Welcome to the International Early Years Curriculum

The IEYC is an innovative research-based toolkit, recognising global best-practice and the developmental needs of 2-5 year olds.

It supports key areas of learning through holistic enquiry and play-based approaches encompassing all curriculum areas including personal, social and emotional development.

The IEYC Learning Principles

There are eight Learning Principles that underpin all practice in the

 IEYC, developed from our research report findings.

1. Children should be supported to learn and develop at their own unique pace.

2. Children should be supported to learn and develop at their own unique pace.
3. Children should be supported to learn and develop at their own unique pace.
4. Children should be supported to learn and develop at their own unique pace.
5. Children should be supported to learn and develop at their own unique pace.
6. Children should be supported to learn and develop at their own unique pace.
7. Children should be supported to learn and develop at their own unique pace.
8. Children should be supported to learn and develop at their own unique pace.

The IEYC Process of Learning

The IEYC process of learning captures children’s natural curiosity as a starting point and within the proper environment balances child-initiated and teacher-guided learning. 

The IEYC Learning Strands

All IEYC learning and development is underpinned by a set of four Learning Strands.

Each Learning Strand provides descriptions of what children will experience and learn about through contextualized activities woven into IEYC units of learning.

1. Independence and Interdependence

2. Communicating

3. Communicating

4. Communicating