Questions
The approach
Do I need to know anything about art? + –
No, and that is deliberate. A pack is built so that a parent with no background in art can guide their child with confidence - the parent guide walks you through each step. Your willingness to wonder alongside your child matters far more than any expertise.
What age is this for? + –
The work suits children from about 4 and up, and is made to flex across ages. Younger children do the hands-on work and look at the paintings; older children go further into the ideas. A family with children of different ages can use one pack across all of them.
What's the thinking behind the activities? + –
The child does the real work, never assembling a result decided in advance. The hand and the mind work together. Difficulty is kept to one thing at a time, so a child can meet it and succeed. And the work is open-ended, with no single right outcome to reach. Every pack is checked before it ships by a certified Montessori educator and a certified art teacher - one for how a child is asked to work, one for the art - whose names appear inside.
Is this just craft? + –
No. A craft kit asks a child to assemble a result decided in advance. Our work asks a child to make real decisions - what shape, what colour, what arrangement - with no single right outcome. That difference is the whole point.
The practicalities
What's inside a pack? + –
A pack is two things: the Wonderbook and a looking journal. The Wonderbook holds the heart of the month - a life of the artist told for children, a parent guide, a month of hands-on work, a playlist, and prompts for galleries and books to find. The looking journal is where your child's thinking is kept, and returned to.
What materials do I need? + –
Almost everything is something you already have - paper, scissors, a few brushes, a pencil, some paint, some glue. Where a pack asks for anything beyond the ordinary, we tell you exactly what to find and where to find it cheaply. We do not sell a separate kit you have to buy.
How much time does it take? + –
As much or as little as suits you. The work is made to be done a little each day, or in a longer stretch at the weekend. It fits the rhythm of your home rather than asking for a fixed schedule.
Is it physical or digital? + –
It is digital. Each month you download the Wonderbook and print at home the pages your child will work on - so a pack reaches you the day it is ready, wherever you are, with nothing to wait for in the post.
Can I share a pack with a friend? + –
Each pack is licensed for your own household, so please do not pass the files on. If a friend loves what you are doing, send them to us rather than the files - every subscription keeps the work going, and 10% of it goes to children's education.
Can I use this with a co-op or a class? + –
A pack is for a single household. If you are a school, a co-op, or any group teaching children beyond your own family, there is a classroom licence - write to us and we will gladly arrange one.
Can you really use these artworks? + –
Yes. We work with artists who lived long ago, whose work is in the public domain and belongs to everyone. We make no claim over the paintings themselves - only over the writing, the thinking, and the design we build around them.
Membership
When can I join? + –
Membership opens in mid-August 2026. Join our Sunday letters now to be the first to know - and to receive the free Wonder Cards while you wait.
Can I cancel any time? + –
Yes. There is no lock-in. Pause or leave whenever you need to.
What is the charity part? + –
10% of our net profits goes to a children's education charity. Each quarter we publish what was given and where it went, with names where names belong.