Smidt, a writer and consultant in Early Years education, provides this guidebook to practitioners who must implement the Early Years Foundation Stage into existing educational programs. The author stresses the importance of the planning stages of this program and offers step-by-step instructions for building the framework for both the Learning 1 and Learning 2 stages. This book also provides ideas, activities and exercises for integrating the concepts into everyday learning and development and provides a list of books and resources so that practitioners can expand and customize the curriculum. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)