The IEYC is designed around eight learning principles, that we consider essential to children’s learning and development.

• The earliest years of life are important in their own right.
• Children should be supported to learn and develop at their own unique pace.
• Play is an essential aspect of all children’s learning and development.
• Learning happens when developmentally-appropriate, teacher-scaffolded and child initiated experiences harness children’s natural curiosity in an enabling environment.
• Independent and interdependent learning experiences create a context for personal development and are the foundation of international mindedness.
• Knowledge and skills development lead to an increasing sense of understanding when children are provided with opportunities to explore and express their ideas in multiple ways.
• Ongoing assessment, in the form of evaluation and reflection, is effective when it involves a learning-link with the home.
• Learning should be motivating, engaging and fun, opening up a world of wonder for children where personal interests can flourish.