Join free to hold founding pricing, from $599. The Method opens 9 October
For teachers, directors and studio owners of 3 to 6 year olds

Nobody ever taught you how to teach art to a three year old.

Here is how to run an art session the whole room stays with, and the mess never takes over.

You have the ideas from Pinterest and the training days. What nobody gave you is the how: how to set up, how to introduce the materials, and the exact words that bring a whole room in instead of overstimulating it. I worked it out over fifteen years of teaching, and I have written all of it down.

  • The set-up that keeps the mess from taking over
  • The words that bring a whole room in, and settle it
  • What to say for "I can't" and "is it good?"
  • Thirty four recorded lessons, in your ears, yours for life
  • Can count towards your PD, certificate included

No more bracing for art time. No more guessing what to say. No more identical crafts.

Nothing is charged. The printables are yours whether you ever buy or not.

Fifteen years of teaching. Four running the studio. Used by educators in Australia and overseas.

“I have followed Mini Ivy for years, so I was thrilled to see Valando finally put all of her knowledge in one place. If you are on the fence, trust me, this will be the best investment you make.”

Melissa, teacher and studio owner, Melbourne
Every week without a method is another session you run on instinct and recover from. Joining is free, and it holds founding pricing from $599 for when the Method opens on 9 October.
Valando Demetriou in the Mini Ivy studio, in front of the studio sign
Sound familiar?

You have the ideas. Nobody gave you the how.

The materials come out and within five minutes it is everywhere.
Half the room is with you. The other half is wandering, or loud.
You have the Pinterest idea. You do not have the words to run it.
A child says "I can't do it" and you do not know what to say.
They finish in forty seconds and ask what is next, or ask if it is good, and "wow" is all you have got.
You fall back on the template, because at least it is quiet.
You go home wrung out, wondering if it is you.
You want to love this part of the day, and instead you brace for it.
A children's art table after a session has gone wrong: paint pots tipped and spilling, crumpled wet paper, brushes dropped, chairs pushed out
Ten minutes in.

You are not failing. This is genuinely the hardest age to teach art to.
It turns to chaos before it turns to learning, unless you know how.
The Method is the how.

I know, because the first Mini Ivy session I ever taught ended with me sitting in my car, crying. Overwhelmed, overstimulated, chaos from start to finish. What changed everything was not talent, and it was not ten more years in the room. It was learning that it comes down to three things: how you set up the materials, how you introduce them, and how you bring the children into the lesson. They are capable, even at three. It is just how you do it. That is what I have written down for you.

If you nodded at even two of those, stay with me. The next part is about why it happens, and it is not you.

That is the how, written down: the set-up, the introduction and the words. Your first lesson is waiting the moment you join.

$599, or 3 monthly payments of $199.67
What it is really costing you

It is not just the mess.

It is the Sunday night hunting for ideas, and the session that still ends in noise.

It is dreading the day art is on the plan.

It is quietly deciding you are just not an art person, when nobody has ever shown you how.

And it is the children. Every session that runs on craft and chaos teaches them the same lesson: there is a right answer, and they are getting it wrong.

I have watched too many bright little children decide they are not good at art before they turn six. They were never untalented. They were never taught.

You can keep running on instinct and recovering. Or you can learn the how once, and keep it for life.

Here is what changes it

It was never talent. It comes down to three things.

I did not get good at this by becoming more talented. I got good when I learned what actually decides a session. There are three things, and every one of them can be learned.

A children's art table at 8:40 in the morning, half set up: crooked paper, paint palette in a tray, brushes in two jars, masking tape, a clipboard and a cup of tea
8:40am, before anyone arrives. The set-up decides the session.
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How you set up

The set-up decides the session. What is on the table and what is not, where the materials sit, what you do before a single child sits down. It is why one session holds and another tips over.

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How you introduce

How you introduce a material decides how children use it. Teach it like a story and they hold it, explore it and look after it. Hand it over cold and the table gets away from you.

