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Opinion: In my view - Why we welcome the EYFS
By Steve Alexander, chief executive of the Pre-school LearningAlliance,
Nursery World,
10 January 2008
In response to the Open Eye campaign, the Pre-School Learning Alliance would like to reassure parents and carers that the Early Years Foundation Stage will not be damaging our youngest children.
The Alliance has always promoted play as the principal means through which children learn, and has incorporated the belief that parents are children's first and most enduring educators. Far from being 'prescriptive, severe, or overly cognitive', the EYFS is a play-based framework that brings together and builds on the Birth to Three Matters and Foundation Stage frameworks. There are no set attainment targets for children under five. The learning...
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