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Exhibition: Educator and innovator

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…

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11th Biennial International Froebel Society Conference 2025: Preliminary Info

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…

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Welcome

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…

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“The Bloomsbury Handbook to Friedrich Froebel” by Bruce, Nishida, Powell, Wasmuth & Whinnett (eds.)

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…

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A marvelous time in Maynooth: Our 10th Biennial IFS Conference (15-17 June 2023)

The Froebel Trust, a longtime institutional supporter and collaborator of the International Froebel Society, has published on its website a wonderful summary of the International Froebel Society’s 10th Biennial Conference. The summary, written by Sacha Powell, the Trust’s CEO, begins:  ‘Participants travelled from around the globe to Ireland for the 10th Biennial conference of The International…

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