‘At this age play is never trivial; it is serious and deeply significant.It needs to be cherished and encouraged by the parents for in his free choice of play a child reveals the future life of his mind to anyone who has insight into human nature’ Froebel in Lilley 1967:84
Edinburgh Froebel Network Conference: Gifts for Our Future 10: Perspectives on Play
Saturday 22nd September 2018, 10am-4pm
Conference welcome from Professor Tina Bruce CBE, Author and Early Years Specialist
Keynote speakers;
Creativity and Creative Thinking – Dr Sue Robson, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Roehampton
Play Culture in a Changing World re-visited – Marjatta Kalliala, Professor, University of Helsinki, Finland
Locating Play Today – Suzanne Flannery Quinn, Senior Lecturer of Early Childhood Studies, University of Roehampton, Froebel College