{"id":4783,"date":"2025-10-08T09:37:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T09:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mauchlineecc\/?page_id=4783"},"modified":"2025-10-08T09:37:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T09:37:45","slug":"froebelian-approach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mauchlineecc\/froebelian-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"Froebelian Approach"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>At Mauchline ECC we embed Froebelian principles in practice.<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt alignnone size-medium wp-image-4785\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/mauchlineecc\/uploads\/sites\/16726\/2025\/10\/08093204\/Play-quote-300x208.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/mauchlineecc\/uploads\/sites\/16726\/2025\/10\/08093204\/Play-quote-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/mauchlineecc\/uploads\/sites\/16726\/2025\/10\/08093204\/Play-quote.png 393w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This quote from Friedrich Froebel is one of the most well known quotes that highlights just how important play is for children. Froebel was a German educator and is responsible for inventing the term \u2018kindergarten\u2019, which translates to \u2018children\u2019s garden\u2019 and is a term widely used today. This message about the importance of play is again echoed in the guidance we follow from the Scottish Government.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Our practice is underpin by:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><u>Freedom with guidance<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Helping children make choices.<\/li>\n<li>Providing opportunities to move freely indoors and outdoors.<\/li>\n<li>Helping children to do challenging things for themselves.<\/li>\n<li>Helping children to think for themselves.<\/li>\n<li>Helping children to develop self-discipline.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Unity and Connectedness- <\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Providing \u2018whole\u2019, unified experiences, connected to the child\u2019s life.<\/li>\n<li>Developing link and flow between areas of provision- indoors and outdoors.<\/li>\n<li>Observing and enriching children\u2019s patterns of thinking.<\/li>\n<li>Embracing unity within diversity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Engagement with nature in all its aspects<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Engaging with nature through play.<\/li>\n<li>Adults who are deeply attuned to nature to connect children to the beauty and wonder of the world around them.<\/li>\n<li>Ensuring that children experience all aspects of nature.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Learning through self-activity and reflection<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rich provision of two- and three dimensional material for exploration and play, indoors and outdoors.<\/li>\n<li>Resources that are provocative and challenging for children of different ages.<\/li>\n<li>Continuity of provision so that children can gain proficiency with materials.<\/li>\n<li>Helping children to reflect on their activity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>The central importance of play<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rich, first-hand experience. Exciting experiences out and about, which extend children\u2019s interests and open up new possibilities.<\/li>\n<li>Play takes time to get going. It does not thrive if it is squeezed into short time slots or constantly interrupted.<\/li>\n<li>Open-ended resources. Simple but good quality resources can be transformed into many different scenarios.<\/li>\n<li>Choice and control for children to have ownership of their play.<\/li>\n<li>Adults as sensitive co-players who offer freedom with guidance to enrich the potential of play as a learning context.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Creativity and the power of symbols<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rich, first-hand sensory experience.<\/li>\n<li>Choice of materials through open[1]access workshop areas with painting, drawing, blocks, sewing, clay, recycled materials or woodwork.<\/li>\n<li>Opportunity to play with images, ideas and feelings; to imagine; take risks and make original combinations and connections.<\/li>\n<li>Freedom to try things out combined with a growing understanding of the possibilities and limitations of materials.<\/li>\n<li>Guidance from adults who support children to pursue and achieve their intentions, offering help when it is needed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>\u00a0<\/u><u>Knowledgeable, nurturing, reflective educators<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Observing, supporting and extending children\u2019s play and learning.<\/li>\n<li>Reflecting on observations, often in dialogue with others, as a way of deepening understanding of children\u2019s lives and learning.<\/li>\n<li>Working in close partnership with parents, families and community.<\/li>\n<li>A commitment to reflective practice and further study. This includes ongoing professional development within a strong learning community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.froebel.org.uk\/uploads\/documents\/FT-Froebels-principles-and-practice-today.pdf\">https:\/\/www.froebel.org.uk\/uploads\/documents\/FT-Froebels-principles-and-practice-today.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Froebelian Principles below:<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/mauchlineecc\/uploads\/sites\/16726\/2025\/10\/08092808\/Froebelian-Principles-Poster-A4.pdf\">Froebelian-Principles-Poster-A4<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Video below with further information and guidance:<\/h1>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=38TlPGjWYlU\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=38TlPGjWYlU<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Mauchline ECC we embed Froebelian principles in practice. &nbsp; This quote from Friedrich Froebel is one of the most well known quotes that highlights just how important play is for children. Froebel was a German educator and is responsible for inventing the term \u2018kindergarten\u2019, which translates to \u2018children\u2019s garden\u2019 and is a term widely &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mauchlineecc\/froebelian-approach\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Froebelian Approach<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24206,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4783","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mauchlineecc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mauchlineecc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mauchlineecc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mauchlineecc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24206"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mauchlineecc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4783"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mauchlineecc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4786,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mauchlineecc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4783\/revisions\/4786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mauchlineecc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}