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How you engage

How you bring the room in decides whether you keep them. The words you use, in the order you use them, from the moment they sit down to the moment they share.

Every word of it is written down in the Method, so you are never guessing.

Here is what that looks like on a Tuesday morning.

Imagine instead

The paint comes out. And this time you know exactly what to say.

It is ten o'clock. Eight four year olds, a table of watercolours, and the first one is saying "I can't do it" before the brush is even wet. Another wants you to draw it for them. Someone has finished in forty seconds and wants to know what's next.

Today your stomach does not drop. You listened to this lesson on the drive in. There is no example on the table for anyone to copy, so nobody is comparing. You say the words you practised, count to twenty in your head, and wait. The child who said "I can't" picks up the brush.

Twenty minutes later nobody has made the same painting twice, and you know what each child was learning, because you planned it that way.

And if you lead a team, picture walking past three rooms on a Thursday. Different educators, same rhythm. The new starter is running her first session off the page, and it is holding. When a parent asks what makes your art program different, you have a real answer.

That is not a talent you were born with. It is a rhythm, a structure and a set of words, and every piece of it is in the Method.

The same kind of art table mid-session: five places, five different paintings in progress, brushes resting in cloudy jars
Same table, same materials. Five places, five different paintings.

That could be you on Monday. You don't need another training day. You need the rhythm and the words, and you can start listening on the drive in tomorrow.

$599, or 3 monthly payments of $199.67
What you get

What changes, for you and for the children.

For you

  • You walk in knowing exactly what you will say, and what comes next.
  • The room settles instead of tipping over.
  • No more Sunday nights hunting for ideas. One rhythm runs any lesson.
  • You start looking forward to art time.
  • You can show it: a certificate of completion for your PD record.

For the children

  • They stay with the work instead of wandering off.
  • "I can't" becomes "I can't yet", in words they pick up from you.
  • Every painting is their own. Nobody is copying yours.
  • The materials come in an order that builds the grip before anyone is asked to write.
  • They head into school used to trying hard things, and to recovering when it goes wrong.
A wall of young children's paintings pinned up unevenly, none alike: stripes, dots, washes and scribbles
Every painting different. Nobody is copying yours.

This is what the lessons are built around, one session at a time.

You do not have to take my word for it.

What people who have seen it say

It changed how they teach, not just what the children make.

A teacher and a studio owner. Read what changed for them, not just for the children.

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I have always found art really stressful. I wanted to understand process over product, but in a world where everything has to be perfect, I did not know where to start. It is so nice to learn to slow down as an adult and actually enjoy the process with the kids. What they create is incredible. This has honestly been life changing.

BiancaStudio owner and teacher
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I have followed Mini Ivy for years, so I was thrilled to see Valando finally put all of her knowledge in one place. It is absolutely amazing. If you are on the fence, trust me, this will be the best investment you make. You do not just learn, you feel inspired again to do what you love.

MelissaTeacher and studio owner, Melbourne
What you might be thinking

Fair questions. Straight answers.

"I already do process art."Then you know the why. The Method is the how, in words you can use on a Tuesday: the set-up, the introduction and what to say.
"I do not have time."It is in your ears. About an hour and a half of listening in total, on the drive in or while you set up, and each lesson is short.
"My room is big, or my team is mixed."Every lesson runs the same five phases, so it holds with a full room, and a new educator can run it the same way.
"Is it worth the money?"One payment, every group you will ever teach, and it can count towards your PD. Not sure yet? The free printables let you test it in your room first.
Why this is an easy yes

You can start without guessing, and without waiting.

Try it free firstJoin and three real printables arrive straight away: the philosophy guide, the lesson rhythm wall print and the phrase cards. Use them in your room this week. If they change nothing, do not buy.
One payment, yours for lifeNo subscription, no renewal. Every update we add, and every group you will ever teach.
It can count towards your PDAdd the certificate of completion to your PD record. Check with your service how it can be recorded.
Built by someone who runs it every weekFifteen years of teaching, four of them running the studio. This is the working system, not a theory.

