Open Eye has launched the Saving Childhood Network, a movement to combat 'the profound erosion of natural childhood'.
It follows the publication of 'Too much, too soon?' and a letter to a national newspaper last week, signed by more than 200 early years educators, academics and policymakers, calling for action against the 'erosion of childhood.'
The Open EYE campaign started five years ago, initially in protest against certain elements of the original EYFS, which was criticised for introducing formal learning too soon and for being overly focussed on assessment.
It has now grown into a wider movement, in line with increasing concern about the pressures of modern life on children's development and well-being.
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