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Little Explorers · ages 3-4Independence · 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.
Choose their level
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Your choice: The Independence Flight · Little Explorers (ages 3-4) · 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 3-4 · Little Explorers
Sky's First Flap
Yara says: “One nest is for Can do. One nest is for Help me. Both nests are good nests.”Yara
- About 5 to 8 min
- Story read aloud to them
- Parent-led throughout
- Sorting
Sky stands on the edge of her nest. She flaps her wings. Flap, flap, wobble... flump! She lands on her bottom.
"I can't fly," says Sky. "I can't do anything!"
Yara the yak peeks over the ledge. She has two little nests.
First, a choice: 3 options
- Eating with a spoon
- Putting on shoes
- Pouring from a big jug
On the printed page: Draw a line from each picture to a nest, or point.
By the end they have: Two picture nests sorted; Can do, help me added to the toolbox.
You will need: The two nests on this page, or two bowls or cushions
- Together, look at the four pictures: spoon, shoes, big jug, washing hands.
- Point to a picture. Say it with Sky: Can do! or Help me!
- Put each picture in a nest. Flap your arms for every Can do. Give a hug for every Help me.
Smaller step if needed: Sort just two pictures today, the spoon and the shoes.
The grown-up’s part: Let your child's answer stand, even if you think they can (or can't) do it. This is about how they see it today.
This week, pick one Help me picture and try it with your grown-up's hands right next to yours.
What it practises: Practise noticing what you can do yourself and what you'd like help with, using two picture nests.
Word for word from Mission 1 of the draft The Independence Flight for ages 3-4. 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 3-4 (Little Explorers)
Picture matching, movement, simple choices, pretend play, storytelling. About 5-10 min (a few up to 12) per mission. No reading needed. Grown-up role: parent-led throughout.
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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