The lack of early years curriculum guidance and support feels very apparent at the moment, so the launch of a new free resource Musical Development Matters is heartening and should prove very useful to all those concerned with young children’s learning and development.
Its author, Nicola Burke, explains the origin, development, content and intention of MDM in our ‘All About…’ feature on pages 23-26.
As its name suggests, MDM is presented in the same format as Development Matters, the now non-statutory guidance for the Early Years Foundation Stage, which despite its removal from the main EYFS documents retains its popularity and usefulness for early years practitioners.
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