Curriculum: Understanding what is 'crucial'
What are the key features of a good early years curriculum? By Verity Campbell-Barr, Katherine Evans, Jan Georgeson and Sasha Tregenza
Areas of Learning: Characteristics of Effective Learning
EYFS Best Practice: All about … beach schools
- Practice | Outdoors | Enabling Environments | Characteristics of Effective Learning | Learning & Development | The Learning Environment | Early Years Curriculum
Beach School sessions allow for the same ‘awe and wonder’ for children and exploration experience as in Forest School– but with added drama. By Annette Rawstrone
Let's go to… The Whitworth, Manchester
- Activities | EYFS activities - Cultural institutions around the country | Characteristics of Effective Learning | Learning & Development
Today we are exploring things which roll, says Lucy Turner, producer for the Early Years and Families programme at The Whitworth arts gallery
Sustainability: New climate education document aims to give children agency
The drive to net zero includes educating children on climate change and sustainability. Dr Diane Boyd has written Sustainability Matters in Early Childhood, a new resource designed to help settings do just that
We've explored… boxes
- Activities | Let’s Explore | Expressive Arts and Design | Characteristics of Effective Learning | Resources | Equipment & Resources | Practice
Staff at one Yorkshire setting replaced many resources with boxes, a project which culminated in children collaborating on building a huge castle. By Annette Rawstrone
EYFS Activities: We've explored – wildlife
- Activities | Let’s Explore | Outdoors | Characteristics of Effective Learning | Early Years Curriculum
Mysterious pawprints and explorations with a wildlife camera became the launchpad for a much deeper understanding of nature. By Annette Rawstrone
EYFS Guidance: Effective Practice, Part 2 - What matters
- Practice | Early Years Curriculum | The Adult Role | Characteristics of Effective Learning | The Learning Environment | EYFS Guidance
In the second part of his series exploring the revised Development Matters guidance, Dr Julian...
EYFS guidance: Effective practice, part 1 - Starting points
- Practice | The Learning Environment | Characteristics of Effective Learning | Observation, Assessment & Planning | Early Years Curriculum | The Adult Role | EYFS Guidance
Kicking off a new series exploring the revised Development Matters guidance, Dr Julian Grenier looks...
Curriculum - Goals of our own
- Practice | Early Years Curriculum | The Adult Role | Characteristics of Effective Learning | Observation, Assessment & Planning
N Family Club recently revised its curriculum to one that is both based on the EYFS and incorporates...
Building Your Curriculum: Supporting Learning - Deep in thought
- Practice | Characteristics of Effective Learning | Early Years Curriculum | The Adult Role | Child Development
How the ‘Responding to Process’ approach focuses on recognising and supporting cognitive and...
The early adopter EYFS: What’s wrong and where do we go from here?
- Characteristics of Effective Learning | Early Years Curriculum | Child Development | Stages of Development
An outpouring of dismay across social media has met the publication of the revised Early Years...
Building Your Curriculum: Knowledge, Part 2 – Thinking it over
Thinking and talking about curriculum in early childhood education involves recognising, valuing and...
Guides & Resources
How Children Learn
In a three-part series, Jan Dubiel considers the meaning of the characteristics of effective teaching and learning - Playing and Exploring, Active Learning and Creativity and Critical Thinking - highlighted in the revised EYFS.
School Readiness
The phrase 'school readiness' is taking a high profile in Government reports and policy, but what does it mean, and how should early years practitioners respond? David Whitebread and Sue Bingham look at perspectives that can inform planning for children's learning.
Young Children Thinking
A guide to understanding how young children think and how best to support their developing skills, by Marion Dowling.
Transitions
A three-part guide to supporting children to make a successful transition from the Early Years Foundation Stage to Key Stage 1, by Julie Fisher.
Intrinsic Motivation - Rich rewards
- Practice | Child Development | Stages of Development | The Learning Environment | Characteristics of Effective Learning
Activating the intrinsic motivation of children, rather than using artificial means of persuasion such as stickers, will make them keen learners, says Professor Tina Bruce
Loose Parts Play - Think out of the box
- Practice | Equipment & Resources | The Learning Environment | Early Years Curriculum | Characteristics of Effective Learning
How can loose-parts theory inform the way we provide resources and play and learning opportunities for the children in our settings, asks Ben Kingston-Hughes
Children’s Thinking, Part 3 - Hold that thought
- Practice | Characteristics of Effective Learning | Child Development | Stages of Development | The Learning Environment
How Grove House Nursery School and Children’s Centre in Southall is encouraging children and staff to ‘think about thinking’. By Jo Dabir-Alai
Children’s Thinking - In deep thought
- Practice | Child Development | Characteristics of Effective Learning | Early Years Curriculum | Observation, Assessment & Planning | The Learning Environment
The deepening of children’s thinking and learning at one setting in west London is examined by Jo Dabir-Alai in part one of this three-part series
Development Matters - It’s time to talk!
Ahead of the revision of Development Matters, Helen Moylett and Nancy Stewart ask what the Government’s motivations are and call for sector-wide participation
All about… EYFS documents
- Positive Relationships | Observation, Assessment & Planning | A Unique Child | Learning & Development | Practice | Enabling Environments | Review of The Early Years Foundation Stage | Characteristics of Effective Learning
While many are calling for EYFS guidance to be updated, others believe now is not the right time to do so. Annette Rawstrone unpicks the arguments from sector experts
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