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EYFS Stages Explained: A Parent Guide to Early Years Development
A simple explanation of the Early Years Foundation Stage, the seven areas of learning and the key points parents should know from birth to five.
Read guide → Choosing a settingNursery vs Pre-school: What Is the Difference?
Nursery and pre-school can overlap, but the names do not always tell you how a setting operates. Here is what parents should compare instead.
Read guide → Ofsted & qualityOfsted Early Years Inspections 2026: What Parents Need to Know
Understand how to use Ofsted information when comparing early years settings, including the inspection changes being introduced from September 2026.
Read guide → EYFS & developmentWhat Is a Key Person at Nursery?
Understand the key-person approach and why a consistent relationship can help children feel secure in an early years setting.
Read guide → EYFS & developmentThe 7 Areas of Learning in the EYFS Explained
A parent-friendly explanation of the seven EYFS areas and the kinds of experiences children may have.
Read guide → EYFS & developmentEYFS Communication and Language: What Parents Can Do at Home
Simple ways parents can support listening, attention, understanding and speaking through everyday activities.
Read guide → EYFS & developmentEYFS Physical Development: Movement, Coordination and Independence
How early years settings support movement, coordination, healthy routines and growing independence.
Read guide → EYFS & developmentEYFS Literacy: Reading, Writing and Early Mark-Making
A simple guide to early literacy and how parents can encourage a love of books, stories and mark-making.
Read guide → EYFS & developmentEYFS Mathematics: Early Number and Shape Skills
How young children develop early mathematical ideas through counting, comparison, patterns, shape and everyday play.
Read guide → EYFS & developmentEYFS Understanding the World: Exploring People, Places and Nature
What 'Understanding the World' means in the EYFS and how children explore their environment.
Read guide → EYFS & developmentEYFS Expressive Arts and Design: Creativity Through Play
How music, movement, art, role play and making help young children express ideas and develop creativity.
Read guide → EYFS & developmentEYFS Personal, Social and Emotional Development Explained
Understand how early years settings support confidence, relationships, emotional regulation and independence.
Read guide → EYFS & developmentThe 2-Year Progress Check: What Parents Need to Know
What happens during the two-year progress check, what parents can expect and how it supports early development.
Read guide → Types of settingWhat Is a Montessori Nursery? A Parent Guide
Understand the Montessori approach and what parents should look for when comparing Montessori nurseries.
Read guide → EYFS & developmentHow Reading at Home Supports Early Years Learning
Simple ways to make reading part of family life and support language, attention and early literacy.
Read guide → EYFS & developmentWhen to Talk to Someone About Your Child's Speech and Language
What parents can do if they have concerns about communication and how nursery can help identify support needs.
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