Our special guide navigates the literacy debate and offers appropriate strategies for supporting literacy in the Foundation Stage. By Julian Grenier, acting head of Woodlands Park Nursery Centre, part of the London Borough of Haringey's Early Excellence Network

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As the debate over formal education in the early years rages on, you will need to make a professional judgement about the appropriate curriculum for children in your setting

There is a battle going on, and the youngest children in the educational system are right in the middle of it. To put the conflict most bluntly: is the National Literacy Strategy raising standards or damaging young children?

A fundamental part of the controversy is the concern that the educational system in England is expecting too much, too soon of its youngest children. In many European countries, children do not start formal education until they are six or seven years old. Yet in England there have been examples of children entering reception classes aged just four and being expected to manage a whole literacy hour.

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