Opinion

Practitioners must speak out about the failings of proposed ELGs

Early years consultant Helen Moylett is urging early years staff to make clear in the revised EYFS consultation the 'failings' of the proposed ELG for communication and language.
Helen Moylett, early years consultant, author and trainer
Helen Moylett, early years consultant, author and trainer

The proposed educational programme for Communication and Language in the Government’s EYFS consultation is better than it was in the pilot version in that there is more emphasis on conversation and less on reading to children. However, as in the rest of the educational programmes, there is scant recognition that the EYFS is a birth to five key stage.

MAKING SENSE OF THE WORLD

Unlike older children who can relate to decontextualised language, such as they might hear from text read aloud, babies and younger children need to make immediate connections to their experiences and sensory input in order to make sense of the world and the words they hear.

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