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  • 35 years

    Developing The Floorbook Approach® with educators worldwide

  • 12,000+

    Early years educators in our community

  • Global reach

    Adopted across the UK, Australia, and beyond

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Bring the joy back to planning

A Floorbook® isn't just a planning tool — it's where children's voices become the curriculum. Instead of documenting what you think should happen, you capture what children are actually thinking, questioning, and exploring. Then you plan from there.


Thousands of practitioners have used The Floorbook Approach® to move away from rigid, box-ticking and rediscover why they got into early years in the first place.

With Floorbooks® we'll show you how to:

  • Capture children's questions, theories, and ideas as they happen
  • Plan with children, not just for them
  • Build documentation that satisfies inspectors and means something to your team
  • Move away from rigid planning templates for good
  • Create a living record of learning that children, parents, and practitioners all value

Meet Dr Claire Warden

The Creator of the Floorbook Approach

Dr Claire Warden created The Floorbook Approach® over 35 years ago. Since then it has been adopted by thousands of settings across the UK, Australia, and beyond and recommended by the Care Inspectorate as best practice.

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Auchlone Nature Kindergarten

Auchlone

Auchlone Nature Kindergarten was Scotland's first outdoor Nature Kindergarten in 2008. The multiple award winning site embeds Floorbook and Nature Pedagogy to provide children with authentic, rich experiences.

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Living Classrooms

Living Classrooms

Living Classrooms was set up to deliver educational programmes for a diverse range of client groups, including children's centres, adult community groups and schools and has done so with additional support from a wide range of external funders.

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