Lighting the Fire

Lighting the fire stimulates thinking about how best we learn and particularly how best young children learn. It is well referenced and researched, revisiting the work of Froebel, tapping into evidence from home and overseas, and highlighting case study examples that bring theory to life.

The three domains considered: play, using the outdoors and exploring first-hand experience are justified through their impact upon wider learning (the sort that the clerical, formal world tries to achieve) and their impact upon the child as a person. It looks at purpose in experience and how rigour in all aspects takes development forward.