The latest Early Years booklet is called Finding and exploring young children’s fascinations It has lots of good ideas and is full of reflective questions to help examine provision. It’s a shame that its subtitle refers to ‘Strengthening the provision for gifted and talented children in the Early Years’ because really it’s about good practice [...]
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Developing the talents of early years children
Posted in EYFS on April 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Early years in the news
Posted in EYFS on March 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s inevitable that Early Years will become part of the battle as we approach the election and I guess there will be plenty of Children’s Centres wondering what changes in funding lie ahead. No doubt today’s article from the BBC website will be the first of many in the coming weeks.
First year report from QCDA
Posted in EYFS on March 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In February QCDA released a report called ‘The first year of implementation of the early years foundation stage’. Perhaps unsurprisingly, their findings suggest that child initiated activities are used less often in Reception than in other settings and that although practitioners say they plan for, deliver and assess a balance of provision across the six [...]
