Miss Isobel Little

A paper written by Emeritus Professor Helen May - A Froebel trained "Scot" from Edinburgh: Miss Isobel Little 1876-1937. 

 Miss Little trained as a teacher and taught infants in Scotland. She immigrated to Wellington, New Zealand in 1912 and became well known as an infant mistress for her modern methods of play activity and no physical punishment. Miss Little was also a long time member of NZEI Te Riu Roa and the Women Teachers' Association,  attending national conferences and speaking to remits particularly around infants and infant teachers. She was involved in a range  of other organisations supporting women, children and education such as the Wellington Free Kindergarten association. The story of Miss Little embraces advocacy across the worlds of the infant classroom and kindergarten.