With the much welcomed elevation of Physical Development (PD) to 'priority' status in the revised EYFSC, the spotlight has fallen inevitably on the service providers who are available to support practitioners absorb initiatives into their daily practice and affect positively the lives of the children in their care.
This new focus has not happened overnight and it should not have come as any great surprise. Many countries, including Finland, Hungary, Canada, the US, Australia and New Zealand have long considered physical development to be a critical component in their early years provision and certain educational approaches such as Montessori and Steiner have PD firmly embedded in their conceptual frameworks.
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