FIRSTSKUL

Activity Roadmap

little moments, big beginnings

Your Baby's Intelligence Journey

Every FirstSkul activity builds one or more of these 8 intelligences — from birth to age 3.

🧠 8 Intelligences developed through FirstSkul

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Motor Skills

Movement & balance

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Speech & Language

Communication

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Thinking & Logic

Problem solving

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Creativity

Imagination & art

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Social Skills

Relationships

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Emotional Growth

Feelings & security

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Music & Rhythm

Sound & beat

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Sensory Awareness

Touch, sight, sound

👶Year 1
0-12 months

🧜Year 2
1-2 years

🧙Year 3
2-3 years

0-12 Months: The Foundation Year
The most critical year for brain development. Every touch, sound, sight and movement builds millions of neural connections. Activities focus on sensory awareness, physical strength, bonding and early communication.

🌟 What your baby achieves in Year 1

Recognises familiar faces and voices

Develops neck and core strength through tummy time

Tracks moving objects with eyes

Responds to sounds and begins to babble

Reaches, grasps and explores with hands

Sits independently, crawls and begins to stand

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Sensory Awareness

Touch, sight, sound and smell

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Your baby learns about the world through their senses. Every texture, sound and face builds new neural pathways. Sensory play is the most natural form of learning at this age.

Year 1 coreSkin Snuggle - skin-to-skin builds emotional security

Year 1 coreTexture Exposure - different fabrics develop touch sensitivity

Year 1 coreSound Shakers - simple sounds build auditory memory

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Motor Skills

Neck, core and early movement

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Tummy time and movement build the core strength babies need to sit, crawl and walk. Repetition directly strengthens the neural pathways (myelination) that control movement.

Year 1 coreTummy Time - builds neck, shoulder and core strength

Year 1 coreBicycle Kicks - develops leg strength and coordination

Year 1 coreReach and Grasp - fine motor skills begin here

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Speech & Language

Listening, sounds and early words

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Language development begins at birth. Talking and singing to your baby builds the language centres of the brain. The more words a baby hears, the stronger their language foundation.

Year 1 coreFaceTime - face-to-face talking builds sound recognition

Year 1 coreLullaby Connection - rhythm develops language memory

Year 1 coreName Everything - labelling builds vocabulary from day one

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Emotional Growth

Bonding, trust and attachment

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A baby who feels safe and loved learns better. The emotional bond formed in the first year is the foundation for all future learning. These are not soft skills - they are brain skills.

Year 1 coreSkin Snuggle - regulates heartbeat and temperature

Year 1 coreSmile and Gaze - eye contact builds trust and social awareness

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Music & Rhythm

Sound patterns and musical memory

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Babies are born with a natural sensitivity to rhythm and melody. Musical activities develop auditory processing, emotional regulation and even early mathematical thinking.

Year 1 coreLullaby Connection - builds musical and emotional memory

Year 1 coreRattle Rhythms - introduces cause-effect through sound

1-2 Years: The Explorer Year
Your toddler is moving, talking and testing everything. Activities focus on movement, independence, early language and understanding the world through cause and effect.

🌟 What your toddler achieves in Year 2

Walks independently and begins to run

Says first words and combines two words

Understands simple instructions

Points to familiar objects and people

Begins sorting, stacking and problem solving

Shows clear emotions and plays alongside others

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Motor Skills

Walking, climbing and hand control

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Toddlers are built to move. Fine motor skills - pinching, pouring, transferring - prepare the hands for writing years later.

Year 2The Tiny Transfer - chickpeas in bowls builds pincer grip

Year 2Cushion Mountain Climb - builds balance and spatial awareness

Year 2Walk the Line - balance and coordination on a chalk line

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Speech & Language

First words, naming and communication

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Language explodes in Year 2. Toddlers who are talked to and read to constantly develop significantly larger vocabularies. Every word you say is a seed.

Year 2Animal Sound Mimicry - sound-to-meaning connections

Year 2Family Photo Naming - vocabulary and memory combined

Year 2Sound Safari Walk - listening attention and recognition

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Thinking & Logic

Cause, effect and early reasoning

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Toddlers are natural scientists. Dropping, stacking and hiding objects are early experiments in physics and logic. Every moment is the brain building reasoning skills.

Year 2Stacking Crash - cause and effect through building

Year 2Cloth Peek Game - object permanence

Year 2Ball Drop Tube - in-out logic and spatial reasoning

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Social Skills

Copying, turn-taking and early play

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Toddlers learn social behaviour by watching and copying. Turn-taking games and copying actions build the foundations of empathy and cooperation.

Year 2Copy Cat Game - turn-taking and imitation

Year 2Mirror Dance - self-awareness and joyful bonding

Year 2Helping Hands - early responsibility and pride

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Creativity

Early imagination and exploration

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Toddlers begin using objects symbolically. This imaginative play is the beginning of abstract thinking.

Year 2Roti Dough Play - tactile creativity and fine motor

Year 2Shadow Play - light, shape and cause-effect

2-3 Years: The Communicator Year
Language, imagination and independence explode. Activities focus on language, creativity, problem solving and world awareness.

🌟 What your toddler achieves in Year 3

Speaks in sentences and tells simple stories

Engages in imaginative and pretend play

Follows two-step instructions

Begins to manage emotions with support

Stronger problem-solving and natural curiosity

Growing awareness of the world beyond home

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Speech & Language

Sentences, stories and conversation

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By age 2-3 toddlers move from single words to full sentences. Reading, storytelling and conversations build vocabulary, grammar and the ability to express feelings.

Year 3Story Telling Time - narrative thinking and vocabulary

Year 3Describe the Picture - language and observation

Year 3Name the Emotion - emotional vocabulary

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Creativity & Imagination

Pretend play, art and role play

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Imaginative play is how toddlers process the world. Pretending to cook, caring for a doll, building a fort - these develop abstract thinking, empathy and problem solving.

Year 3Pretend Kitchen Play - role play with everyday utensils

Year 3Clay and Mudwork - tactile creativity and fine motor

Year 3Build a Fort - spatial thinking and imaginative play

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Thinking & Logic

Puzzles, patterns and reasoning

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Puzzles, matching and sorting develop logical thinking, persistence and the satisfaction of solving problems - the foundation of all academic learning.

Year 3Shape Sorting - spatial reasoning and persistence

Year 3What Comes Next - pattern recognition and prediction

Year 3Find the Pair - memory and matching skills

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World Awareness

Nature, community and curiosity

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Activities exploring nature, community roles and environments build curiosity, empathy and an understanding of how the world works.

Year 3Nature Walk and Collect - observation and categorisation

Year 3Who Does What - community roles and social awareness

Year 3Weather Watch - science curiosity from everyday life

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Emotional Growth

Feelings, empathy and self-regulation

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Activities that name emotions, practise empathy and build coping skills set the foundation for emotional intelligence throughout life.

Year 3Name the Emotion - builds emotional vocabulary

Year 3Help the Teddy - empathy through role play

Year 3Breathing Bubbles - early self-regulation skill