ABOUT THIS SERIES
This six-part series aims to:
Co-written by Froebelian expert Professor Tina Bruce and Yellow Dot founder and owner, Jane Dyke, the six articles will cover:
Linked to the series is a set of posters produced in association with Community Playthings (www.communityplaythings.co.uk), which will be taking part in this year’s bicentenary celebrations of the founding of Froebel’s school in Keilhau, Germany.
By Professor Tina Bruce
Much of Froebel’s philosophy of education can appear arcane and anachronistic to today’s early years practitioners, but its influence permeates the EYFS. That is true of his Gifts, six sets of cubes, spheres and cylinders, which are not widely used today but ‘live on’ in the hollow and unit blocks that are a staple of early childhood provision.
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