The curriculum: what we want children to learn
The curriculum is a top-level plan of everything the early years setting wants the children to learn.
Planning to help every child to develop their language is vital.
The curriculum needs to be ambitious. Careful sequencing will help children to build their learning over time.
Young children’s learning is often driven by their interests. Plans need to be flexible.
Babies and young children do not develop in a fixed way. Their development is like a spider’s web with many strands, not a straight line. Depth in early learning is much more important than covering lots of things in a superficial way.
Download the following material which can be used to monitor and improve the quality of your practice and provision: