Drawing without a pencil: arranging materials for early writing success
How do you learn to write? Does it start with drawing? No, it starts long before, with placing and arranging.
Alexis Ralphs
Through a child’s eyes: A tour of Elmwood
Welcome to Elmwood: the fictional neighbourhood at the heart of our stories. It’s a place where your child can grow up alongside a cast of companion characters, each navigating her own path through friendship, play, and growing independence.
This guide introduces the physical world of Elmwood - the real
Spring to School: An introduction
What is Spring to School? Start your journey through the preschool years with this handy overview.
Meet Sam
This is Sam, our preschool hero. Follow along as he prepares for the most exciting year of his life - getting ready for school.
Oh! The Places You'll Go! From Ben to Daisy, birth to eleven and beyond
Match your child's developmental journey from infancy through middle childhood to the paths taken by the Children of Elmwood
Meet the children of Elmwood
Who are the Children of Elmwood? And which ones should you follow? This guide will help you choose.
Elmwood, the town you grew up in
Elmwood is the town you grew up in.
You may never have walked its streets. But you know the feel of the pavement, the smell of the school hall, the hush of the house on a Saturday morning.
It’s fictional – but not fantasy.
There’s no magic here, no