'In not replying, we leave ourselves open to being given a curriculum which may not be appropriate for young children,' said early years and literacy specialist Helen Bromley.
The EYFS consultation document extends the areas of learning to birth and presents them in a grid format.
Planning, said one leading academic, will be 'through tick lists rather than informed observations' and will become even poorer once the current documents, Birth to Three Matters and Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage, are phased out. 'It is important that practitioners realise that the EYFS guidance will be the sole document on which settings are inspected,' she added.
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