You do not need another training day. You need the set-up, the introduction and the words. Start listening on the drive in tomorrow.

$599, or 3 monthly payments of $199.67
5 days a week
A real studio running this method, not a theory
Hundreds of families
Taught through our Adelaide studio, ages 3 to 6
Written by Valando
Qualified early childhood educator, fifteen years teaching
Used worldwide
In homes and classrooms from Adelaide to Greece
How it actually works

It is me, teaching you, in your ears.

This is not a folder of PDFs you will never open. It is thirty four recorded lessons, every word written first and then spoken, so you can learn the way you actually have time to learn. Forty five if you take Studio.

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Put your headphones in About an hour and a half of me talking you through it, closer to two with the Studio module, and not a minute of padding in it. On the school run, while you set the table up, folding washing at nine at night. You never have to sit in front of a screen.
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Every lesson has the same shape Connect, wake up the growth brain, teach, create and coach, share. Five phases, same order, every single time. Once that rhythm is in your bones you can teach anything.
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I give you the actual words Not just what to do. What to say. The sentence for the moment a child says I can't, the story that makes them care for a paintbrush, the line that names effort instead of talent.
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Then you print and go Sixty seven ready-to-print sheets, seventy three with Studio. Put the lesson card on the table, play the lesson in your ears while you set up, and run it.
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What goes wrong, and what to do Every lesson covers the wobble before you meet it, and how to know it worked. That is the part you normally only learn by getting it wrong in front of children.
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Yours for life One payment. No subscription, no yearly renewal, no losing it if you stop paying. Every update we ever add lands in your account for free, for every child who ever sits at your table.
Inside the course

Thirty four lessons, plus a team module. Here are nine of them.

Every lesson has a recording, the words to say, what usually goes wrong, and a sheet you can print. This is what you are actually buying, not a promise of it.

The five beliefs
FoundationsThe five beliefs
Introducing a material
FoundationsIntroducing a material
The growth-mindset easel
FoundationsThe growth-mindset easel
The very first mark
Lines and shapesThe very first mark
The foil tree
Warm coloursThe foil tree
Painting on ice
Cool coloursPainting on ice
Kusama, the queen of dots
Great artistsKusama, the queen of dots
Van Gogh, the swirling sky
Great artistsVan Gogh, the swirling sky
How to build any theme
The theme recipeHow to build any theme
See inside

It is not a video and a PDF. It is a printed system.

Seventy three ready-to-print sheets, sixty seven of them in Individual, designed properly, so the method leaves the screen and ends up on your wall and on your table.

Wall print showing the five phase rhythm of a lesson
Wall prints
A lesson card showing the five phase flow for one lesson
Lesson cards
A child facing activity sheet of circles to fill in
Activity sheets
The parent guide page explaining the method on one page
For families
Staff observation sheet for studio leaders
For team leaders
A child painting a purple dog in watercolour beside a full palette of colours
Real materials, taught properly
A child's hands printing rows of red and blue circles onto paper
Process over product, in practice
Children printing with leaves and flowers in green and orange paint
Three to six is the whole focus
Dozens of finished black and white artworks laid out together
Five days a week, for years
What comes out of it

This is what a three year old makes when nobody hands them a template.

Every one of these came out of the method you are about to learn. No example on the board to copy. No adult finishing it off at the end.

Flowers made from cupcake liners on black paper with painted stems
Rows of printed blue and red circles filling a page
Rows of painted shapes in blue, orange and purple between ruled lines
Collage strips with a paper doily and glitter on black paper
Rows of pink and purple painted shapes with marker outlines
Watercolour palettes, brushes and children's work laid out on the table

Art was never the point.
The child who believes they can try is the point.

Read this first

You were handed the room. Not the method.

If you teach or lead children aged three to six, and art is the part of the day that turns to mess and noise before it turns to learning, this was built for you. In a classroom, a centre or a studio.

