The long-term contribution of early childhood education to children's performance - evidence from New Zealand
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Early yearsWhere can I find out more?
Details of the Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) Project: Findings from the Pre-school Period (Kathy Sylva et al.)
A practitioner orientated summary on Researching Effective Pedagogy in the Early Years.
The Sure Start Unit is responsible for policy and standards in relation to regulation and inspection of childcare and nursery education. Practitioners will find the Sure Start framework, 'Birth to three matters', provides useful guidance.
'Early Years Are Learning Years' is a series of short articles by the National Association for the Education of Young Children in America (NAEYC). They provide tips for giving young children a good start on learning. There are useful articles, such as 'Preschool - academics or play?' 'Toys: Tools for learning' and 'Teaching the alphabet to young children'.
The Under 5s early education website contains many ideas for planning themes, activities and games for preschool children.
Early Years Educator is a monthly magazine for practitioners working with children aged 0-5 years. It provides details of recent research, new initiatives, examples of good practice and practical project ideas.
Nursery World, is a magazine aimed at staff working with the 0-3 age range.
Further details of the New Zealand Ministry of Education's policies for early childhood education can be found in the document 'Pathways to the future'.
The New Zealand Current Educational Research website holds information about Cathy Wylie’s Competent Children Project, begun in 1992, tracking the progress of children from 5 years through school.
