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Future Leaders · ages 9-10Independence · with Sky
The Independence Flight
30 playful missions to help your child practise taking initiative and making their own age-appropriate choices. Gather the drifting clouds so the Cloudtop Isles draw close together again, with Sky as their guide.
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Your choice: The Independence Flight · Future Leaders (ages 9-10) · printable PDF + online adventure
This edition is still being written, illustrated and tested. We only sell an edition once all 30 missions are finished in both formats.
Also part of Choose Any 3 ($74.99) and the Complete Collection ($184.99), each for one age level.
The story
The goal: Gather the drifting clouds so the Cloudtop Isles draw close together again.
Your child’s part: Your child plans, chooses and has a go at jobs on their own, and decides when to ask for help. Each job they take on gathers a cloud, until the isles draw close and Sky can fly solo at the air show.
Independence is doing things for yourself and making choices that fit your age, from packing a bag to planning an afternoon.
Why parents might choose it
- You find yourself doing tasks they could manage
- They wait to be told what to do next
- You want them ready for more responsibility
Just gentle ideas to help you choose.
The Independence Flight
Here’s what a mission looks like
The story goal: Gather the drifting clouds so the Cloudtop Isles draw close together again.
Mission 1 · Nest Steps
Ages 9-10 · Future Leaders
Skills Audit
Sky says: “She picked me. Out of everyone on the isles. Which is either a compliment or a sign she ran out of options.”Sky
- About 15 to 25 min
- Reads the story themselves
- Self-directed, parent checks in
- Sorting
Yara's message arrives by flying squirrel at half past six in the morning, which is never a good sign. Sky reads it twice, then flaps it at you.
The story continues in the mission.
First, a choice: 3 options
- Start with the cards you're sure of
- Start with the not-yets
- Sort separately, then swap and challenge
On the printed page: Sort the cards into the three nests, or write each task in a column.
By the end they have: Skills audit.
You will need: The task cards on the card sheet, or twelve scraps of paper · A pencil
- Sort the twelve task cards into three piles: I can, I can with help, Not yet. Write two tasks of your own on the blank cards and sort those too.
- Next to each with-help card, write who could help you with it.
- Choose two not-yet cards. For each, write the very first step that would move it to with help.
- Swap lists with someone at home, or check Sky's list on the page. Each of you may challenge one card. Move it only if you're convinced.
- Circle one with-help task to try this week, and write down who and when.
Smaller step if needed: Sort six cards and plan a first step for one not-yet task.
The grown-up’s part: Be the swap partner if asked. Challenge one card at most, and accept it if your child holds their ground with a reason.
Choose one task from your with-help pile, agree a day with your helper, and do it this week.
What it practises: Practise judging honestly what you can do alone, with help or not yet, and plan a first step for two not-yet tasks.
Word for word from Mission 1 of the draft The Independence Flight for ages 9-10. The edition is not yet approved, so wording may change, and the mission’s own illustrations are still to come.
The five-chapter journey
Five places in Cloudtop Isles. Thirty missions. Five stars to collect.
Six missions in each chapter. Finishing a chapter lights up a new star on the map, on paper and on screen.
- Nest Steps · missions 1 to 6
- My-Choice Market · missions 7 to 12
- Wind Path · missions 13 to 18
- Builder’s Bay · missions 19 to 24
- Open Skies · missions 25 to 30
Activities in this adventure
Real-world challenge, Story choices, Puzzles, Treasure hunt, Craft.
At ages 9-10 (Future Leaders)
Planning, reflection, social scenarios, goal setting, independent online play. About 15-25 min (a few up to 30) per mission. Independent reading. Grown-up role: self-directed, parent checks in.
What’s included
One adventure, two ways to play.
The printable PDF
- Adventure introduction and character pages
- All five chapters and 30 missions, fully illustrated
- Puzzles to circle, match, draw and colour
- Grown-up guidance and answer notes
- Progress map with stars to colour
- Reward stickers to cut out
- Completion certificate
The online adventure
- The same 30 missions as interactive games
- Tap, drag, reveal and choose instead of writing
- Character reactions and completion animations
- Digital stars, badges and a final certificate
- Carry on where you stopped, on any device
- Works on phones, tablets and computers
- Tap alternatives to every drag-and-drop
Paper and screen
Every activity works both ways.
The same mission plays on paper or on screen with the same answer. This is how each activity type changes between the two formats.
| Activity | In the PDF | Online |
|---|---|---|
| Story choice | Circle an answer | Tap an answer |
| Secret code | Draw the symbols | Tap symbols into a lock |
| Matching | Draw lines | Drag or tap pairs |
| Ordering | Number the pictures | Drag or tap into order |
| Hidden things | Colour what you find | Tap the scene |
| Feelings | Colour a face | Tap a face |
| Drawing | Draw in the frame | Draw on screen |
| Real world | Tick the box | Tap “We tried it!” |
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