You're a kinder or preschool teacher

You have the Pinterest ideas. But when the materials come out the room tips into noise, and you are managing it instead of teaching it.

For you this means: how to set up and introduce each material so the room stays with you, and the words to say, every time. It logs as PD, certificate included.

You're a classroom teacher or school-based educator

Art is the lesson you are handed with a full room, no plan and twenty minutes to fill.

For you this means: a rhythm that holds with a full class, and scripts so you are not inventing the lesson at 8:50 in the morning.

You're a room leader in a nursery or early learning centre

You want genuine creative development in your room, not just busy hands. Engaging the whole group is the hard part.

For you this means: one method your whole room runs the same way, with every word written down, so it survives staff changes and hard weeks.

You lead a school, kindergarten or centre

Art looks different in every room, and it depends on who is on.

For you this means: one shared method for your whole site, one licence for every educator who teaches there, and a certificate you can count towards your PD.

You run a studio

You can teach it yourself. Getting every educator to run a session that is engaging and fun, without chaos, is the harder problem.

For you this means: one licence for every educator at your studio, the leadership module, and the sheets that keep everyone teaching it the same way, so parents see the same session whoever is on.

If you nodded at any of those, you're in the right place. If you want a craft pack that tells children what to make, this is not it. If you want to know how to run the room, keep reading.

Whichever room is yours, it is the same method: set up, introduce, engage. Start listening on the drive in tomorrow.

$599, or 3 monthly payments of $199.67
Before you decide you do not need this

Six questions. Answer them honestly.

Most people reading this are already good with children. That is exactly why this is worth two minutes. These are the questions that separate running an art session from teaching art.

  1. If you took the example off the board, could they still start?
  2. Can you name the skill last week's activity taught?
  3. When a child says “I can’t”, do you have a sentence ready?
  4. Do you teach a material properly before you hand it out?
  5. Does every educator in your studio teach art the same way?
  6. Look at your wall. Do most of them look the same?

If those landed uncomfortably, that is not a failing. Nobody trained you for any of it, in any degree or any training day. It is simply the part that never got taught, and it is the part this fixes.

This is the difference a method makes. You can have it before your next session.

$599, or 3 monthly payments of $199.67
What the science says

Built on research, not on craft trends.

Everything in the Method started in a real studio. The research is why it holds up.

What you say changes what they do

Carol Dweck's research found children praised for effort were more likely to choose harder challenges and keep going after a setback than children praised for being smart.

In the Method: the sentence is written for you.

Hands first, then pencils

A study following children from school entry found fine motor skill predicted later reading and maths.

In the Method: the materials, in order, build the grip before anyone is asked to write.

Focus and self-control are built, not born

Harvard's Center on the Developing Child says focus and self-control are built through practice and responsive back-and-forth with an adult.

In the Method: a predictable rhythm and a ready sentence let one educator hold that when eight children want her at once.

Sources: Mueller & Dweck, 1998, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Grissmer et al., 2010, Developmental Psychology. Harvard University Center on the Developing Child.

Why trust this

It isn't a folder of ideas. It's the real system we run every day.

Valando Demetriou at the studio table with brushes and early childhood books

Valando Demetriou, Co-Founder

Qualified early childhood educator. Fifteen years teaching, four of them running the studio, and a mum of three. This is not theory she read. It is what she does every week.

Mini Ivy is a structured creative development program for 3 to 6 year olds, run by qualified early childhood educators in a studio open five days a week. The Method is that exact practice, refined over hundreds of real sessions and written by Valando herself.

Everything we do in our studio five days a week is in here, written down so you can run it in your room this week.

$599, or 3 monthly payments of $199.67
From people using it

"Not at all what I was expecting."

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Bianca
Studio owner and teacher, Perth
I bought this for my studio in Perth and it has really changed our program for the better.
The little things you don't realise you need to do with younger children to help them be engaged.
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Jess
Queensland
Amazing course, highly recommended.
Wow, I'm so blown away.

