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Professional guidance · Birth–5
Explore the EYFS Curriculum & Pedagogy Suite: practical documents for curriculum, planning, provision and reflection, from responsive baby care to Reception and mixed-age childminding.
Start with the pathway that fits your children, or explore guidance across your whole setting.
The complete Suite is included with All Access membership.
Five pathways, connected by a shared approach
Each pathway brings its introductory guidance and document collection together. Choose a starting point below, then browse or search within that pathway.
Responsive care, secure relationships and early development. Explore care as curriculum, everyday routines and early communication.
Explore the baby pathway → 🚼18–36 monthsLanguage, movement and growing independence. Explore schemas, curriculum progression and responsive provision.
Explore the toddler pathway → 🎨3–4 yearsRich play and purposeful teaching. Explore skills progression, continuous provision and flexible planning.
Explore the preschool pathway → 🎓4–5 yearsConnect play, teaching and progression. Explore curriculum phases, provision, assessment and transition to Year 1.
Explore the Reception pathway → 🏡Mixed-age care · Birth–5Bring care and learning together in a home-based setting. Explore mixed-age provision, manageable planning and family partnership.
Explore the childminder pathway → 📚Shared guidance · Birth–5Connect practice across rooms and ages. Explore curriculum coherence, pedagogy, policies and guidance for your team.
Browse shared Birth–5 guidance →Working across ages? Use whichever pathways are useful for your children. Nursery teams can combine the baby, toddler and preschool pathways with the shared Birth–5 guidance.
Free starting points
These two free documents introduce the shared approach. Read them online or use the downloads on their pages, then explore the guidance in your chosen pathway.
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Explore the principles behind the resources: relationships, purposeful play, responsive teaching and an inclusive curriculum from birth to five.
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See how the pathways connect, with a shared approach that develops as children grow and learn.
Read free guidance →Looking up an unfamiliar term? Browse the free EYFS Curriculum & Pedagogy Glossary.
Explore the range
Open a focus below for a few examples from across the Suite. Links lead to document overview pages; each pathway contains its fuller collection.
Explore more in the age and setting pathways.
Explore more in the age and setting pathways.
Explore more in the age and setting pathways.
Explore more in the age and setting pathways.
Explore more in the age and setting pathways.
Explore more in the age and setting pathways.
Shared guidance · Birth–5
Use these documents alongside your age-specific or childminder pathway to develop a shared language for curriculum, pedagogy and everyday practice.
Connect curriculum intent and progression across birth–5.
Consider the principles that guide adult interactions and provision.
Explore a shared setting statement for communication and language.
Recognise repeated patterns of play and consider responsive provision.
Policy documents for nursery and preschool settings to review and adapt.
Policy documents shaped around home-based childminding practice.
All included with All Access. For the principles behind this shared approach, start with the two free introductory documents.
One membership · Sitewide access
All Access includes every Curriculum & Pedagogy pathway and the resources across Little Owls Resources. Explore the documents, printables and practical support that help your everyday practice.
Already a paying member? Sign in with your usual account to explore the Suite. Your existing subscription continues at its current price and billing schedule.
A few useful details
Choose the pathway closest to your children’s ages or your setting. Its introductory guidance explains the approach; the document list helps you find what is useful next. You can also begin with the free Birth–5 guidance on this page.
Yes. Every pathway is included with All Access. Nursery teams can use guidance across their rooms, and childminders can draw on age-specific documents alongside the mixed-age pathway. Use the age ranges as a starting point and adapt your choices to individual children.
Formats are listed on each document page. Many resources include editable Word documents and PDF versions; selected guidance can also be read online. Check the individual page for the available formats before downloading.
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Content within the EYFS Curriculum & Pedagogy Membership is provided as professional guidance and support. It reflects current understanding of the EYFS statutory framework, Development Matters and inspection expectations at the time of writing. Practitioners are responsible for applying professional judgement and ensuring practice aligns with current statutory requirements and their specific context. All resources, experiences and environment arrangements must be risk assessed by the setting and used in accordance with individual children’s developmental stages, needs and supervision requirements.
Safeguarding content does not replace a setting’s safeguarding and child protection policy or the statutory role of the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL). All concerns must be managed in line with current statutory guidance and local safeguarding procedures.
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