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Early Years Foundation Stage

An Early Years child engaging in learning and development through play.

Learning playing and interacting

Learning, Playing and Interacting: Good practice in the Early Years Foundation Stage provides guidance on effective early years pedagogy, good practice, and illustrates how assessment is woven throughout. Produced in conjunction with QCDA and independent experts, it includes exemplification that shows how evidence for the EYFS Profile can be drawn from play, child-initiated and adult-initiated experiences.

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EYFS framework

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  • A Unique Child in EYFS framework
  • Positive Relationships in EYFS framework
  • Enabling Environments in EYFS framework
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EYFS areas of Learning and Development

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From July 2009 EYFS online content is exclusively available from this area. The Early Years area includes all of the content from the previous EYFS website.

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  • Learning, Playing and Interacting: Good practice in the Early Years Foundation Stage

    Ref: 00775-2009BKT-EN

    Date: October 2009

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