Aistear is the curriculum framework for children from birth to six years in Ireland. It provides information for adults to help them plan for and provide enjoyable and challenging learning experiences, so that all children can grow and develop as competent and confident learners within loving relationships with others. Aistear describes the types of learning (dispositions, values and attitudes, skills, knowledge, andunderstanding) that are important for children in their early years, and offers ideas and suggestions as to how this learning might be nurtured.
You can find the full Aistear curriculum framework here.
Print copies of Aistear (available in English and Irish) are for sale through Government Publications by calling 01 647 6834 or emailing firstname.lastname@example.org . Each copy costs €5.00, postage is free.
Aistear: the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework was developed in 2009, in partnership with the early childhood sector. Practitioners, children, parents, people in education and training, researchers, and policy makers worked together to ensure that Aistear builds on practice in early childhood settings and is informed by research.
The NCCA’s partnership with the early childhood sector involved a number of activities.
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