Early Years

About early years education

Curriculum

Guidance for those involved in the care and education of children aged 3-8 in Scotland.

Birth to three guidance

Guidance for all those involved in caring for babies and very young children.

Quality assurance

A brief introduction to quality assurance and self evaluation of early years education and childcare services.

Approaches to learning

Information on specific educational approaches such as High/Scope, Assessment is for Learning (AifL) and the use of ICT to promote children's learning and development.

Current early years issues

Find out more about outdoor learning, citizenship, fundraising, male workers in early years and the Home Reading Initiative. 

Links to organisations

Links to the websites of Scottish, UK and international bodies whose work relates to early education and childcare.

How Early Years Online aims to support you

The Early Years area of the Learning and Teaching Scotland Online Service aims to support quality early years practice.

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