They started exactly where you are. The moment you pay, your first lesson is waiting for you.

$599, or 3 monthly payments of $199.67
Everything you get

Everything, once, for life.

This is not a PD day you forget by Friday. Not a folder of activity ideas. Not another craft curriculum. It is the system a real studio runs five days a week, in your ears.

The Lesson RhythmFor when you sit down to plan and do not know where to start. The five-phase flow that runs any art lesson.
$299
The Scripted LessonsFor the morning you have nothing planned. Thirteen lessons, every word written for you.
$699
The Artist Briefs and the Theme RecipeFor when the term topic is dinosaurs and it needs to be art. Six artists, plus a recipe for any topic.
$199
The Material StorytimesFor the day the glue goes everywhere. How to introduce every material so children use it with intention.
$149
The "I Can't" Script BankFor when a child says "I can't", or asks if it is good. What to say, word for word.
$99
The Print-and-Go ToolkitFor the wall, the table and the families. Sixty seven print-and-go sheets. Studio adds six more, seventy three in all
$199
The Kitchen Table BonusFor the families who ask what to do at home. School readiness and kitchen table ideas you can hand to a parent.
$99
Lifetime access, and every new module we addEvery new module and update lands in your account free. No subscription, no renewal.
$299
Can count towards your PD, with a certificateA certificate of completion for your PD record. Not accredited and not mapped to the EYLF or NQS, so check with your service how it can be recorded.
Included
Founding bonus: your three starter printablesThe philosophy guide, the lesson rhythm wall print and the growth-mindset phrase cards, emailed the day you join
$79
Founding bonus: the founding price, held for lifeWhatever the Method costs later, yours never changes
$39
Founding bonus: a live session with meBring the thing you are stuck on. Scheduled once the founding window closes, and recorded if you cannot be there
$149
Founding bonus: thirty minutes one to one with meThe first five people only. Your room, your children, your questions
$199
Total value
$2,508
Individual
Personal licence: one educator, lifetime access
$999 $599
or 3 monthly payments of $199.67, no extra cost
Founding price, open to everyone until 14 October. Then $999.
  • Everything listed above
  • Foundations and all three core modules
  • Thirteen scripted core lessons, six artist briefs and the theme recipe
  • The full printable toolkit for your own use
  • The bonus for families at home
  • Can count towards your PD, with a certificate of completion
  • Lifetime access, plus every new module we add
  • Founding: a live session with me, date to come
  • Founding: thirty minutes one to one with me, first five buyers only
Total value $2,508
For studios, schools and centres
Studios, schools and centres
Studios, schools, kindergartens and early learning centres
$2,497 $1,497
or 3 monthly payments of $499, no extra cost
Founding price, open to everyone until 14 October. Then $2,497.
  • Everything in Individual, plus:
  • The leadership module, ten scripted lessons $499
  • Licence for one site, every educator at that site, no cap $699
  • Studio print licence for the whole toolkit $299
  • Staff observation and weekly huddle sheets $149
  • Certificates of completion for your team $99
Total value $4,253
What happens in the next five minutes
  1. Pick pay in full or 3 monthly payments, pop in your email, and pay. About a minute.
  2. Your course opens straight away, and the link lands in your inbox.
  3. Press play on Foundations. Listen on the drive, while you set up, wherever you are.
  4. Run your first lesson this week, with the words in front of you.

Both are one payment, lifetime access, for every child who ever sits at your table. For a studio that is less than three days of relief cover. For a teacher it is a single payment that covers every group you will ever teach.

$599 works out at about $11.50 a week for the first year, then nothing, ever.

All prices in Australian dollars, so if you are buying from outside Australia it will cost you less than the number you see. One payment, no subscription, no yearly renewal. Read the licence terms.
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Join today and your three printables are yours free.The philosophy guide, the lesson rhythm wall print and the growth-mindset phrase cards, by email straight away. Yours to keep whatever you decide.

Is it worth $599?

Fair question, and better answered than danced around. $599 is eleven sessions at our own studio, so it is real money. Here is what it is instead of.

