Aistear: the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework
Aistear: the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework. The Framework uses four interconnected themes to describe the content of children’s learning and development: Well-being, Identity and Belonging, Communicating, and Exploring and Thinking. Aistear highlights the critical role of play, relationships and language for young children’s learning. In doing this, it provides a guide to using play, interactions, partnerships with parents, and assessment to help children progress in their learning and development. Aistear is for all children from birth to six years.
Síolta the National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education
Síolta, the National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education, was designed to define, assess and support the improvement of quality across all aspects of practice in early childhood care and education (ECCE) settings where children aged birth to six years are present.
The Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
The purpose of the Practice Guide is to support practitioners in using Aistear- the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework (2009) and Síolta – the National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education (2006) together to develop the quality of their curriculum and in doing so, to better support children’s learning and development.
