In our explorations of Froebelian leadership, one of the key concepts we’re encountering is ‘spiritual motherhood’. The idea of spiritual motherhood was important to so many of the women who took on Froebelian ideas at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century and used these ideas as the basis for…

In this conversation, we chat about a quote from Froebel that doesn’t resonate so well and consider what it might mean for our project on Froebelian leadership. : “True, the natural and unspoiled feeling of the mother often hits upon the right thing to do; but this right thing is done by her too unconsciously…

As part of our research, we are exploring translations of Froebel’s own writing to see what we might find there when it comes to understandings and conceptualisations of leadership within the Froebelian vision of the kindergarten. But, honestly, we find ourselves stumped. Take The Pedagogics of the Kindergarten for example. It starts promisingly enough, with…

In this super short video, Mona and Veerma chat about another quote of Froebel’s: “The family and the child reciprocally condition each other; neither exists without the other; they form in themselves an inseparable unit.” We think about what this inspires in our imagination when it comes to early years practice and particularly early years…

In Pedagogics of the Kindergarten, Froebel repeats the phrase ‘Come, let us live with our children!’ In this short video, Veerma and I talk about some of the questions, thoughts and feelings we have when we think about this quote – including what it might mean for early years leadership.

In this super quick intro, Mona explains the ideas behind the project ‘Froebelian Leadership in Early Years’ and what we’re planning to do for the research.