Nature-Based Learning for Home Educators
Reconnect learning with the world outside your window.
If you’re a home educator looking to nurture your child’s natural curiosity, spark meaningful conversations, and spend more time outdoors—you’re in the right place.
Buttercup Learning offers flexible, nature-based resources that support children aged 4–8 to explore, question, and create, on their own terms and at their own pace.
How Buttercup supports your Home Ed journey
At Buttercup, we know there’s no one-size-fits-all when it comes to home education, especially for neurodivergent children. That’s why our resources are designed to be flexible, sensory-aware, and easy to adapt to the way your child learns best.
Whether your family unschools, follows your own seasonal rhythm, or blends structured and spontaneous learning, our nature-based activities give you room to follow your child’s curiosity. They’re low-prep, screen-light, and designed to support self-directed exploration indoors, outdoors, or wherever your day takes you.
Our boxes, prints, and digital packs are here to help you build learning around your child—not the other way around.
Why Home Educators Love Buttercup
✓ Designed for 4–8 year olds
✓ Rooted in seasonal, nature-based learning
✓ Calm, screen-light and sensory-aware
✓ Perfect for unschoolers, flexischoolers, and relaxed home ed styles
✓ Easy to adapt—whether you’re planning or following your child’s lead
✓ Inspired by forest school, Montessori, and sustainability education
How to use Buttercup’s resources in your home ed
Nature Art Prints with Built-In Learning
Transform your learning space with our beautifully illustrated nature prints.
Each one comes with optional interactive lessons and simple outdoor activity suggestions—perfect for sensory breaks, topic starters, or spontaneous discovery days.
Seasonal Subscription Boxes
Delivered four times a year, our Nature Curious boxes are filled with nature crafts, science activities, scavenger hunts and more—blending physical learning with seasonal connection. Designed for 4–8 year olds and ideal for neurodivergent learners, each box includes optional online extras through our private community.
Online Learning Platform coming soon
Explore a full-year nature programme based on the UK’s micro-seasons.
With quizzes, printables, videos, and journaling prompts, your child can follow their curiosity in their own way—on or off screen. Includes access to our private learning community.
“Buttercup fits perfectly into our flexischooling routine. On home days, we dip into the activities at our own pace. My son loves the hands-on science bits. It feels purposeful without being pressured.”
— Jo, mum of a Year 2 flexischooler
FAQs for home educators
What age range are your products aimed at? children aged 4-8 years old.
Support That’s Flexible, Free, and Rooted in Nature
Because every family’s learning journey is different, we’ve created a bank of free resources that are just as adaptable and values-led as the rest of Buttercup—no subscription required.
We believe nature-based education should be accessible to all families, including those supporting neurodivergent children. That’s why we’ve put just as much thought and care into our free content as we have into our subscription boxes and digital packs.
You’ll find sensory-aware activities, seasonal ideas, podcast episodes, and blog posts to support your child’s curiosity—wherever you are on your learning journey.
Resources in our Newsletter
Our free printables, seasonal guides and activity ideas are influenced by Montessori and forest school approaches—and they can be adapted to the UK national curriculum, Early Years Foundation Stage, Key Stages 1 & 2, the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and the 2020 National Outdoor Learning Curriculum. You’ll find them delivered straight to your inbox in our Nature Family Club newsletter, alongside top tips and outdoor prompts to support your child’s learning—your way.
Curious About Nature Podcast
Hosted by Buttercup founder Rachel Mills, the Curious About Nature podcast brings together educators, beekeepers, outdoor leaders and nature activists to explore ideas around learning, sustainability, and mindful connection with the natural world.
The Buttercup
Blog
Our blog is packed with practical ideas—from scavenger hunts and nature play prompts to mental health support, eco-tips and behind-the-scenes chats with inspiring changemakers.
— Tom, home ed parent
