The Froebelian Approach
Friedrich Froebel (1782–1852), the father of kindergarten, saw children as active, creative learners who thrive through play, exploration, and connection with nature. He believed that each child is like a seed with great potential, and with the right care and environment, will grow and bloom.
The Montessori Approach
Maria Montessori (1870–1952), an Italian physician and educator, believed that children are naturally motivated to learn and flourish when given the freedom to follow their own path. Her method focuses on independence, concentration, purposeful activity, and creating a calm, ordered environment that meets a child's developmental needs.
The Reggio Emilia Approach
The Reggio Emilia approach, developed in post-war Italy, values children as capable, curious, and expressive individuals. In our talks and workshops, Wild flowers shows how to honour children’s voices, encourage collaboration, and create rich, engaging environments that inspire learning, creativity, and connection.
How We Honour Froebel's and Montessori's Legacy and Apply the Reggio Emilia Principles
We honour play as the foundation of learning (Froebel), creating space for open-ended exploration, imagination and meaningful hands-on experiences.
We nurture a connection with nature (Froebel), using the natural world as a living classroom that inspires curiosity, care and wonder.
We encourage independence and real-life skills (Montessori), offering child-sized tools, purposeful activities and freedom within gentle boundaries.
We respect each child’s individual pace of development (Montessori), allowing children time to concentrate, repeat and master new skills.
We see children as capable, curious learners (Reggio Emilia), valuing their ideas, questions and theories as an important part of the learning process.
We create a thoughtful learning environment and strong sense of community (Reggio Emilia), where relationships, collaboration and belonging are central to everything we do.