The Executive Committee of the International Froebel Society hereby announces the appointment of Prof. Dr. Andrea C. Schmid as the Society’s new president. The new chair is Grace Choi, who is supported by Dr Nikolas A. Rathert, who has assumed the position of vice chair. Dr Laoise Ní Cléirigh is the Secretary of the Leadership…
The 11th Biennial IFS Conference 2025 in Erfurt was a resounding success. The conference, which is held biennially, saw the participation of 85 scientists from 11 nations. The participants engaged in a three-day intensive programme, comprising lectures and excursions, during which they exchanged views on significant developments in the history, theory and practice of Froebel…
“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…
From 30 July to 30 October 2025, Erfurt University Library will be showing the exhibition ‘Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852) – Pedagogue and Innovator’ on the occasion of the 11th Conference of the International Froebel Society (IFS), which will take place in Erfurt from 31 July to 2 August. “The exhibition marks the start of a project…
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
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…
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
In the context of the joint application for the kindergarten idea from the Fröbel district in Bad Blankenburg, Thuringia, the International Froebel Society Germany and the Pestalozzi-Fröbel Association, an image film on the topic produced by the german Pestalozzi-Fröbel-Verband (pfv) was created and attached to the application.
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…
Our worldwide Froebel community will be pleased to learn of the new Bloomsbury Handbook to Friedrich Froebel, edited by Tina Bruce, Yukiyo Nishida, Sacha Powell, Helge Wasmuth, and Jane Whinnett. The handbook includes chapters written by numerous international experts and is available from November 2023. Readers of this website can benefit from the 35%-off discount…
