The skill
What is the child practising?
Identify the skill at the heart of the experience.
𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡
We start with what the child is learning.
Before we create an activity or resource, we consider what sits behind it. What is the child practising? How can they experience it in a way that feels achievable and engaging? And how might that learning extend into everyday life?
The experience
How can they explore it?
Create opportunities to try, repeat, discover and take an active part.
Beyond the activity
Where could the learning go next?
Consider how the skill can become useful in other moments and environments.
How learning builds
Learning rarely happens all at once.
Children build understanding over time through experience, repetition and opportunities to try again.
Learning pathway
Encounter
Something new enters their world.
Try
They begin to have a go.
Repeat
They meet the experience again.
Build
Familiarity and confidence begin to grow.
Use
They draw on the learning in other moments.
Learning can move forwards, backwards and around again.
Progress does not need to look the same for every child.
Some children need more time, more repetition or a different way into an experience. The aim is not to rush towards the next step, but to offer enough challenge for learning without unnecessary frustration.