A Whole Year of Lessons, Planned for You.
An online lesson planner & learning guide that follows the Australian seasons — 40 weeks across four terms, each spelt out step by step. Read it in your dashboard, on any device. No printing, no piecing it together.
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The Full Year
- ✓All four terms — a complete, sequenced year of lessons
- ✓Weekly plans, materials lists, learning ideas & curriculum codes
- ✓Read online in your dashboard, on any device
- ✓Yours for keeps — reuse it as your kids grow
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What’s in Every Week
The same gentle rhythm each week, so kids settle in and you always know what’s next — plus a step-by-step block telling you exactly what to gather, do, say, and look for.
Big Question
The wonder that frames the week.
Outdoor exploration
A nature-study or field activity.
Homestead skill
A real, hands-on garden or kitchen skill.
Literacy link
A read-aloud, copywork or journal prompt.
Numeracy link
Maths drawn from the real task.
Science / inquiry
An investigation or simple experiment.
Make it
A craft, build or creative response.
Curriculum codes
The Australian Curriculum boxes it covers.
Read a Free Sample Week
This is Term 1, Week 1 — shown in the exact lesson layout you’ll use. Every one of the 40 weeks follows this same easy shape.
Setting the table for the year
What is our patch of nature, and how does it change?
Ask it, then stop talking — let them guess, wonder, and be wrong.
🧭 Teaching Notes
The idea behind the week — how to teach it, and what to draw out.
This opening week is about attention, not answers. The goal is that each child adopts a ‘patch’ of nature as their own and learns to look closely — mapping, naming and noticing become the habits the whole year rests on. Model curiosity out loud (“I wonder why nothing grows in that corner?”) rather than explaining. A common trap is rushing to identify everything: resist it, because noticing that something changes matters more than knowing its name. Younger children can simply draw and point; older ones can measure, add compass directions and predict what will change by next month.
Before You Start, Gather:
A blank journal per child, pencils, a tray for the nature table, and a tape measure (or just your feet).
The Week’s Plan
In any order, across the weekWalk the whole space together first, then give each child a base map (a rectangle for the yard) to mark sun, shade, water, the ‘wild corner’ and anything edible. Use quick symbols — a sun for sunny spots, wavy lines for water — so the map is easy to read when you return to it later.
Set up the two anchors the whole year rests on: a nature table (a shelf or tray for finds) and a nature journal per child. Date the first journal page today and sketch one thing from outside, however rough — the habit matters far more than the art.
Open with a short read-aloud to set the tone, then model an ‘I notice…’ sentence out loud about something you can see, thinking aloud as you write it. Each child then writes their own first line — Little Hands dictate while you scribe; Bigger Hands add an ‘I wonder…’.
Pace out each edge of the garden heel-to-toe, counting your steps, then record the rough dimensions and draw a simple scale map. Bigger Hands can convert paces to metres and work out the area.
Watch where the sun rises and sets from your patch and mark both spots against a landmark (a fence post, a tree). You’ll come back to these all year to see how far the sunrise point drifts with the seasons.
Press a few summer leaves under a heavy book, then use them to decorate the cover of the nature journal. Making it beautiful turns it into a treasured object worth filling.
How to Run It
Step by step — nothing assumed
Walk the whole space together first. Then give each child a simple base map (a rectangle for the yard) and have them add symbols — a sun for sunny spots, wavy lines for water, a tree for shade. Pace out one edge heel-to-toe and count the steps to get a rough measurement.
Which part of our patch do you think changes the most through the year? Why?
Easier — just draw and label, skip the scale. Harder — measure with a tape, calculate the area, and add a compass direction (N/S/E/W).
❓ Questions to Explore
Open questions to weave through the week — no single right answer.
- •What lives in our patch that we walk past every day?
- •Which part changes the most through the year, do you think?
- •If you were an animal, where in our patch would you live, and why?
- •What would you have to watch to know a season had changed?
Take It Further
Deepen the weekWindow by Jeannie Baker — a wordless book showing one place change over the years; talk about what might change in your own patch.
habitat — the home a plant or animal lives in
observe — to watch closely
feature — a part of a place (a sunny spot, a tree)
map — a drawing of a place seen from above
season — a time of year with its own weather.
Start a year-long ‘same spot’ record — return to one chosen spot on the first of each month and sketch or photograph what has changed.
An optional extension or multi-day investigation.
You’ll Know It Worked When…
Your child names features of your patch and uses position words — sunny, shady, near, far.
Jot what you saw — it’s your record-keeping evidence.
AC9ELE / AC9HS (place & space) / AC9S*I01 (questioning & observing).
That’s Week 1 — 39 More Where That Came From
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The Questions Every Parent Asks
How do I get it once I’ve paid?+
Instantly. You create a free account, and the moment checkout completes the planner appears in your dashboard — read any week online, on any device. One payment, no subscription.
I’ve never homeschooled before. Will I cope?+
Yes — this is one of the gentlest starts there is. Every week is spelt out step by step: what to gather, what to do, what to say, and what to look for. A plain-English teaching manual is included.
We’re experienced — is it too basic?+
Seasoned families use it as a ready-made seasonal spine, then go deeper with the extension options, discussion prompts and the curriculum codes listed on every week.
Which ages is it for?+
Roughly Foundation to Year 6 (ages 5–13). Every activity has Little Hands (F–Y2) and Bigger Hands (Y3–Y6) versions, so mixed-age families learn the same theme at their own levels.
Will it help with homeschool registration?+
It’s built to. Every week lists Australian Curriculum v9 codes and observable signs of learning, and there’s a weekly record template — so you always have something to write down. (A teaching resource, not legal advice — check your state’s requirements.)
Can I start mid-year?+
Absolutely. Each term follows a season, so jump in at the season outside your window — the terms stand alone, and the full year is yours to reuse every year after.