Last month saw the publication of Working with the revised Early Years Foundation Stage: Principles into Practice by Dr Julian Grenier, who led on the revised Development Matters. This independently written document acts as a companion to the revised non-statutory guidance and is to be welcomed.
The great strength of Development Matters: Non-statutory curriculum guidance for the early years foundation stage(September 2020) is its non-technical language, 
which will be accessible to both parents and all early years practitioners. At the same time, its weakness is that straightforward language cannot contain nuance – which is needed for a deep understanding of child development and pedagogy.
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