Findings from a survey carried out by the Early Years Alliance include worrying reports of regression in children’s development, such as losing ‘the ability to play independently’, expecting to be carried when they can already walk, and seemingly to have forgotten how to put their shoes on.
More than half (54 per cent) of respondents said that they observed negative changes in the learning and development of children when they returned to their setting after the first national lockdown (23 March – 1 June).
Personal, social and emotional development, and children’s communication and language were highlighted as areas of concern among the majority of respondents.
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