Our World
From my own front door to the whole wide world.
Six rooms, twenty-four numbered lessons. We start with ourselves and our families, draw our first maps, meet the helpers in our town, listen to stories from long ago, travel the globe, and learn to make fair rules and make peace. Every lesson shows how we know — by asking, looking and checking sources ourselves.
Start with me
Every child begins with their own name, home and story.
Truthful & kind
Many voices, many families, told honestly at a gentle level.
Go and see
Walks, interviews and real objects are our textbooks.
The six rooms
Tap a board to open its four numbered lessons.
Room 1
Me & My People
Read together
A picture book about many kinds of families — then draw your own.
Lesson 1
My name has a story
Do it: Ask a grown-up why you were given your name. Write it big and decorate every letter.
Big idea: Every name carries a story, a family, and sometimes a language from far away.
How we know: You asked the person who chose it. Going to the person who was there is how historians find out too.
namestoryfamilyLesson 2
Every family is a shape
Do it: Draw the people in your home — and anyone who feels like family. There is no wrong number.
Big idea: Families come in many shapes: big, small, one grown-up, two, grandparents, chosen family. All are real families.
How we know: Look around at families you know. Count how many different shapes you can find — the world shows us.
familydifferentbelongLesson 3
When I was little
Do it: Look at a photo of yourself as a baby. What can you do now that baby could not?
Big idea: You have a history. Everybody changes and grows over time.
How we know: The photo is evidence. It shows what you looked like before you can remember.
pastnowgrowLesson 4
Same and different
Do it: With a friend or sibling, find three ways you are the same and three ways you are different.
Big idea: Being different is interesting, not wrong. Being the same helps us connect.
How we know: You checked by looking and asking — not by guessing what someone is like.
samedifferentfriend
Calm first
Hand on heart, say your whole name slowly and kindly, like greeting a friend.
One kind thing
Tell someone one thing you like about their family.
How do we know?
Ask the person who was there. First-hand stories are the first tool of every historian.
This connects to…
Ask Foxy
Your world explorer helper
Ask anything. Foxy gives hints first, then kind explanations.
Type a question below, or tap one of the ideas.
For grown-ups: history here is told truthfully and gently for young children — many families, many cultures, and voices that were once left out. Supervise walks and litter picks, and choose interview guests your child trusts. Adapt any family lesson so every child's family shape feels welcome.