Teaching and monitoring self-regulation in the EYFS

The 2021 EYFS framework brought in self-regulation as a new early learning goal. Get to grips with what this means for your setting and how to teach and assess self-regulation.

Last reviewed on 7 June 2022

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This article was written with help from Fiona Holiday, an independent EYFS consultant.

The early learning goals (ELGs) were updated for the EYFS framework from 1 September 2021.

Self-regulation was a new ELG for 2021. It comes under the prime area of personal, social and emotional development.

The framework states (page 12) that children at the ‘expected level of development’ for the self-regulation ELG will be able to:

The DfE says that there's strong evidence emerging that self-regulation skills can predict pre-reading skills and later outcomes