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Cloudtop Isles · 30 missionsThe Independence Flight
Growing Minds · ages 5-6Independence · 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 · Growing Minds (ages 5-6) · 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 5-6 · Growing Minds
Sky's First Flap
Sky says: “Yara says flyers sort their jobs into three nests. The I can nest. The with help nest. And the not yet nest.”Sky
- About 10 to 15 min
- Story read aloud to them
- Guided play, growing independence
- Sorting
Sky stands at the very edge of her nest. She flaps as hard as she can. Her feathers puff up, her scarf slides over one eye, and she doesn't lift off at all.
"Never mind," she says. She tips out a basket of cards. Each card shows a job: tie a bow, pour a drink, fly to the far isle.
First, a choice: 3 options
- Start with the I can nest
- Start with the with help nest
- Start with the not yet nest
On the printed page: Draw a line from each card to a nest, or cut out the cards and sort them.
By the end they have: Task nests sorted; Three nests added to the toolbox.
You will need: The task cards (cut out, or use the page) · Three bowls, hats or cushions as nests (optional)
- Help Sky sort her three cards first: point to the nest where each one goes.
- Now take your own eight task cards, or point to them on the page.
- Sort them into three nests: I can, with help, not yet. Bowls, hats or the circles on the page all work as nests.
- Draw one more thing you can do on a blank card and add it.
- Choose one card from your with help nest to practise this week.
Smaller step if needed: Sort four cards into two nests: I can and with help.
The grown-up’s part: Let your child decide where each card goes, even if you'd sort it differently. If you're not sure about an I can card, say: Show me later! and move on.
Pick one card from your with help nest and practise that job with a grown-up beside you three times this week.
What it practises: Practise noticing which jobs you can do yourself, which you do with help, and which are not yet.
Word for word from Mission 1 of the draft The Independence Flight for ages 5-6. 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 5-6 (Growing Minds)
Short missions, drawing, simple puzzles, role-play, real-world challenges. About 10-15 min (a few up to 20) per mission. Optional read-aloud narration. Grown-up role: guided play, growing independence.
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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