Growing Towards Justice is a year-long curriculum designed for families with preschool and early school age children. It will give you tools to raise kind, fair, justice-minded children who can stand up for what they believe, and follow their own hearts in the face of limiting stereotypes and social pressures.

 It’s a 10-month program, with two bonus guides that can be slotted in wherever you choose. Growing Towards Justice sits alongside school education or other home learning curricula. You’ll be provided with a rich, well-researched set of resources for introducing ethics and values like compassion, equality, bravery, respect, and self-reflection to young children through living books, games, art, music, and everyday conversations. It is a flexible, adaptable, and secular learning tool that you can revisit each year, taking a deeper look at the messages depending on the age of your child.

 The curriculum is developed thematically, in a project-based learning style. Within the main theme you will find activities, conversation guides, projects, and books that take a wide view of the theme, and incorporate different subjects like language development, art, creative movement, music, mathematics, geography, nature study, biology, social studies, and world celebrations. Growing Towards Justice is inspired by many educational approaches, including Montessori peace education, Reggio Emilia-style art-based inquiry, SEE Learning’s Contemplative-based ethics, Waldorf-style storytelling, and Charlotte Mason’s focus on living books and habit development. Embedded throughout the curriculum are themes of gender and racial equality, inclusivity, empathy, standing up against unfairness, and the value of true community.

 We know that one of the hardest but most valuable things we can do as conscious parents is to do the inner work necessary to be present, open-hearted, and masters of our own feelings. The development of mindfulness, compassion, and helpful action is an ongoing, lifelong practice. Woven throughout Growing Towards Justice are reading suggestions and reflection questions for parents to help you develop alongside your child.

The monthly themes are:

Feelings

Choose your own Likes (gender stereotypes)

Kindness

Having and Giving

 Families are Different

 The two bonus guides introduce families to children’s rights and a sensitive discussion of refugees.

The set of 10 monthly guides and 2 bonus guides is £70. You’ll have access to any future updates of the curriculum. also get an invitation to the private Facebook group for families using the guides. Each month’s guide is also available to purchase individually .

 You can begin the curriculum at any time – when you join, you’ll receive access to all the guides straight away. Guides do build on one another gently, but you can mix up the order and do what suits your family. This curriculum is designed to be used more than once - you and your child will get the most value from it by repeating the topics year after year.

 Is Growing Towards Justice for my family?

 I’ve designed this one of a kind curriculum because I am passionate about raising kind, open-hearted, fair-minded kids who can change the world for the better. As a mother to two small boys, I know the worries you feel about raising children who can recognize and resist gender stereotypes, push back against racist discrimination, and understand how their own actions impact others. It can be hard to know how to start age-appropriate conversations about empathy, diversity, or self-control, and often our children take us by surprise and steer towards topics that we don’t feel fully prepared to discuss.

 Growing Towards Justice is for your family if you want practical, adaptable tools to help your young children develop kindness, bravery, mindfulness, and a love of difference.

Questions about Growing Towards Justice? Drop me a line at jamey@agoodbeginning.co.uk.