International Early Years Curriculum (IEYC)

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The IEYC is designed around eight learning principles, that we consider essential to children’s learning and development

• The earliest years of life are important in their own right.
• Children should be supported to learn and develop at their own unique pace.
• Play is an essential aspect of all children’s learning and development.
• Learning happens through developmentally appropriate, teacher-scaffolded and child-initiated experiences that harness children’s natural curiosity in an enabling environment.
• Independent and interdependent learning experiences support personal development and form the foundation of international mindedness.
• Knowledge and skills development leads to deeper understanding when children can explore and express their ideas in multiple ways.
• Ongoing assessment, through evaluation and reflection, is most effective when it involves a learning link with the home.
• Learning should be motivating, engaging and fun, opening up a world of wonder where children’s personal interests can flourish.