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Early Years Research etc:
The globalisation of early years learning emphasises the fact that almost every national government and many charitable trusts are looking at our youngest children with the aim of ensuring that all should benefit from a good start and from excellent learning experiences provided in a safe and welcoming environment. What follows below is a compendium of websites that we have found useful in our work. It can never be exhaustive and we will add to it constantly!
- Northern Ireland http://www.early-years.org/
- Scotland - http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/earlyyears/index.asp
- Australia (An Educators’ Guide to the Early Years Learning Framework)
http://www.deewr.gov.au/Earlychildhood/Policy_Agenda/Quality/Pages/EarlyYearsLearningFramework.aspx#supporting - The US – the National Institute for Early Education Research http://nieer.org/
- New Zealand (te Whariki) http://www.minedu.govt.nz/NZEducation/EducationPolicies/EarlyChildhood.aspx
- Italy (Reggio Emilia) http://www.communityplaythings.co.uk/resources/articles/reggio-emilia.html
- Teaching ideas - http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/earlyyears/contents.htm
- Support resources - http://www.teachers.tv/stages/early-years