Instead of a training day One external early-years professional development day runs $300 to $600 a head, for one day, and you cannot replay it in the car on the way home. This one ends with a certificate of completion too, which you can count towards your professional development.
Instead of four years of working it out That is how long it took us, running a studio five days a week, to get this down to something another person can teach from.
Instead of paying twice One payment. No subscription, no renewal, and every update we ever add lands in your account for nothing.
And if it is not worth it to you Take the three free printables and run them this week. If they change nothing about your sessions, do not buy it. They are yours either way.
The part most people skip past

"I'll sort it out later" has a cost, and it is paid in the room.

While you are deciding, the weeks keep coming. Every one is another session you run on instinct and recover from, another stack of the same templated crafts, another small deposit into the belief that they are not good at art.

I have seen that belief set by six. A child who decides early that they "can't" often keeps carrying it. The window where it is easy to change is now, and it is small.

You don't get these years back. The method that fixes it already exists. It has run in our studio five days a week for years, and it is being recorded now. Joining the founding list costs nothing, takes two minutes, and holds you the lowest price it will ever be.

The founding window is five days

The Method opens on 9 October. Waitlist members get the founding price from that moment, and it stays open until 14 October. After that both tiers rise and stay there, for good.

Two of the bonuses run out before the window does. The thirty minute one to one is the first five people, not the first five days. The live session is for everyone who joins inside the window.

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When the timer runs out the Method opens, and your founding price is yours for five days.

Valando Demetriou working at the studio table with paints and brushes

Why I wrote it down

I started Mini Ivy because I watched too many bright little children decide they weren't good at art before they turned six. They had only ever met craft.

I'm a qualified early childhood educator with fifteen years of teaching behind me, in schools first and then in my own studio, which I have run for four. I have also been the teacher sitting in her car afterwards, wondering if she was cut out for this.

For two years, educators from all over the world have asked how we do it. So I'm putting the whole method in one place, and opening it to founding members at the lowest price it will ever be, for five days from launch.

Valando Demetriou, Co-Founder, Mini Ivy

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Try it before you pay for it

Joining the list is free, and three real pieces of the Method arrive straight away: the philosophy guide, the lesson rhythm wall print and the growth-mindset phrase cards. Not a teaser, the actual thing. Use them with real children this week. If they do not change how your sessions run, do not buy the Method. They are yours to keep either way.

Free to join

Get your three free printables.

Nothing is charged today. Your three printables arrive straight away: the philosophy guide, the lesson rhythm wall print and the phrase cards. Joining also holds you founding pricing from $599 for the day the Method opens.

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Join free todayNothing is charged. You are holding a price, not buying yet.
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Your printables arrive by emailAll three, straight away: the philosophy guide, the lesson rhythm wall print and the phrase cards.
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You get first access when it opensAt founding pricing, from $599. Your three printables are yours whether you buy or not.

Still deciding? If you teach little children, this changes how your art sessions feel. And if it's easier to spread it out, pay in three.

$599, or 3 monthly payments of $199.67
Before you ask

The things people ask before they buy.

I already use Pinterest, TPT packs and Reggio-inspired training. What is different?

Those give you ideas and inspiration. They do not tell you how to run the moment: how to set the table, how to introduce a material, what to say when a child says "I can't". The Method is the how, in words you can use tomorrow morning.

Will it actually stop the mess and the chaos?

Paint is still paint, and three year olds are still three. What changes is the setup, the way you introduce each material and the words you use, which are the things that decide whether a session stays with you or tips over. That is what the lessons teach, step by step.

I'm not artistic myself. Can I still teach this?

Especially you. This isn't about your art skills, it's about how you set up the moment, introduce the materials and talk to the child. We give you the exact words and steps, so you're never guessing.

What ages is it really for?

Three to six. That's the window we specialise in, and the method is built specifically for how children think, move and create at this age. Older or younger siblings can usually join in, but the design is for the early years.

