Floorbooks offer a practical way to place children’s thinking at the centre of teaching and learning. Rather than planning in isolation, educators and children work together to record ideas, questions and reflections, creating a shared understanding of what matters and where learning can go next.
This approach supports responsive, inquiry-based practice – where planning evolves from real conversations and authentic engagement. It helps educators move beyond compliance-driven documentation, instead building meaningful learning journeys that are shaped by children’s interests, strengthened through reflection and grounded in purposeful practice.
Dr Claire Warden is an educational consultant known for her work in nature pedagogy and experiential learning. Her career spans early childhood settings, advisory roles and lecturing in further education, shaping a practical, grounded approach to teaching and learning.
Drawing on this breadth of experience, Claire supports educators to create meaningful, holistic learning environments through nature-based practice. Through her consultancy, she shares proven strategies and fresh thinking that help teams build engaging, inquiry-led experiences for learners of all ages.
A practical guide to inquiry-based learning through Floorbooks
Aligned with EYLF V2.0, this revised edition explores how Floorbooks support inquiry-based learning in early childhood settings. It unpacks the thinking behind the approach, including the educator’s role in using Talking Tubs, 3D mind mapping and purposeful questioning, while showing how ‘talking and thinking floorbooks’ capture children’s voices and involvement in their learning.
Designed to support project and problem-based learning, this book offers a fresh, child-centred approach to planning and documentation – bringing greater meaning, clarity and joy back into everyday practice.
Dr Claire Warden lifts the cover on her latest innovation. Leadership Floorbooks is a must-have resource for progressive educational leaders, making your pathway to improvement visible, understood and valued by every educator in your ECE.
Discover how to use Floorbooks® – where thoughts, ideas and open-ended questions are recorded by children and their educators.
Dr Claire Warden shares the reason she started planning with and for children through Floorbooks® years ago. She provides a taste of what they are today by answering questions.
