Child Development

Many schools are adopting a ‘recovery curriculum’ rather than a ‘catch-up’ one
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EYFS Best Practice in Schools - On the bright side

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Children in the study benefited from having more time at home with their parents, researchers believe
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Coronavirus: Young children of working parents improved their attention during lockdown, study reveals

Coronavirus
The NCB toolkit developed in partnership with the DfE
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Coronavirus: Mental health support developed for primary school children

Coronavirus
The research finds that children only learn how to do jigsaws once they hit a certain age
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New research reveals how children learn to do jigsaw puzzles

Child Development
Caring touch is vital for young children's development and wellbeing
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Touch as important to child development as healthy food, research finds

Child Development
Angel Pre-school, one of LEYF's free holiday clubs running this summer in London
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LEYF running free holiday clubs to support the capital's most vulnerable children

Coronavirus
Children changed the pitch of their voices when role-playing different occupations
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Gender stereotyping of job roles increases in boys from the age of seven, but decreases in girls

Child Development
Some children are regressing as a reaction to the coronavirus crisis and lockdown
Features

Child Development: An essential guide to… regression

Practice
Critics of the EYFS reforms say that Reception class teachers are under 'huge pressure' to ensure that all children achieve the Early Learning Goals at the age of five
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Row breaks out between critics of the revised early years curriculum and DfE

Review of The Early Years Foundation Stage
A few key questions can help establish the impact of lockdown on a child's physical skills
Features

'Closing the gap' post-lockdown: observing and supporting physical skills

Child Development
Is anybody listening? The sector feels its views on the EYFS have been ignored
Features

The early adopter EYFS: What’s wrong and where do we go from here?

Characteristics of Effective Learning
Experts argue that young children should stay on an extra term in their previous setting or class to help with the transition to their next year group, after the disruption of coronavirus on children's learning, development and well-being
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Call to delay school start and moving on from Reception or Year 1 until January 2021

Coronavirus
PHOTO Sound Communities
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Resources for exploring music and language in early years settings launched

Child Development
Fathers tend to engage in more physical play with their children, such as giving piggy-backs
News

'Rough and tumble' play with fathers helps children to learn how to control their feelings

Child Development
Opinion

Lockdown teaches us that children need less stress

Viewpoint
Children need to feel emotionally as well as physically safe on their return
Features

EYFS best practice in schools - Together again

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