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Children in early years care have two main needs, care and education. This is called a combined holistic approach to children's care and educational needs. Many theorists have influenced the way young children are educated today. The three most influential being Froebel, Montessori and Steiner, their ideas are still used in the education of children today throughout schools, nursery's and crèches. Learning through play is one of the key points all of the above theorists shared. Froeble introduced the idea of Kindergarten meaning children's garden. He likened a developing child to a seed growing and unfolding into a flower, hence the name kindergarten. He believed in structured learning, providing children with gifts to play with such as balls, cubes cylinders of different shapes, colours and sizes. The trained practitioner would teach the child understanding of shape size and colour while the child handled the gifts. Froeble also believed in allowing...

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