Education history slowly recognised that learning begins before formal school.
Nursery education and early years provision developed gradually through the twentieth century. Reformers increasingly recognised that young children needed care, play, health, language and development support before formal schooling.
This matters because school readiness is not only a child trait. It is shaped by poverty, health, language, home pressure, childcare, disability and early support.
Awareverse sees early years as a prevention space. When early needs are missed, later school crisis is more likely.
A common mistake is treating early years as childcare only, rather than development and access.
Who had power here, who was left outside, and what would have changed if the human being was seen first?
These deep dives open out from this part of the timeline.