How to use Early Atlas
Early Atlas works whether you have five minutes or an afternoon. Here's how to get what you need quickly.
Start with a child in mind
Most people begin with a child's age. A two-year-old, a preschooler, and a child getting ready for kindergarten are each working on different things — telling Early Atlas the age focuses everything you see.
Search by age, stage, or keyword
On the Browse & search page you have three filters, all optional:
- Child's age (months). Type a number of months — e.g.
36for a three-year-old. The library narrows to what fits that age. - Stage. Prefer grade-style language? Pick a stage like “Preschool” or “Kindergarten readiness” and it maps to the right ages for you.
- Keywords. Type a topic such as
color,rhyming, orcounting. Order doesn't matter, and you can mix words and an age together.
Refine with chips
Under the search box, a row of Refine chips shows the most useful tags for what you're currently looking at. Tap one to add it as a filter; the remaining chips update to show what's still available. Tap a selected chip again to remove it. When a filter is active, Early Atlas only shows skills that actually have something to do — no empty results to dig through.
Find your way around
Results are shown as a tidy tree: a domain (a broad area like Mathematics) opens to its skills (like “Counts to ten”), and each skill opens to the activities and worksheets that build it. The breadcrumb at the top of any page always shows where you are.
Activities and worksheets
An activity is something to do together — materials you likely already have, simple steps, and ways to make it easier or harder. A worksheet is a printable practice page. Some worksheets stand on their own; others are paired with a specific activity as a supporting handout.
Printing a worksheet
Open any skill, activity, or worksheet and use the ⤓ Download PDF button. Worksheets are generated fresh each time, so the spacing and problems print cleanly on a standard page — handy for handwriting practice or a quick set of math problems.
Following an approach
If you lean toward a particular teaching style, open the Methodologies section in the menu. Each approach — Montessori, Reggio Emilia, Waldorf, and others — has a short explainer and a live list of the Early Atlas lessons inspired by it. Lessons are marked “Inspired by” that approach wherever they appear.
A gentle note
Ages and milestones here are guides, not deadlines — children grow on their own timelines. Early Atlas is a learning resource, not medical or developmental advice. If you ever have concerns about a child's development, reach out to a qualified professional.