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How a forest week works

Ten calm minutes a day. Every week, your child meets the same gentle rhythm with their Forest Buddy beside them.

1 · The opening story

Every week begins with the forest tale — read it as a book, listen to it, or watch it. Some children love learning through the story; others go straight to the work. Both are right.

2 · The fun fact — the week's theme

Oliver answers a real question (why is the sky blue?) with a picture of the topic. The discovery, word and spelling work grow out of it.

3 · Discovery

A hands-on explore of the fun fact — including a 10-minute version that needs nothing but things from the kitchen drawer.

4 · Literacy, sound by sound

Word work and spelling taught through the sounds — tap any sound and hear a real human voice say it, then blend it into the word. Phonics-first, with age-appropriate vocabulary on the UK curriculum spelling lists, so every child understands rather than guesses.

5 · The maths song

A paired forest song to make the maths stick — hum it on the school run.

6 · The worksheets

Story-led or plain — both included, with clear instructions and a worked example. Practice regenerates with fresh numbers, so a sheet is never "used up".

7 · The game

Quick, verified questions — every answer checked by our engine before it's ever asked.

8 · Times-tables & the key

Every times-table, every week — song, story and book for each. Finish the week and the Buddy earns a key: a new story opens in Oliver's Treehouse Library, kept forever.

Two ways, every week

Story-led

Learn through the tale, for the days they want a story.

Plain

Straight practice, for the days they just want to get it done.

Checked before it's taught

Every maths fact is verified by a deterministic engine before a child sees it, and the human-authored learning is reviewed by a UK teacher-trainer. Vocabulary is kept age-appropriate year by year, and the programme follows the UK curriculum. That's the whole point: school maths you can trust, and literacy every child can hear.

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