Free provision from aged two
Last updated at 07:42 05 April 2006
Free childcare will be offered to parents of two-year-olds in a new trial scheme.
Ministers are already committed to providing universal early years education for three and four-year-olds, even though the compulsory school age is five.
Some 96 per cent of three-year-olds use at least some of their entitlement and nearly 100 per cent of four-year-olds, Miss Kelly said yesterday. Now trials of free
The curriculum for toddlers
Babies and toddlers could be monitored for their development in literacy and numeracy from September.
The details are revealed in a proposed new curriculum for children from birth to the age of five.
The early years foundation stage (EYFS), as the curriculum will be known, will be enforced in nurseries across England from 2008.
But the literacy and numeracy provision involving 12,000 two-year-olds are getting under way in 15 local authority areas.
The EYFS will cover six 'areas of learning and development', including 'understanding of the world' and 'problem-solving'.
Children will mainly learn through 'planned, purposeful play'.
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