OCCASIONAL PAPER 12 - What is ‘early reading’ for under-threes? A reflection on ‘conversations’ with graduate practitioners in England: A response to Ofsted’s ‘Early reading’ training video

Dr Karen Boardman

This paper suggests an alternative approach in supporting under-threes with early reading, which is not focused on teaching phonics. The paper highlights that the policy driver from OfSTED is reducing early years children to being ‘school ready’, which is not how the EYFS was intended to be interpreted or implemented. Karen suggests it is time to reconsider how best to support early reading for under-threes, rethink pedagogy and separate phonics teaching from early reading.

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