THIS: Literacy | Articles and videos | Community Playthings.Sue Allingham's article is well worth a read! 'Ten ways to instil a love of literacy' @UpstartScot @EducationScot @froebeledin.

RT @UpstartScot: @willie9332 & I are looking forward to this meeting with @connect_scot on 3-6-25. ALL children would benefit from a later….

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WC invited families & neighbours to an Art Exhibition. Ch helped mount, prepared spaces, wrote labels: holistic literacy, symbolic representation, expressive arts, confidence &pride! @FroebelTrust @@LynnMcNair @UpstartScot @GiveTimeScot @ESTeamELC @moirawhitelaw @froebeledin

The spring cum summer weather has offered even more sensory experiences: sounds of bird song, feel of warm and cool breezes, heat from the sun; smells of emerging blooms:nature is a wonderful teacher @froebeledin @PlayScotland @FroebelTrust @UpstartScot

RT @FroebelTrust: Learning opportunity!.Applications for the Froebel Intensive Summer Course with @EdinburghUni, starting 18 July are curre….

What a wonderful sharing of Early Years pedagogy. Visitors were very interested in our outdoor Froebelian approach and play/learning led by each child’s interest. Language differences were no barrier to friendship. @froebeledin @FroebelTrust @ESTeamELC @LynnMcNair @LintonLass

RT @konstpapasp: An interesting Froebel Presentation Evening - book your ticket below .⬇️.

RT @LynnMcNair: An event not to be missed by all those interested in the Froebel in Childhood Practice course @MorayHouse .

RT @wyllie_cameron: The Times reports an end to bursaries and scholarships at Edinburgh Academy as a result of VAT being put on school fees….

RT @LintonLass: @elc_yvonne @froebeledin Posts like this make me realise there is still so much work to be done to address misconceptions.….

RT @Sue_Cowley: I'm doing a #FreeGiveaway of my latest book "The Ultimate Guide to Adaptive Teaching" to celebrate its publication! Retweet….

Thanks for reposts &positive comments about our 'learning'. Posting photos illustrating holistic learning (particularly akin to Froebelian principles) is one strategy I employ to help spread understanding of play pedagogy, hopefully giving others confidence to recognise & do it!.

Thanks for positive comments about our 'learning'. Posting photos that illustrate holistic learning (particularly akin to Froebelian principles) is one strategy I employ to help spread understanding of play pedagogy, hopefully giving others confidence to recognise & do it!.

Spring has sprung! Buds outdoors &wound yarn buds on our seasons wall…spring cleaning our resources. Looking after our environment:life skills. @LynnMcNair @SollyKathryn @froebeledin @playinpoppies @GiveTimeScot @ESTeamELC @olliebray @AaronTeamEC

Wester Coates had the privilege & pleasure of introducing MSc students to the joy & benefits of storytelling. Emergent reading & writing in context. @LynnMcNair @ESTeamELC @playinpoppies @LintonLass @SachaPowell1 @UpstartScot @froebeledin @EY_Craig

Guess where we visited last week! 1st hand experience led to expressing learning in different ways…and yes you ‘heard’ the boom of the one o’clock gun! @LynnMcNair @LintonLass @ESTeamELC @froebeledin @FroebelTrust .@Fi_PlayScotland @SachaPowell1 @playinpoppies

RT @SachaPowell1: Have you done / are you doing a Froebel Trust endorsed course? Bursaries available to attend an international conference….

Replanting our apple tree involved digging a BIG hole, planting, filling & treading down the soil & sweeping up. Understanding how nature works. Holistic learning @froebeledin @playinpoppies @LynnMcNair @FroebelTrust @ESTeamELC @GiveTimeScot @SollyKathryn @Fi_PlayScotland