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Physical Development
One of the areas of learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is Physical Development (PD). This means that children in the EYFS must be provided with the opportunity and encouragement to...
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Knowledge and Understanding of the World
One of the areas of learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is Knowledge and Understanding of the World (KUW). This means that children in the EYFS must be provided with the opportunity and...
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Learning Styles: An Introduction
Children learn in a variety of ways and knowing the way your child learns can make it a lot easier to teach them – the different ways that people learn are called learning styles. The simplest way of...
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EYFS: Communication and Language
As I explained in the post about the revised EYFS there are three prime areas the first of which is Communication and Language. This area is similar to the Communication, Language and Literacy in the...
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EYFS: Physical Development
Following on in our series about the revised EYFS the second prime area is Physical Development. This area is similar to the previous Physical Development area but there are slightly different targets...
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EYFS: Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Following on in our series about the revised EYFS the third prime area is personal, social and emotional development, this area is similar to the previous Personal, Social and Emotional Development...
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EYFS: Literacy
Following on in our series about the revised EYFS the first of the specific areas is Literacy; this is a new area which has been formed by the split of Communication, Language and Literacy into the...
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EYFS: Understanding the World
The final part of the revised EYFS is Understanding the World which is based on the previous Knowledge and Understanding of the World area. The Understanding the World section is divided into three...
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I read this article about the amount of money spent on toys not decreasing despite the recession due to parents valuing the educational value of toys. The article talks about the rise in educational...
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Every Child Needs a Teacher
Middle Littlesheep came home from school last week with lots of statistics including: 132 million children can’t go to school We need 1.7 more million teachers (over 1 million more for Africa) And then...
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