Frequently Asked Questions

A family-style home education curriculum built around wonder. Each adventure follows one big question, weaving nature, science, art, history and beautiful literature together, so learning joins up naturally instead of being taught in separate boxes.

Not at all. Every lesson comes with a Parent Guide that walks you through the story, the aims and what you'll need, so you can explore alongside your child rather than stand at the front of a classroom.

It's designed for all ages to use together. One adventure stretches to meet each child, so a five-year-old and a twelve-year-old can explore the same page and each find their own depth.

Yes, that's exactly what it was made for. Teresa created it while home educating children of different ages at the same time, so the whole family can learn side by side from one adventure.

No. There's no set day and no set order. Pick an adventure up when a question strikes and set it down when the day calls you elsewhere. Spend an afternoon on it or a whole week.

Yes. Home education is completely legal across the UK. The law asks that your child receives an efficient, full-time education suited to their age, ability and aptitude, “either by regular attendance at school or otherwise”. Home education is the “otherwise”.

Our calm, practical guides walk you through the first steps, from the law in the UK to choosing a curriculum and common myths about home education.

In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, you write a short letter to the head teacher saying you're withdrawing your child to educate them at home. It's a notification, not a request. In Scotland, you'll need your council's consent first if your child attends a state school, and the same applies anywhere if they attend a special school arranged by the local authority. If your child has never been to school, you can simply begin.

Home educating families in the UK don't have to follow the National Curriculum. We explain what the law asks of you, and what it doesn't, in our guide.

No. UK law doesn't ask for any teaching qualification. Most home-educating parents learn alongside their children, and every Wonder lesson comes with a Parent Guide so you never have to plan from scratch.

There are no set hours. Because learning at home is one-to-one, it's far more efficient than a classroom, and many families find two to four hours of focused activity is plenty for a school-age child, woven around reading, conversation, outdoor time and everyday life.

Home-educated children usually spend time with a much wider range of ages than a classroom allows: siblings, home-ed groups, co-ops, clubs and trips. Search for “[your county] home education” to find local meet-ups, forest days and groups.

Your local authority may make informal enquiries about the education you're providing, which is normal. Many families simply send a short written summary of how their child learns. Registration rules are changing, with new local registers of children not in school being introduced, so do check the current position on gov.uk.

Most families find their approach first, from structured and timetabled to child-led, then choose resources to fit. The Wonder Curriculum is wonder-led: each adventure follows one big question across nature, science, art, history and literature, so the whole family can learn together.

Twenty-five wonder-led adventures, with a Parent Guide and one children's journal. The journal becomes a keepsake of everything your child noticed, asked and discovered.

Yes. When you buy the Volume One Family Set, each extra sibling journal is £7 off. Add the Family Set to your basket and the sibling discount is applied automatically.

Yes. You can look through pages of the children's journal on its own page.

Delivery is free on all UK orders of the Family Set. We send every order by registered post, and it takes 3–5 days to arrive. If you're ordering from outside the UK, you'll see the shipping cost in your basket before you pay.

Yes. If you change your mind, let us know within 14 days of your order arriving, then send the books back within 14 days of telling us. Once they're back with us, we'll refund you in full within 14 days, to the card you paid with. Return postage is yours to pay, unless the books are damaged or faulty.

You're welcome to look through the books, but please keep them unused. If the journal has been written in or the books are damaged, we may reduce the refund to reflect that.

We're so sorry if that happens. Please get in touch with a photo of the damage and we'll send a replacement or refund you in full, and we'll cover the return postage.

Yes. Volume One is where The Wonder Curriculum begins, and it's the first of several volumes to come. Join the Wonder Family to hear when the next one is ready.

A digital download built around one big question. Each lesson includes a Parent Guide and a Wonder Companion Journal as printable PDFs, so you can print them at home and begin whenever you're ready. It's not a physical book.

PDF lessons are £6.99 each. On any paid Wonder Family plan, they're £5.99, or you can use a lesson credit.

PDF lessons are ready to download as soon as you buy them. At checkout, you agree that you'd like them straight away and that you lose your 14-day right to cancel once you start downloading. So once you've downloaded a lesson, we can't refund it. If a file won't open or something is missing, get in touch and we'll put it right.

Yes. Every lesson has a free companion resource page with read-alouds, videos, experiments and quizzes to carry the topic further. They're free for every family, with no sign-up needed.

Every Sunday we release a new wonder-led PDF lesson: one question for your family to explore together that week. Anyone can buy it, and the Weekly Wonder and Wonder Family Plus plans include every Sunday lesson.

Yes. Every past Weekly Wonder stays in the Wonder Library as a PDF lesson you can buy, or get with a lesson credit, whenever you like.

Our community of families learning with wonder. Joining is free, and gives you the Wonder Library, free resources, the Wonder Series, the community and Gather & Grow, all in the Wonder Family app.

As well as Free, there are three paid plans: Wonder Family (£9.99 a month, with 2 lesson credits), Weekly Wonder (£12.99 a month, with every Sunday lesson) and Wonder Family Plus (£17.99 a month, with both). Each can also be paid yearly for less.

One lesson credit buys any PDF lesson in the Wonder Library, including a Weekly Wonder. The Wonder Family and Wonder Family Plus plans give you 2 credits a month, and each credit lasts 6 months.

Our home education organiser, found in the Wonder Family app. It's included for everyone, even on the Free plan.

Yes. Every Weekly Wonder added to your Wonder Vault while you're subscribed is yours to keep and download whenever you like.

Our plans give you lessons to download, through lesson credits or the Weekly Wonder. When you start a plan, you agree that you'd like your lessons straight away and that you lose your 14-day right to cancel once you start downloading. If you cancel within 14 days and haven't downloaded any lessons, we'll refund you in full. You can cancel at any time, and you won't be charged again.

Log in with your email address and we'll send you a code to open the Wonder Family app.