The purpose of education is to encourage and guide man as a conscious, thinking and perceiving being in such a way that he becomes a pure and perfect representation of that divine inner law through his own personal choice; education must show him the ways and meanings of attaining that goal. (Friedrich Froebel 1826 Die Nenschenerziehung, pp. 2).
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The birth of the kindergarten
It was Froebel, a German educationalist, who laid the foundations for modern education systems based on the recognition that children have unique needs and capabilities. Continue reading “The birth of the kindergarten”
▶ Eric Carle reads The Very Hungry Caterpillar – YouTube
See Eric Carle, the author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, reading this classic Puffin picture book out loud. An exclusive glimpse of this incredible book and author. The Very Hungry Caterpillar was recently found to be the most read book in Britain in an Early Learning Centre survey. Researchers estimate that it is read an average of nine times a year by the nations 5.5 million pre-school and primary school children.
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“The very hungry caterpillar literally eats his way through the pages of the book—and right into your child’s heart…”
—Mother’s Manual
“Gorgeously illustrated, brilliantly innovative…”
—The New York Times Book Review
Bibros Building Blocks
elegant, hand finished shapes in a four European wood (nut tree, wild service tree, maple, and oiled beech wood) lend their colors to four different forms of block
The extraordinary but harmonious language of colors and shapes offered by Bibros is appealing and natural. The shapes and natural colors allow for construction and contrasting designs, which give room for imagination to arrange and build structural works of art.
24 pieces. Ages 5 and up. Designer: Yasuo Aizawa
the architecture of early childhood
▶ The EcoWalk Movie – YouTube
EcoWalk
The goal was to take an underused area of the school at Sag Harbour and transform it into a beautiful, useable, educational area for the children and community to use, as well as educate them about the origins and importance of various ecosystems.
When complete, it will incorporate an outdoor classroom, lunch area, edible garden and different ecosystems that educate students about the local flora and fauna.
Hairy Maclary
With cumulative rhymes and sunny ink and watercolor illustrations, this international favorite chronicles the escapades of our hero Hairy and his crew of five kooky canines. In this introductory book in the HAIRY MACLARY series, all the pooches-from big-as-a-horse Hercules Morse to Schnitzel von Krumm with the very low tum-meet their feline match
Frankish history
The Franks took pride in having “fought against and thrown from their shoulders the heavy yoke of the Romans”.
The Franks integrated well into Roman society, speaking Latin fluently, obtaining Roman citizenship, and being often promoted by the emperors to consular ranks (including senators) for their competence.
During the transition from Antiquity to the Middle Ages, Frankish tribes were united under the Merovingian dynasty. The election of Pepin as King of the Franks by an assembly of Frankish nobles was followed by his anointing in 751 at Soissons by Boniface, archbishop of Mainz. Pope Stephen II travelled to Paris to anoint Pepin and his sons in the Basilica of St Denis in 754.
The Frankish tradition was to divide land between the male heirs. After Charlemagne died in 814, his empire was repeatedly divided among his descendants.
Charles the Bald inherited Western Francia, which would become known simply as France. Louis the German received East Francia, making up most of present day Germany. Lothair kept the title of emperor (which is indivisible) and Middle Francia which included the Frankish homeland and Imperial capital of Aachen.
The Franks are thought to have derived from Denmark or Schleswig-Holstein in the Early Iron Age (c. 500 BCE) and settled as far as the Rhine, circa 200 BCE. Around the 2nd and 3rd century C.E. they crossed the Rhine moved into Toxandria and the Rhineland.
The Rhine and Moselle valleys in are known as “Franconia”, and dialects in this region are varieties of Franconian, direct descendants of Old Frankish. By the end of the 17th century the concept of Old Frankish, the ancestor language of Dutch, German, and the Frankish words in Old French had been firmly established.
Julia Gillard
Julia Gillard, Former Prime Minister of Australia, Joins Brookings.
The Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution is one of the leading policy centers focused on universal quality education in the developing world. The Center develops and disseminates effective solutions to achieve equitable learning, whereby all children and youth are able to access a quality education that supports their lifelong learning and development. The Center plays a critical role in influencing the development of new international education policies and in transforming them into actionable strategies for governments, civil society and private enterprise.