How long will this take me?

About an hour and a half of listening in total, and you do not do it in one sitting. Each lesson is short enough for a school run or a set-up. You do not have to finish the whole thing before you start: work through Foundations, print the lesson card, and you can run your first Method lesson this week.

What materials do I need to buy?

Almost nothing you do not already have. Paint, brushes, paper, glue, scissors, watercolour and oil pastels carry nearly the whole method. A handful of lessons use something specific, foil, ice, leaves from the garden, and each one tells you exactly what to gather. This is deliberately not a method that needs a budget, because most of the people who need it do not have one.

Where does it live, and what does “lifetime” actually mean?

It is a private web page, yours through your own link, so there is no app to install and no password to lose. Play the lessons in any browser, on your phone while you set up or in the car. The printables download as PDFs you keep on your own computer. Lifetime means exactly that: one payment, no renewal, and every lesson or sheet added later appears in your account at no extra cost.

What's the difference between the free guides and the full Method?

The free guides give you a real taste: a complete lesson, how we teach a material, and the growth-mindset phrase cards. The Method is the entire system: deep foundations, three core modules scripted lesson by lesson, six great-artist briefs, a theme recipe that turns any topic into a new lesson, the full materials library and the printable toolkit, with lifetime updates.

Which one do I need?

If you are one educator teaching your own group, take Individual. If you are a studio, school, kindergarten or early learning centre, take Studios, schools and centres: one licence covers one site, however many educators teach there, and it adds the leadership module and the team sheets. If you run more than one site, each site needs its own licence. If you are between the two, ask yourself who else will teach it. If anyone else will, the site licence is the one that covers them.

Site licence: what happens when an educator leaves?

The licence covers one site, so it does not depend on who is on. When an educator leaves, the next one uses it. One licence is for one site only: if you run more than one, each site needs its own. The print licence covers running the toolkit across your site and sending the parent sheets home to your families. It does not cover reselling the sheets or teaching the Method as your own paid training. The full terms are on the licence page.

Does it work outside Australia?

Yes. The method is about how young children learn and how you teach, and it travels. The course is priced in Australian dollars, so if you are buying from overseas it will cost you less than the number you see.

Can it count as PD?

Educators can count the Method towards their professional development. When every lesson is ticked off, a certificate of completion appears in your course with your name and the date, and that is your record. Log the time you spend on the lessons and readings; the recordings alone run to over an hour and a half. The Method is not accredited, it is not mapped to the EYLF or NQS, and no registration board has endorsed it, so please check with your own service or board about how it can be recorded. On the Studio tier, certificates for your team are included.

Can I get a refund if I change my mind?

The Method is digital, so the moment you have it you have all of it, and sales are final. That is exactly why three real pieces of it are free and arrive before you pay anything. Use them with real children first and decide from what happens in your own room, not from a promise I have made on a website. Your rights under Australian Consumer Law are not affected.

How do the live session and the one to one work?

The live session is for every founding member. I will set the date once the founding window closes, so I am not asking anyone to hold an evening before they have even started, and it is recorded if you cannot be there. The one to one is thirty minutes with me, and it is the first five people only. If you are one of them I will email you to book a time that suits you. Bring your actual room and your actual children, that is what makes half an hour useful.

Why is the founding price so much lower?

Because founding members get in first, before everything is polished and public, and help us shape it. In return you pay the founding price instead of the launch price, and you keep it for life.

One decision. A room that settles, and children who believe they're artists.

You cannot get these years back, and neither can they. Somewhere in the next few months a child you teach is going to decide, quietly, whether they are one of the creative ones. That decision is completely teachable, and this is how you teach it.

Joining is free. Your three printables arrive this week, the Method opens on 9 October, and your founding price holds until 14 October.

Free to join · three real printables this week · yours to keep whether you buy or not

P.S. If you are still unsure, take the three free printables into your room this week. If the room settles, you will know exactly what to do next.

Free to join · holds founding pricing from $599 · opens 9 October