The Early Years Foundation Stage
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is the government and early year’s professionals way of describing the time in your child’s life between birth and five years. Early Years providers use the EYFS (2012) document to guide the provision they deliver children for their learning and development.
It covers three areas of specific learning; personal and social development, physical development and communication & language. There are also four additional specific areas covered; literacy, mathematics, understanding the world, and expressive arts and exploring media and materials.
This document is called ‘4 Children – Guidance to your child’s learning and development in the EYFS’
Every child is a unique child who is constantly learning and can be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured. Children learn to be strong and independent through positive relationships. They learn and develop well in enabling environments, in which their experiences respond to their individual needs and there is a strong partnership between practitioners, parents and carers.
Children learn and develop in different ways; some are active learners, some learn through playing and exploring and others are critical thinkers……. Most children will learn in all of these areas.
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