A Year With My Child
Your step-by-step guide to creating a magical year of learning and bonding with your toddler.
Every week, discover easy-to-follow activities designed to spark joy, curiosity, and connection.
Need activities? No problem.
Feeling overwhelmed trying to keep your toddler engaged? Our course is your ultimate toolkit, filled with playful, purposeful activities that fit seamlessly into your daily routine.
Effortless to set up, even on busy days
Foster creativity and curiosity with every activity
Expertly designed to grow with your child
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A Year With My Child is here to help
This year-long course transforms ordinary moments into extraordinary memories.
Play should be simple
We’ll cook, make playdough, do collage and crafts. We’ll also look ahead to drawing and writing without ever going near a worksheet. ‘Writing’ for younger children means finger painting, clothes-peg activities and threading.
It’s about exploration and discovery
Creative, resourceful children don’t get bored. They are independent self-starters who make their own fun.
There’s nothing to buy
You already have everything you need at home. Pots and pans, wooden spoons and wooden blocks.
Give your child the time and space to play and you’ll be amazed at what she can do with very little.
Get set for fun!
Join today and make every moment count
We provide you with 47 modules
Each module provides structured activities and practical guidance to support your child’s development and make learning engaging and effective.
1
Set up you home
2
Daily Habits
3
Balance
5
Praxis
6
Learning tools and heuristic play
7
Attachment play
8
Mark making
9
A first look at schemas
10
Four levels of schemas
11
Back and forth
12
Self-regulation
13
Toys
14
Finger play
15
Action songs
16
From concrete to abstract
17
Matching
18
Spatial reasoning
19
Pattern recognition
20
Placing
21
Help your child to learn
22
The stages of development
23
Constructivism
24
Gross motor skills
25
Crossing the midline
26
Bilateral co-ordination
27
Visual perceptual development
28
Auditory discrimination
29
Playground chalk
30
Transporting
31
Imitation
32
Symbolic play
33
Block play
34
Craft activities
35
Sorting
36
Colours
37
Shapes
38
Fine motor skills
39
Small word play
40
Painting
41
Transitions
42
Sand and science
43
Water, water, everywhere
44
Language development
45
Language development
46
Numbers and counting
47
Malleable materials
1
Set up you home
2
Daily Habits
3
Balance
5
Praxis
6
Learning tools and heuristic play
7
Attachment play
8
Mark making
9
A first look at schemas
10
Four levels of schemas
11
Back and forth
12
Self-regulation
13
Toys
14
Finger play
15
Action songs
16
From concrete to abstract
17
Matching
18
Spatial reasoning
19
Pattern recognition
20
Placing
21
Help your child to learn
22
The stages of development
23
Constructivism
24
Gross motor skills
25
Crossing the midline
26
Bilateral co-ordination
27
Visual perceptual development
28
Auditory discrimination
29
Playground chalk
30
Transporting
31
Imitation
32
Symbolic play
33
Block play
34
Craft activities
35
Sorting
36
Colours
37
Shapes
38
Fine motor skills
39
Small word play
40
Painting
41
Transitions
42
Sand and science
43
Water, water, everywhere
44
Language development
45
Language development
46
Numbers and counting
47
Malleable materials
What Parents Are Saying
Don’t just take our word for it—see how A Year With My Child has transformed the everyday lives of families.
Bethany
I'm loving 'A year with my child so far'. It's so engaging to read and has given me lots of food for thought in how I support my daughter to explore the world. I very much look forward to the email arriving in my inbox every Monday!
Caroline
Absolutely loving the course, it's just fantastic. I love the fact it’s great theory without making me feel like I should be doing anything extra, bar tweaking what we are doing already. Very well pitched.
Suzy
Thank you for offering A Year With My Child! I am so grateful for the way you present your tried-and-true philosophy aimed at taking advantage of all the natural ways we can build a loving and stimulating learning atmosphere for our little ones. I very much appreciate the way you explain each concept and the reasoning behind each piece of a child’s development.
Helen
In love with these emails already! Thank you so much, they’re EXACTLY what I was looking for.
Annabelle
Thank you, thank you for this fount of knowledge and inspiration! Soaking up every word and loving the focused weekly format.
Jessica
I’m a secondary teacher (Classics) but wish I could delay my children starting school. I love your play ethos - it really resounds with what I want childhood to be about. And I love the way you balance pedagogy with child psychology and parenting ideas. I’m learning a lot and thinking a lot. You’re doing a fantastic job, thank you!
Mia
I was so happy to find your email course! My daughter has [been unwell] and not been able to attend preschool. I have felt an incredible pressure to learn about early childhood development and create meaningful opportunities for her just within our home. In my search to learn, I easily became overwhelmed with too many voices and ideas found on social media. This year I have dedicated myself to seeking fewer and better experts to more reliably take away what I need to understand and assist her development and move on to playing with her more. Finding your weekly email course has been so meaningful and empowering.
Bronwen
I'll use this opportunity to just say how much I adore your content. I also have a Lifetime subscription to Get Set Five, and am finding it so helpful in simplifying my "survivalist homeschool" experience right now. (Homeschooling due to the pandemic, and moving abroad in 5 months, so the meticulous school planning I was doing months ago has had to take a backseat while we downsize all our worldly possessions to gear up for the move). I'm a teacher (but high school) and I love love love the theory behind all I'm learning in your courses and the inquiry-based approach. I'm also a big fan of your 100 Toys content and have gotten some really wonderful ideas from your posts there. Especially love the "shop your closet" toy rotation chart! Thanks for all you do. Your writing style is so direct, no-nonsense, informed, and lighthearted - it's clear you're a gifted educator, be it for children or their parents!
Meet Maria
I’m an MD by training, and during my studies, my interests strongly gravitated towards children and their development. This passion led me to acquire additional qualifications to work with children in nurseries and preschools.
Now, I combine my medical knowledge with my experience as an Early Childhood Educator and as a mother. This blend allows me to comprehensively understand and address the needs of young children at various stages of their development.
My goal is to create content that genuinely helps you raise your children to become happy, healthy, and resilient adults. At the same time, I aim to make your parenting journey more confident and simplified. The insights and advice I offer are rooted in the very questions I ask myself.
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People love the courses, and we're sure you will too. But if you're not completely happy, email for a full refund anytime in the first 30 days.
FAQ
We know you might have questions, and we’re here to help! From how the course works to what you’ll need to get started, our FAQ section has all the answers you need to feel confident about joining A Year With My Child.
Do I need to buy anything else?
You already have everything you need at home. Most of it is in your kitchen cupboards and craft tray. I assume that you’ve got some blocks, a ball and a couple of figures or dolls, but that’s it. The themes we’ll explore are timeless. Toys come and go. The way children learn doesn’t change.
What if I want to cancel?
People love the courses, and we’re sure you will too. But if you’re not completely happy, email for a full refund anytime in the first 30 days.
Do I have to do all the activities?
Complete the course at a pace that suits you. It’s OK to skip or repeat weeks. Our aim is to build confidence and have fun.
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