Experts agree that high-quality early childhood education promotes the healthy cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development of young children. Decades’ worth of evidence shows that the highest quality early education is child-centred and play-based. And yet, in many places, early childhood education today is dominated by skills-based, academically-oriented, test-focused teaching.We seek to change that.As an…
Connect, Collaborate and Share Insights Date and Time: January 22, 2026, 7 pm GMTJoin the conversation for an online webinar in which invited participants will share their (preliminary)thoughts on “Froebel and Democracy” through an informal 15-minute presentation, followed by a Q&A.Today, democracy is in crisis. The long-held assumption that liberalization and democratization will never be…
Connect, Collaborate, and Share Insights Date and Time: June 17, 2026, 7 pm GMT Join the conversation for an online webinar in which invited participants will share their research on Froebelian Philosophy and Practice through an informal 20-minute presentation, followed by a Q&A. Wallowing Towards Understanding Making Sense of Froebelian Philosophy and Practice as a…
The IFS is on Mastodon! Take advantage of this opportunity to stay up to date and connect with https://mastodon.social/@international_froebel_society What is Mastodon? Mastodon is a free and open-source software platform for decentralised social networking with microblogging features similar to Twitter. The system functions as a federated network of servers that are independently managed and communicate…
University of Erfurt, Thuringia/GermanyTitle: Froebelian Pasts, Present & FuturesDate: July 31, 2025, to August 2, 2025Due date for contributions & abstracts: December 9, 2024Due date for papers to be included in the conference proceedings volume: September 12, 2025 Find more details here
On 22 January, the International Froebel Society (IFS) hosted its inaugural webinar, titled “Froebel and Democracy.” This virtual event featured three insightful scholarly presentations delivered by academics from Germany, the USA, and the UK/Chile. The webinar attracted an international audience of approximately 70 participants from a diverse range of countries, including the UK, Germany, Ireland,…
Maria Cooper: “Why does Froebel matter in the 21st century?” This article first appeared in the journal The First Years Ngā Tau Tuatahi 24 (1) 2022, where it was published (and is republished here) subject to the copyright provisions of a Creative Commons (Attribution-NonCommercial) License.
We are pleased to announce that registration for the Fröbel Conference in Erfurt is now open. Please follow the instructions on the conference website. Direct link to registration
“Those of us who have met Robert Nauer and spent some time with him are, of course, feeling very sad. He was a true Frobelian, and unfailingly generous in welcoming visitors to Keilhau and engaging with us so that we came away having learnt so much more about being an becoming a Froebelian than we…
We are very pleased about the many submissions for and lively interest in the IFS conference ‘Froebelian Pasts, Present & Futures’ 2025 in Erfurt, Germany! Here is some preliminary information regarding the conference. Soon, this and other information will also be available on the conference website.The conference will take place from 31.07.-02.08.2025 (Thu.-Sat.) in Erfurt.Location: Radisson Blu Hotel The conference…
