The new Development Matters explained

[Helen]

FSF content editor and education advisor, Jules, and I spoke to Dr Julian Grenier about the new Development Matters document. You can watch the vodcast here. 🙂

[Jules]

In the vodcast, Julian Grenier talks about the principals behind the new DMs, and he also talks about 'checkpoints not checklists',  focusing on what early years educators really want to do, which is spend time with, learn with, and support the progress of the children in our settings. I have been looking again at the Checkpoints in the new DMs and thinking about them as a reflection point, or a pause for thought, to tune into a child and what they are showing me.