The Early Years Foundation Stage provides us with a Child Development Overview that is broken down into six age stages, from birth to 60-plus months. The stages overlap, since children develop at different rates.
The information provided for each stage seems accurate enough, but it is hardly memorable. Deciphering 'Government-speak' - however accurate and informative - is onerous. Working with and raising children should not be such a chore.
So, I sought a way to help parents and new practitioners understand the developments of babies and young children that connected with their passion for helping children achieve. We work with children because we enjoy being with them, and what better way to understand what children go through than from their point of view?
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