Froebel in Practice – serie

This open access book offers a Froebelian perspective on the topics of literacy and mathematics in early childhood, providing research-informed guidance for students and practitioners. Inspired by Froebel, the author suggests moving away from the traditional demarcation of subject areas by using Froebel’s 3Rs: relationships, real experiences, and representations. The book covers a range of themes including building attachment; family; community; cooking, gardening and constructing as tools for learning; and how painting, drawing, dancing, making music or building with blocks can lead to stronger literacy and maths comprehension. Froebel's key works and concepts are also introduced and tied to literacy and maths, these include Froebel’s gifts, Mother/ Family Songs, play and the kindergarten.The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The Froebel Trust.

This open access book introduces the challenging and global themes of social justice connecting them to Froebelian early childhood education today. The book offers critical discussions of four key goals of social justice: equality, equity, diversity, and participation, and four freedoms: from want, of worship, of speech and from fear These themes are applied to everyday early childhood practices providing opportunities for deeper reflection, critically examining whether or not Froebel’s vision was intentional in relation to issues of social justice and the degree to which he articulated his thinking in this respect. Practical examples with babies, young children, families and educators provide a springboard for exploring and maintaining the Froebelian principles whilst working effectively towards social justice. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The Froebel Trust.