With the advent of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) national framework for educating children from Birth to 5, early years workers face fresh challenges. Organized around 14 chapters, Section One looks at policy, pedagogy and key issues in practice surrounding the implementation of the EYFS, and Section Two looks at the areas of learning and development in EYFS. Ways to plan, implement, observe and evaluate activities for young children from Birth to 5 are discussed, a range of theoretical perspectives is built upon and different ways of delivering the EYFS are explored. By combining so.