Only nine places left for the 2026 Froebel Trust Online Course! 🌿 Now is the time to sign up and develop your practice and learn more about the Froebelian approach, with the course featuring practical advice and actionable steps.

New podcast episode! 🎙️ Listen to our special edition episode, Relationships Matter in the Early Years, which reflects on over 20 episodes and the insights guests have shared on the importance of relationships. Presenter Colin Kelly, explores themes covered with guests throughout the series.🌿

Have you seen our Research Insights, Birth to Three? 💡 Written by Dr Zeny Melissourgaki, the resources are designed to support educators working with babies & toddlers. They offer accessible summaries of evidence from Froebel Trust funded projects with implications for practice, policy & research.

“Play is not linear, it has layers, as you will see in the Reflection with Guidance tool and the book, Being and Becoming,” – Tina Bruce Our webinar that celebrated the launch of the book, Being and Becoming a Froebelian Community of Evidenced Practice, is now available to watch on our website. 🎉

Today is #ThankYouDay and we want to give a big shoutout to everyone who supports the Froebel Trust, including our trustees, committee members, tutors, reviewers and associates. ✨ Thank you for all the time and expertise shared over the years that supported the growth of the Froebel Trust.

New resource for educators! 🚨 Introducing Research Insights, a new series offering accessible summaries of the evidence from Froebel Trust funded research and practice development projects. The first in the collection is Birth to Three.

🔎 Resource Spotlight: Outdoor Play and Exploration 🌿 Create an outdoor area that provides rich, sensory first-hand experiences and offer opportunities to provide ‘Freedom with Guidance.’ 📖 You can find out free downloadable pamphlet on outdoor play and exploration on our website.

This week is the Early Years Alliance National Week of Play, with a focus on the importance of storytelling in the early years. ✨ Stories help young children… 🌍 Feel connected to the wider world 💡 Feel Inspired to do things for themselves 💚 Understand relationships 🎨 Express their creativity

Can a Froebelian approach work in any kind of school or early years setting? 💡 In episode 9 of the Froebel Trust Podcast, our guest speakers, Annamaria Beven, Jessica Holme, Paula Lester and Craig Taylor share their experiences of working with young children in a variety of settings.

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Cooking covers all areas of the curriculum, from making and reading recipes, counting, measuring, estimating ingredients and using tools and utensils. 🧑‍🍳 It is an activity that provides young children opportunities to explore and learn about the wider world around them.

Get your hands on the second edition of Birth to 5 Matters, available from mid-July! 🎉 The renewed early years guidance now features additional content, including sections on: 📲 Digital pedagogy 🌿 Sustainability 👶 Birth to 2 ✏️ Reception and beyond

The South Downs Froebel Network event is fast approaching. Have you secured your place? Funded by the Froebel Trust, the event is open to early years educators wanting to learn more about Froebelian practice, get inspiration and grow their professional networks.

Eunjeong Ahn, Froebelian educator and author of ‘How Gabe Teaches Your Child’s Brain: The Secret of Block Play for Thinking Skills in the Age of AI,’ has shared her thoughts on the importance of sensory experiences today. 🌿

“With the Froebelian approach our learners are engaged but more than that, the impact on learning is far wider,” Jo Giles, Head Teacher at St Andrew’s Primary School This year, St Andrew’s Primary School in Wales have embedded the Froebelian approach to Year 1 teaching and beyond.

Thank you to everyone who attended our webinar, Being and Becoming a Froebelian Community of Evidenced Practice. ✨ If you missed it, don’t worry as we’ll be releasing the recording shortly. Look out for the link in our newsletter. 📧 bit.ly/4uiOm4t

Explore the history of Friedrich Froebel through the University of Roehampton’s new online archive system. 🙌 At its core is a collection of books, artefacts, and other materials that dates back to the 1830’s, offering visitors from around the world the opportunity to explore Froebel’s legacy.

Watch session three of the Froebel Trust April Conference, Inspiring, now available on our website! ✨ Chaired by Dr , we hear from educators and researchers as they consider how their research supports the development of knowledge that can transform practice.

Do you want to learn more about outdoor learning for babies and the Froebelian principles in relation to your practice? 🌿 The Southwest London Froebel Network is hosting an event for educators and parents to explore just that. 📅 Thursday 11 June 🕕 6pm – 8pm 📍 Outdoor Owls, Richmond

🔎 Resource Spotlight: Curriculum Making with Young Children You may have seen our latest film featuring St Andrew’s Primary School which shows how the school uses Froebelian principles and Occupations to co-create the curriculum and meet children where they are.

“I think both of the presentations made me reflect on the sort of question of practitioner autonomy, you know, and, and the possibilities for this,” Dr Kate Hoskins, Froebel Trust Trustee Session two of the Froebel Trust April Conference, Informing, is available to watch online. 🎉

Did you know that woodwork can help young children develop their literacy and mathematical skills? 💡 In our latest short film, St Andrew’s Primary School Reception teacher, Aiden Martin explains how woodwork has had a positive influence on the young children he teachers. ✨ @saps1.bsky.social

Watch the first session of our April Conference, Involving, now available on our website. ✨ In this session, we hear from researchers who share insights from their Froebel Trust funded project.

Almost ten years on since opening Kayte's House, award-winning childminder, Kayte Cooling-Smith reflects on her practice and how the Froebel Trust Online Course will positively impact both herself and her children for years to come. 🌿 (1/3)

Time is running out to get your applications in for the Froebel Trust Open Call Research Grant! ⏰ We’re offering funding of up to £50,000 for researchers to develop new knowledge about Froebelian education, with a focus on the Froebelian principle of ‘Relationships Matter.’ 🌳

Through play outdoors and in the wider natural environment, children can learn about living things and think about bigger questions of the environment, sustainability and climate change. 🍃

New webinar coming this June! 🎉 To celebrate the launch of the book, Being and Becoming a Froebelian Community of Evidence Practice, co-authors, Professor Christine Pascal and Sally Cave, plus contributing educators will join us for a special online event. 📅 Thursday 4 June 🕖 7pm 💻 Zoom

“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 Learning & experimenting through play is at the heart of Froebelian practice.

Time is running out to apply for the Froebel Trust Open Call Research grant! 🚨 We’re offering funding of up to £50,000 for a team or partnership to advance knowledge and understanding of Froebelian philosophy, principles and approaches in Early Childhood Education and Care.

Thank you to everyone who attended our online conference, Involving, Informing and Inspiring this morning. ✨ We’ve felt very inspired hearing our presenters speak about their work. If you missed it, don’t worry as we’ll be releasing the recording shortly. Look out for the link in our newsletter. 🌿