The Learning and Development Requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework
The Statutory Framework has 7 Prime areas for learning:
1 Communication and language development
2 Physical development
3 Personal, social and emotional development
4 Literacy development
5 Mathematics
6 Understanding the world
7 Expressive arts and design
And 3 characteristics of effective teaching and learning:
• playing and exploring
• active learning
• creating and thinking critically
Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework March 2017
Early Years Foundation Stage Framework