StoryClever
The learning path

Read in this order

Stories are sequenced so each concept stands on the one before it — counting before comparing, place value before carrying, fractions before percentages — with science and English days woven in between so practice stays fresh. Joining mid-way is fine: just glance up the list to see what a story leans on.

Stage 1 · Ages 5–6 · with Daisy

  1. Daisy's Five Shells Free
    Counting to five
    Maths
  2. Ten Little Toes Free
    Counting to ten
    Maths
  3. My Five Senses
    The five senses
    Science
  4. More or Fewer?
    Comparing amounts (more and fewer)
    Maths
  5. The Sorting Basket
    Sorting into groups
    ScienceMaths
  6. Daisy Makes Five
    Making five (number bonds)
    Maths
  7. Round, Round, Square
    Flat shapes: circle, square, triangle
    Maths
  8. Day and Night
    Day and night
    Science

Stage 3 · Ages 7–8 · with Emily

  1. The Stone, the Seed and the Wind-up Beetle Free
    Living vs non-living things
    ScienceEnglishMaths
  2. The Market of Three Baskets
    Place value to 1000 (hundreds, tens, ones)
    MathsEnglish
  3. The Sorting Safari
    Grouping animals (mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, insects)
    ScienceEnglish
  4. The Sweet Shop Swap
    Adding 2-digit numbers with regrouping (carrying)
    MathsEnglish
  5. Why the Tortoise Has a Cracked Shell
    Reading and retelling a traditional tale
    English
  6. Emily’s Hungry Sunflower
    What plants need to grow; parts of a plant
    ScienceEnglish
  7. Christian’s Market Stacks
    The 5 times table
    Maths
  8. The Case of the Missing Mango
    Reading a playscript; speech and dialogue
    English
  9. The Ice Lolly and the Missing Puddle
    States of matter (solid, liquid, gas) and changes between them
    ScienceEnglishMaths
  10. The Shape of the Lantern
    Naming 2D and 3D shapes and their properties (faces, edges, corners)
    MathsEnglish
  11. The Fair-Share Picnic
    Fractions, halves and quarters
    MathsEnglish
  12. The Great Swing Push
    Forces, pushes and pulls
    ScienceEnglish

Stage 6 · Ages 10–11 · with Tryphonia

  1. Voyage on the Red River Free
    The circulatory system
    ScienceEnglishMaths
  2. Won by a Hundredth
    Decimal place value (tenths, hundredths, thousandths) and comparing decimals
    MathsEnglish
  3. The Breath Machine
    The respiratory system (breathing and gas exchange)
    ScienceEnglish
  4. The Clockwork Order
    Order of operations (BODMAS/brackets)
    MathsEnglish
  5. The Photograph
    Narratives that use flashback
    English
  6. The Web at Baobab Hill
    Food chains, food webs and energy transfer
    Science
  7. The Recipe Riddle
    Adding fractions with different denominators
    Maths
  8. Should We Keep the Old Baobab?
    Writing a balanced argument (both sides)
    English
  9. The Discount Detective
    Finding percentages of amounts
    Maths
  10. The Two Lantern Paths
    Simple electric circuits: series and parallel
    ScienceEnglish
  11. The Recipe for Forty
    Ratio and proportion (scaling a recipe)
    MathsEnglish
  12. The Poem in the Storm
    Figurative language, similes and metaphors
    English

A tip for grown-ups: one story a day is plenty. If a retelling wobbles, simply re-read that story before moving on — the order matters more than the pace.