Charlie's Booka keepsake that grows one page a day
Every art day becomes a dated page — the activity, the story of how it went, the moments worth remembering, and your photos. Download it whenever you like once you subscribe (families on the home education trial can download during their trial), print it, keep it for the shelf. This is what four days look like.
Up to four children per family, each with their own Book.
This is a sample. Charlie is made up, and the numbers are illustrative. Your Book will hold your own child's days and photos.
“A washing-up bowl of foam, a spoon, and a scatter of pom-poms to rescue. Charlie worked at it for nearly twenty minutes — far longer than last week — digging each one out and naming its colour as it surfaced. He asked to do it again tomorrow.”
What Mum noticed
Fine motor12345
Engagement12345
Communication and language12345
After each activity, a few quick questions. Your answers shape the report, the growth chart and tomorrow's activity.
Highlights of the day
A moment that mattered
“I rescued the orange one — it was stuck in the bubbles!”
Something new
Held the spoon with a proper grip for the first time
What today grew
Fine motor
Sensory
Engagement
Photos from today
The rescue begins — spoon at the readyDigging for the colours underneath
Mum's note
Twenty minutes of steady scooping — the longest he's stuck at anything this month.
Page 2 · the next art day
Charlie
Thursday, 6 August 2026
Page 2
Today's activity · Rainbow foam rescue — again, by request
“He asked for the foam tray the moment he woke up. Today Charlie set it up himself — pom-poms in, scoops lined up — and sorted every rescue into colour families without being prompted.”
Highlights of the day
A moment that mattered
Sorted every pom-pom into colour families and named each one
Independence
Set up the whole tray himself — pom-poms in, scoops lined up
What today grew
Choices & independence
Fine motor
Sensory
Photos from today
Today's set-up — he chose the yellow scoopEvery last one rescued and sorted
Mum's note
Two days running, entirely his idea. He told grandma all about it at dinner — first time he's finished something and wanted to show everyone.
Page 3 · a week in
Charlie
Monday, 10 August 2026
Page 3
Today's activity · Playdough creatures
“Twenty-five minutes at the table — his longest session yet. He made ‘a family’ of five creatures and gave each one a name and a job.”
Highlights of the day
Independence
Set up his own mat and tools without being asked
A moment that mattered
“This one is me. I'm the brave one.”
What today grew
Choices & independence
Engagement
Social interaction
Mum's note
Three days in and he's already asking for the next one — this page is the bit I'll keep.
Charlie's first report
Approved by Mum · 10 August 2026
Over his first three art days, Charlie has stayed with each activity for longer every time — from around ten minutes to twenty-five. He has begun setting up and tidying away on his own, and he enjoys naming colours as he works. Mum noticed he is keen to show others what he has made. Activities with plenty of scooping, sorting and making characters seem to suit him well right now.
Nothing is saved until you've read and approved it.
Illustrative · the kind of progress you might notice
2× longer
focusing at the table — day three held him for 25 steady minutes
3 new skills
a proper spoon grip, sorting by colour, and naming every shade
Every day
he chose to set up or tidy away — unprompted, all on his own
Illustrative only — this block shows the kind of progress you might notice. It is not a page the Book generates.
Page 4 · a shared session
Charlie
Wednesday, 12 August 2026
Page 4
Done together with Ruby
Today's activity · Big paper sponge-print mural
“A long roll of brown paper across the floor, four pots of paint and a pile of sponges. Ruby and Charlie started at opposite ends. Charlie filled his half with careful rows of dots, then crept across to add swirls to Ruby's side — and asked her first.”
Highlights of the day
A moment that mattered
“Can I put a yellow one next to yours?”
Something new
Took turns with the sponges without being reminded
What today grew
Social interaction
Communication
Fine motor
Photos from today
The whole mural, end to endHis dots, meeting her swirls
Mum's note
He asked Ruby before adding to her side — that was the bit I wanted to remember.
Ruby has her own page for this day in her own Book.
Outside the Book · the growth chart in the app
Grey dot: where Charlie started. Terracotta bar: his average over recent sessions.
Communication2 → 3.2
Engagement2 → 3.8
Choices & independence2 → 3.6
Emotional regulation2 → 2.6
Sensory3 → 3.9
Fine motor2 → 3.5
Gross motor3 → 3.4
Confidence2 → 3.3
Social interaction3 → 3.2
This chart isn't part of the Book. It lives in the app on your child's page (Child tab) and updates after every session, built from your own check-ins. Illustrative numbers.
For home educators · a sample learning record
Your child's learning, dated and in your words
Alongside the Book, you can download a learning record for each child: every session, dated, with the activity and your own notes. It may help you gather evidence of your child's learning — you may find it useful when you register or report.
Charlie — Learning record
1 July 2026 to 30 September 2026 · 8 sessions
A dated list of creative arts sessions and the notes recorded on each day. It may help you gather evidence when you report on your child's learning.
DateActivityNotes and highlightsPhoto
3 July 2026Ice painting — droppers & saltA process art activity using ice blocks, droppers, liquid colour, coarse salt (outdoor, table).
Dropped colour onto the ice for ages and watched the salt make little tunnels.
Asked for 'more blue' and squeezed the dropper himself.
14 July 2026Sponge ball painting & printingA process art activity using sponge balls, paint, paper (indoor, table).
Stamped in rows, then switched to rolling the ball across the page.
28 July 2026Flower & leaf printingA process art activity using fresh flowers, leaves, paint, paper (outdoor, table).
Chose the leaves from the garden himself — wanted 'the bumpy ones'.
Pressed each one down with both hands and peeled it off slowly.
4 August 2026Pompoms with tongs, cups, spoons, bottles & bubbles in a water troughA process art activity using pompoms of different sizes, tongs, cups and spoons, bottles, bubble mix, water trough (water play, outdoor).
Scooped and named colours for nearly twenty minutes.
6 August 2026Pompoms with tongs, cups, spoons, bottles & bubbles in a water troughA process art activity using pompoms of different sizes, tongs, cups and spoons, bottles, bubble mix, water trough (water play, outdoor).
Set up the tray himself and sorted pompoms into colour families.
Picked tiny ones up with the tongs on his own.
19 August 2026Magazine collage — pictures, scissors & glue on large brown cardA process art activity using large brown card, old magazines, child scissors, glue sticks (indoor, table).
Snipped along the edges of pictures and glued them in a big pile in the middle.
2 September 2026Sponge ball painting & printingA process art activity using sponge balls, paint, paper (indoor, table).
Painted alongside Ruby on one big sheet and took turns with the sponges.
23 September 2026Chalk drawing on natural materials — flat wood, concrete, wooden blocks, dry chalk & concrete pathwayA process art activity using flat wood, wooden blocks (varying sizes), large coloured dry chalk, concrete pathway (outdoor).
Drew long lines down the path and called it 'a road for the cars'.
Rubbed the chalk with his fingers to make it go soft.
Prepared by the parent using The Process Art Academy.
The Academy is a creative arts resource, not an approved program, so please check your local home education requirements.
One page per day
Every check-in becomes a dated page, oldest first — a book that reads front to back, like the journey it records.
Yours to keep
Download the whole Book with your photos embedded, print it at home, or send it to a photo-book printer. Subscribers can download at any time, and so can families on the home education trial. It belongs to your family, not to us.
Written in your words
Edit any line, caption every photo, add your own notes. The Book keeps what you write — nothing is overwritten.
