The launch of the Early Years Foundation Stage caught the imagination of the press last week, with a host of 'nappy curriculum' headlines such as 'Babies to be given marks for babbling' in The Daily Telegraph and 'A crying shame - inspectors will check on how many babies are in tears at our nurseries' in the Daily Express. The Guardian asked, 'Is your baby playing with its toes yet? If not, the government wants to know'.The Daily Mail, like many other papers, declared the EYFS 'the 'Final proof the nanny state has gone ga-ga'. The growing phone-in competition scandal engulfed...