This curriculum is my way of sharing with you the types of gently led activities that filled our days during my daughter's early years. Projects rich in quality books, a few choice play and learning materials, and plenty of simple, fun, low cost, low waste, open-ended and child-led activities.
Are you looking for a curriculum that is gently led and flexible?
This curriculum is gently led. This means that I have carefully curated a bank of activity suggestions in which your child is invited to contribute to the preparations as well as the process, with very few requiring any expectation of an end product or goal.
This curriculum is flexible. This means that the activity suggestions I have included can often be simplified for the very young, or for those who need extra support. Extension ideas are included too. For this reason, I have suggested a guide range of 2-7 years, but I know that some families are using it with older children.
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This is not an 'open and go' curriculum. You will need to plan ahead a lttle, by gathering and preparing resources. If you are home educating a child age 5 years or above, you may wish to source additional support for mathematics and language learning.
I am often asked, 'How did you introduce Project Based Learning with your daughter?' This is how.
Why should you pick my curriculum?
I am an Early Years specialist, with a passion for play. I’ve worked with children in a play capacity for over 20 years, first as an Early Years teacher and now as a childminder. I am also a mother and home educator. All of the activities shared within my guides have been trialled in the classroom, or with my daughter and mindees.
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My overarching business ethos is to support families with activities that are simple, fun, low cost, low waste, open-ended and child led. At this stage, you can purchase just the one theme, so it is affordable to try it out to see if it is the right fit for your family.
How does the curriculum work?
Each theme will be available to purchase in advance, so that you have time to gather books and resources, and to make your rough plan.
Included in each guide is a recommended reading list, a list of related play and learning materials, and a bank of ideas for gently led activities with your children, as well as some invitations to play.
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The guides can be worked through at your own pace, and in any order, although I do include a suggested week-by-week plan. There are enough adult-led activity ideas for you to complete one per week day over four weeks, with invitations to play to offer alongside.
Releasing one theme per month has proven to be too ambitious for me this academic year. I can only share with you my overall plan, and hope to release each theme as and when I am able to. I will try to update this overview regularly.
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Cycle One (2023-24)
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September - Five Senses
October - Autumn
November - Light
December - Advent
January - Winter
February - Feelings
March - Homes (postponed)
April - Spring (original version still available - will update in 2025)
May - The Farm (postponed)
June - Butterflies (postponed)
July - Summer - COMING 25TH MAY
August - Sunflowers (release postponed)
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Cycle Two (2024-25)
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September - Science (in progress)
October - Woodlands
November - Food (in progress)
December - TBC
January - Arctic & Antarctic
February - Colour
March - Maths
April - Art
May - Weather
June - Gardens
July - Bees
August - Water