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The Cambridge Early

Years curriculum

The Cambridge Early Years curriculum connects
children’s development with the world and people
around them.

The curriculum’s six areas

The six curriculum areas group together related
learning, helping practitioners to guide and support
progress across all areas of development. The areas are
equally important and interconnected, so it is essential
that teaching and learning take place in a holistic way.
The curriculum provides learning statements that are
based on internationally established developmental
milestones, and designed to be used by centres in India.

Communication, language & literacy Personal, social & emotional development

Speaking, listening, reading and writing are crucial to This area is central to children’s lives. It underpins their
children’s early development. Showing children the well-being and attainment in all other areas of their
importance of language through fun activities and learning. It helps them to develop social learning and
encouraging them to engage with a wide range of texts friendships, regulate their emotional responses and
helps to ignite a lifelong curiosity for learning. Teaching respond to the needs of others, and develop self-esteem
and learning throughout the programme will be in English. and confidence.

Creative expression Physical development

Creative expression allows children to communicate The curriculum encourages children to develop move-
their ideas and develop their imagination through art ment skills through play, helping them to develop posi-
and design, music, dance and drama. This important tive attitudes towards exercise and laying the founda-
curriculum area brings together skills and cognitive tions for healthy, active lives.
processes from across the whole curriculum.

Mathematics Understanding the world

At an early age, it’s important to help children Children’s natural curiosity must be encouraged, so
recognise how mathematics impacts everyday life. that they are equipped to reflect, question, explore
Through games and activities, we can introduce and interact, and are guided in their understanding of
children to mathematical language, thinking and the world. This area of the curriculum lays foundations
concepts that they will need when they start their for a range of different subjects in primary education
primary education. and beyond, including science, digital literacy, history,
geography and religious education.

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