EYFS
The Early Years Foundation
Stage
Principles and Practice
The Principles of EYFS
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The unique child
Positive Relationships
Enabling Environments
Learning and Development
Learning and Development
 Playing and exploring
 Active Learning
 Creating and thinking critically
The Areas of Learning and Development
• Personal, Social and Emotional Development
• Communication and Language
• Literacy
• Mathematics
• Understanding the World
• Expressive arts and design
• Physical Development
The Importance of Play
Ethan’s Aquarium
Charlotte’s ice rink
Victoria’s church- note the wedding taking
place!
The Playground
The Airport
Our garage, farm, hospital, zoo, swimming pool,
stable!
What are the key ways young
children learn?
 playing
 being with other people
 being active
 exploring new things and having new experiences
 talking to themselves
 communicating about what they are doing
 representing ideas and experiences
 meeting physical and mental challenges
 being shown how to do things
 practising, repeating, applying skills
 HAVING FUN!!!
Learning and teaching through play
Play is invaluable in helping children to
develop positive ways to learn
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finding out what they are interested in
being willing to explore, experiment, try things out
knowing how and where to seek help
being inventive – creating problems and finding solutions
being flexible- testing things out
being engaged and involved- concentrating, persevering with
challenging tasks
making choices and decisions
playing and working collaboratively
managing self and others, developing independence
developing alternative strategies
understanding the emotions and points of view of others