Aistear Blogs

The Early Childhood team in NCCA is developing a series of blogs to share insights on the recently updated Aistear: the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework.

The blogs will support educators, families and other interested stakeholders in becoming familiar with the new and enhanced concepts of the updated Framework. The first blog in the series focuses on the Principles of Aistear and illustrates the importance of the Principles as the foundation for early learning and development for babies, toddlers and young children.

Other blogs to date look at the: The agentic educator in Aistear and Aistear and the Irish language.

Future blogs will explore Aistear and the outdoors; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Aistear; Aistear and the Arts; Emergent Literacy; Emergent numeracy; and STEM in the updated Framework.

We are releasing the blogs fortnightly and hope you find their practical introductions to key aspects of the updated Aistear helpful.