
Explore the early years foundation stage through a play-based, child-initiated and teacher-supported approach, covering seven learning areas and four guiding principles in a safe, enabling environment, with parents as educators.
Understand the responsibilities of an EYFS teacher, delivering a play-based curriculum to achieve early learning goals, researching aids and methodologies, and communicating with parents and authorities while planning learning areas.
Explore physical development in the early years with the Philip arms exercise, using a taped Ziploc bag to strengthen neck, hand, and leg muscles in babies 3 to 9 months.
Engage two-year-olds in the shake it up activity to develop gross motor skills, balance, cognitive abilities, and concentration through music-led body movement.
Cross hurdle engages children with hurdles to jump over from one to another and back, shifting directions to build foot muscles, motor skills, and concentration for ages two and above.
Lead a group pom pom avalanche activity to develop communication and language, expanding vocabulary through color prompts, classroom observations, and turn-taking with three-year-olds and above.
Engage in the 'Let's Talk' activity to strengthen communication skills, listening attention, and vocabulary by whispering sounds through painted cups and exchanging responses for children aged three and above.
Join an I spy game for children aged three and up that strengthens self-expression, develops auditory skills, and builds vocabulary by naming objects beginning with m, p, or v.
Develop social and emotional skills through a feelings game where children act out emotions, read others' body language, and build self-control in small groups for ages three and up.
Explore dancing between feelings and acting out emotions to help four-year-olds communicate them. Foster outdoor group play and social skills as children learn to work with others.
The early years foundation stage (EYFS) sets standards for the learning, development and care of your child from birth to 5 years old. All schools and FME (Federal Ministry of Education)registered early years providers must follow the EYFS standards, including childminders, preschools, nurseries and school reception classes. It was introduced as part of the 2006 Childcare Act and must be followed by all FME-registered settings and childminders.
"The ways in which the child engages with other people and their environment – playing and exploring, active learning and creating, and thinking critically is pivotal to learning and development across all areas; lending support to the child to remain an effective and motivated learner.
The prime areas begin to develop quickly in response to relationships and experiences, and run through and support learning in all other areas. The prime areas continue to be fundamental throughout the EYFS. The EYFS Framework explains how and what your child will be learning to support their healthy development. Your child will be learning skills, acquiring new knowledge and demonstrating their understanding through 7 areas of learning and development. Children should mostly develop the 3 prime areas first which are communication and language, physical, personal, social and emotional development. These prime areas are those most essential for your child’s healthy development and future learning. As children grow, the prime areas will help them to develop skills in the other four specific areas. These are literacy, mathematics, understanding the world, expressive arts and design.