It provides guidance for educators working with children from birth to five years of age in Australia, including long-day care, family day care, preschool and kindergarten settings. The EYLF outlines the principles, practices and learning outcomes intended to support children's learning, development and wellbeing during their early years. [1]
The EYLF Early Learning Workbook is a comprehensive, age-specific resource designed for early childhood educators working with children aged 0–5 years.
EYLF is short for the Early Years Learning Framework. It’s a guide to help educators support children from birth to age five, and through the transition to school.
Centered on belonging, being, and becoming, the EYLF highlights early childhood as a crucial stage that shapes lifelong learning and development. Families are seeking more than routine care, they want meaningful learning, values-based approaches, and programs that nurture the whole child.
The Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) is Australia’s national framework for early childhood education, designed to support children’s learning from birth to five years old. It is not a strict curriculum but rather a guiding framework that helps educators create meaningful learning experiences.
Take apart the elements of the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and examine these elements in everyday practice. On-demand learning modules introducing and exploring each of the elements of the Early Years Learning Framework and the planning cycle. A short, recorded introduction to the Early Years Learning Framework.
No matter which setting your child attends preschool (an ACT Government Preschool, an ECEC, or elsewhere), educators will use the EYLF to develop learning programs.