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Child-led and adult-led activities in the EYFS
How often should children engage in adult-led activities? We look at what the framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) says about child-led and adult-led activities. We also include examples of schools’ EYFS policies and research on child-led and adult-led activities.
- Child-initiated learning in the EYFS
- Ensuring that play is purposeful: EYFS
- Equipment for an EYFS classroom
- Evaluating the learning environment: EYFS
- EYFS evidence scrutiny proformas
- EYFS framework 2017: summary of changes
- EYFS framework reforms: summary of changes
- EYFS planning scrutiny proformas
- EYFS timetables: examples
- Guided reading strategies in the EYFS
- How to use the outdoors in the EYFS: guidance on effective practice
- Maths plans for the EYFS
- Personalised planning within the EYFS
- Planning in the EYFS: examples, guidance and case studies
- Planning templates for the EYFS
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