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Early Years Foundation Stage

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Whatever your role in an Early Years setting, the new Learning, Playing and Interacting: Good practice in the Early Years Foundation Stage toolkit will support your work with guidance and advice on pedagogy, practice and interwoven assessment. These approaches are also supported by numerous other helpful resources in this section.

Start discovering how to use adult- and child-initiated experiences to provide evidence for the EYFS Profile by browsing the sections below or using the Quick search.

Sections in Early Years

  • EYFS framework
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  • EYFS areas of Learning and Development
  • EYFS profile
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EYFS framework

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EYFS areas of Learning and Development

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EYFS resources

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Related publications

  • publication image Every Child a Talker:Guidance for Consultants and Early Language Lead Practitioners (Third instalment: Autumn 2009)
  • publication image Numbers and patterns: laying foundations in mathematics
  • publication image Guide to the Early Years Foundation Stage in Steiner Waldorf Early Childhood Settings
  • publication image Children thinking mathematically: PSRN essential knowledge for Early Years practitioners

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