Early years foundation stage: Montessori guides users to EYFS practice

By Laura Marcus, Nursery World, 24 April 2008

The Early Years Foundation Stage was endorsed by Montessori leaders at the launch of the organisation's guidance booklets for practitioners last week.

At a joint conference held by Montessori Schools Association and the Department for Children, Schools and Families, keynote speaker Ruth Pimentel, the national director for early years at National Strategies, emphasised parallels between the EYFS and Montessori practice. She said they both put 'the individual child at the centre of practice from birth'. The Joint Government and Montessori Conference on the Future, held at the Institute of Education, attracted more than 200 delegates. The guidance booklets were financed by the DCSF. Barbara Isaacs, principal of...

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