. The conference is organized by the Japanese Society for the Study of Pestalozzi and Froebel and co-organized by Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen University. The 2018 conference theme is Education for peace: Froebelian contributions at global and local level. The call for papers ...

The Kindergarten Heritage Collection of New Zealand was launched in late 2016 and is a vibrant, ongoing history project of the country's national kindergarten organizations. The items selected for the launch are exemplars of the kind of material intended for preservation and collection. (more…)