A Child Centred EYFS

Aaron Bradbury Principal Lecturer Apprenticeships and Work Based Learning in Education, Early Years and Children′s Social Care. Research Interests: Widening participation (access for all) with links to apprenticeship pedagogy, Early Years and Education. Ruth Swailes has almost 30 years’ experience in primary education, over 20 of them in senior leadership roles including primary headship. Ruth has worked as a School Improvement Advisor, Ofsted inspector, Early Years consultant and moderator in several Local Authorities, she has advised on DFE accredited phonics schemes and is the lead author, curriculum consultant and trainer on the Oxford University Press International Early Years curriculum. She has recently written their curriculum for 2-3-year-olds.

Chapter 1: Building the vision
Chapter 2: What child development tells us – what young children need?
Chapter 3: The 7 areas of the Early Years Curriculum
Chapter 4: Communication Language and Literacy
Chapter 5: Personal Social and Emotional Development
Chapter 6: Physical Development
Chapter 7: Literacy
Chapter 8: Mathematics
Chapter 9: Understanding the World
Chapter 10: Expressive Arts and Design
Chapter 11: Pedagogy
Chapter 12: The Early Years Environment
Chapter 13: Statutory and Non-Statutory Guidance
Chapter 14: Wellbeing and Global Citizenship
Chapter 15: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – The Unique Child