It links in with the most controversial early learning goals in the Early Years Foundation Stage. And its very structured nature seems at odds with the child-initiated, play-based approach of the EYFS. Can the two run in tandem without compromise?
On the basis that Letters and Sounds is here, and early years professionals have to work with it, we've commissioned a three-part series giving expert advice on how to incorporate the programme without sacrificing best practice. The first part, on pages 16-17 of this week's Nursery World, sets the initiative in context. This will be followed by an article on birth-to-threes, then another concentrating on the three-to five-year-old age group.
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