Grounded Learning Co

✨ PRE-PRIMARY TERM 2 IS HERE ✨

If you’ve ever thought…
“I just need someone to make this make sense…”

This is for you 💛

My Pre-Primary Term 2 Curriculum Guide is designed to help you understand what to teach, without telling you exactly how to do it.

Because real learning doesn’t look the same in every home 🌿

This term focuses on:
🌏 connection
💛 relationships
📖 storytelling
🌿 the world around us
🎨 creativity through play

Inside, you’ll find:
✔ clear, parent-friendly learning outcomes
✔ optional assessment tools (no pressure)
✔ vocabulary support
✔ flexible structure you can actually follow
✔ everything aligned with the Australian Curriculum

No rigid schedules
No overwhelm
No “tick every box” feeling

Just support, clarity, and confidence 💛

👉 Perfect if you’re:

new to homeschooling

feeling unsure where to start

trying to meet moderator requirements

wanting learning to feel calm again

👉 Grab it here: https://www.grounded-learning-co.com.au/product/22492924/learning-in-action-grounded-learning-curriculum-guide-pre-primary-homeschool-term-2

A small update to the planners 💛

I’ve changed the name to Grounded Learning Curriculum Guides.

I realised the word planner was making some families think these were weekly schedules or pre-planned lessons.

That’s not actually what they are.

These guides are designed to help you:
• understand WA curriculum outcomes
• recognise learning already happening in your home
• choose outcomes intentionally
• record evidence for your moderator

Without needing to follow a rigid weekly plan.

Many homeschool families don’t want a strict schedule, they just want reassurance that the learning happening in their home counts.

That’s exactly what these guides are designed to support.

Thank you to everyone who has shared feedback and helped shape these resources 💛

📚 Year 1 – Term 2 Homeschool Planner is here!

One of the biggest questions families ask when homeschooling is:

“How do I know I’m covering the curriculum?”

I created the Grounded Learning Co planners to make that easier.

Instead of overwhelming lesson plans, this planner shows you:

✔ what your child is learning
✔ how it connects to the Australian Curriculum
✔ and gives you simple ways to observe and record learning

Inside you'll find:

• Parent-friendly learning goals
• A suggested learning sequence across all subjects
• Optional assessment tools (perfect for moderation evidence)
• Reading, writing, science investigation and inquiry checklists
• Vocabulary cheat sheet to make curriculum language easier to understand

It’s designed to support the way many homeschool families already learn:

🌿 through play
📖 through stories
🌏 through real life experiences

You don’t need to follow it exactly, it’s there to guide you and give confidence that learning happening at home still meets curriculum outcomes.

If you're homeschooling Year 1, this may make planning a lot simpler.

You can find it here:
https://www.grounded-learning-co.com.au/product/22403055/learning-in-action-term-2-homeschool-planner-year-1

✨ Grounded Learning Co
Making learning accessible for everyone.

This week was layered, creative, and full of deep engagement.

Learning showed up through:
• a library visit with our homeschool group, including coding activities
• expanding self-care play by adding makeup to the self-care table. Barbie received a very fancy makeover
• continued small-world role play with dinosaurs
• problem-solving while posting LEGO bricks through a paper towel tube and figuring out how long pieces could fit
• gardening together, weeding, watering, and planting seeds

And then there was this moment of learning that unfolded slowly:
• a 3.5-year-old falling completely in love with a baby T-Rex garden ornament
• caring for it as a pet, feeding it other dinosaurs because it’s a carnivore, making cosy beds, giving it water
• deciding it needed a collar, and planning how to make one
• exploring materials, designing, creating, reflecting on what worked and what didn’t
• recognising some materials weren’t suitable for a collar, but choosing to repurpose them into a collage instead

We also:
• used pattern knowledge to create a colourful watercolour background for a first-day self-portrait
• practised controlled sideways lines across the page
• followed curiosity into an unexpected experiment with paper, cotton wool, and water
• observed changes as materials became wet, soft, and breakable
• strengthened fine motor skills through squeezing, tearing, and manipulating materials

At one point, my instinct was to stop it.
It was messy.
Materials weren’t being used “correctly”.

Instead, I paused.

I reminded myself:
This wasn’t hurting anyone.
This was exploration.
This was learning.

So we leaned in.
Added more water.
Added a tray.
And let it unfold.

This is what real learning looks like.
And it all counts 💚