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Book Synopsis
Nursery World Awards 2012 winner!This stimulating book brings together contributions from distinguished practitioners, who demonstrate how they have used educational methods advocated by Froebel in contemporary settings. Stressing the importance of outdoor play, they explore the Froebelian principles of:
-Play
-Learning through firsthand experience
-Parent partnership and community in early childhood
-Practitioners supporting children's interests and learning
-Finger rhymes and action songs
-Movement
-The garden and forests
-Wooden blockplay
-Use of clay, paint, junk modelling, construction kits
The book emphasises how learning and the application of knowledge become possible through play. It contrasts the Froebel approach with the metho
Trade Review
′Part of the emotional appeal of Froebel is that he is keen to allow children to be children. He enforces their natural curiosity, the innocent joy and fun of play, the desire to learn and to be creative′
- Councillor Marilyn MacLaren
′This is an important book. The close-knit Froebel network provides a marvellous example of how practitioners in the early years can be inspired by tradition without becoming old-fashioned. Froebel′s principles and practices were radical for their time, and changed education forever: this book powerfully brings them up to the minute, reminding us of their continued relevance′
- Julian Grenier, Early Years Adviser, Tower Hamlets
′If you would like to be inspired by tradition, without becoming ′old fashioned′, and you believe in children truly being allowed to be children, then this terrific book full of fantastic Froebelian principles is just right for you!′Martine Horvath, Early Years Educator
′It’s the perfect time to welcome this new book, with its strong emphasis on play and on the outdoors – both central to Froebel’s philosophy and to children’s well-being today′
-Community Playthings
′The importance of this book was recognised when it won Nursery World′s Staff Resources award earlier this year′
- Nursery World
Table of ContentsThe Whole Child - Tina Bruce Family, Community and the Wider World - Tina Bruce The Changing of the Seasons in the Child Garden - Stella Brown Adventurous and Challenging Play Outdoors - Helen Tovey Offering Children First Hand Experiences through Forest School: Relating to and Learning about Nature - Lynn McNair The Time-Honoured Froebelian Tradition of Learning out of Doors - Jane Read Family Songs in the Froebelian Tradition - Maureen Baker The Importance of Hand and Finger Rhymes: A Froebelian Approach to Early Literacy - Jenny Spratt Froebel′s Mother Songs Today - Marjorie Ouvry Gifts and Occupations: Froebel′s Gifts (Wooden Block Play) and Occupations (Construction and Workshop Experiences) Today - Jane Whinnett Froebelian Methods in the Modern World: A Case of Cooking - Chris McCormick Bringing together Froebelian Principles and Practices - Tina Bruce
