Education Endowment Foundation:Early years

Early years

Support great learning and development opportunities for two-to-five-year-olds.

Evidence-backed resources, tools, and opportunities for staff working in all types of early years setting. 

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Early Years Evidence Store

Communication and Language

Approaches and practices to support Communication and Language development in the Early Years
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ApproachesLast updated 6 months ago
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Early Years Evidence Store

Early Literacy

Approaches and practices to support literacy in the early years
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ApproachesLast updated 2 months ago
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Early Years Evidence Store

Early Mathematics

Approaches and practices to support mathematics in the early years
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ApproachesLast updated 2 months ago
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Early Years Toolkit

Explore our summaries of the best available evidence on different topics for learning and development.

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