This paper reviews the learning and development goals of young children in countries of Asia-Pacific, as articulated in the national curricular frameworks and education policy documents, for pre-primary groups and for the early primary grades (grades 1 and 2). It also examines the instructional approaches and assessment methods that national documents recommend. Programme reports, mappings and relevant research papers provide insights on the implementation of the goals stated in the official documents. Due to the limited documents available, the review and analysis of the implementation gap can be followed up with more up-to-date documents as they become available. (author abstract)