Nursery Topics - My home covers all six areas of learning in the English early years curriculum, but it can be easily adapted to suit the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish curricula. The areas of learning are indicated as follows:
Personal, social andemotional development
Communication, languageand literacy
Mathematical development
Knowledge and understanding of the world
Physical development
Creative development
THEMES AND ACTIVITIES
The QCA Curriculum guidance for the foundation stage is very clear that good practice involves a balance between adult-led () and child-initiated () play and activities, stating that 'children should not make a distinction between "play" and "work" and neither should practitioners'.
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