Learn how to help children in England develop during the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) in this free online course.

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework establishes guidelines for your child's care, education and development from birth to age five. This childhood development course looks at the ideas behind the EYFS approach and establishes how important it is for kids. We discuss the progress children make through various areas of learning and development and show you how to identify the key principles used to guide that growth. We discuss the role of parents in EYFS and explain how they can play an active role in encouraging childhood development.

The course provides teaching strategies used to educate preschoolers and describes the characteristics of effective learning. We establish the importance of active learning, critical thinking and child-initiated learning in the context of EYFS teaching methods. We then examine the classroom role of observation, assessment and the ‘learning journey’. The course outlines various methods and types of observation used to track individual children’s progress. Finally, we cover summative assessment methods applied to childcare. This course lays out practices like outdoor learning that drive child-initiated learning processes.

The skills you acquire in this childcare course can advance your career. We also explain how to protect yourself and your co-workers from the legal ramifications regarding inaccuracies in information regarding children's development. The course demonstrates how to complete a summative assessment and comply with educational legislation in England. We explain how to confidently employ these fundamental concepts in EYFS environments. This training course helps teachers, parents, childcare providers and anyone who wants to understand the early years foundation stage (EYFS) framework and how it applies to education in England. Sign up to learn the practical and legal aspects of this educational framework and improve your ability to guide children through the early stages of childhood development.