EYLF Learning Outcomes

Discover picture books that align with the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF).

Each outcome links to a selection of books that supports children's learning and development in key areas.

Children have a strong sense of identity

Identity is the cornerstone to children's learning, development and wellbeing

• Children feel safe, secure and supported 14 • Children develop their emerging autonomy, inter-dependence, resilience and agency 23 • Children develop knowledgeable, confident self-identities and a positive sense of self-worth 37 • Children learn to interact in relation to others with care, empathy and respect 37

Children are connected with and contribute to their world

Experiences of relationships and participation in communities contribute to children's belonging, being and becoming

• Children develop a sense of connectedness to groups and communities and an understanding of their reciprocal rights and responsibilities as active and informed citizens 31 • Children respond to diversity with respect 11 • Children become aware of fairness 7 • Children become socially responsible and show respect for the environment 22

Children have a strong sense of wellbeing

Wellbeing incorporates both physical and psychological aspects and is central to belonging, being and becoming

• Children become strong in their social, emotional and mental wellbeing 27 • Children become strong in their physical learning and wellbeing 0 • Children are aware of and develop strategies to support their own mental and physical health and personal safety 7

Children are confident and involved learners

Children's learning is holistic, combining children's sensory perceptions, body movement, actions, thinking and emotions

• Children develop a growth mindset and learning dispositions such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination and reflexivity 42 • Children develop a range of learning and thinking skills and processes such as problem solving, inquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and investigating 30 • Children transfer and adapt what they have learned from one context to another 1 • Children resource their own learning through connecting with people, place, technologies and natural and processed materials 0

Children are effective communicators

Communication is crucial to belonging, being and becoming

• Children interact verbally and non-verbally with others for a range of purposes 7 • Children engage with a range of texts and gain meaning from these texts 19 • Children express ideas and make meaning using a range of media 15 • Children begin to understand how symbols and pattern systems work 15 • Children use digital technologies and media to access information, investigate ideas and represent their thinking 0