At Early Excellence we believe that a child needs to be physically ‘ready to learn’ in order to be mentally ‘ready to learn’.
The growing body of research being carried out in this area is to be welcomed. However, given the vital role that early years education plays in a child’s development, it is essential that we don’t jump to quick conclusions based on limited evidence.
The reports on recent research carried out at Loughborough University’s School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences are therefore a cause for alarm (‘Nearly a third of Reception children’s physical development “of concern”, online, 2 September). We are told that researchers testing just 45 Foundation Stage children at two different schools found that, for almost a third of children in Reception, their physical development was concerning.
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