Can-Do Child resources are still here, just in a simpler home.

Books and activity cards remain available to purchase online, and ocassional workshops continue.

Books and Cards available to purchase via Amazon

Fun, budget-friendly, screen-free play ideas for children age 3-11 years without relying on traditional arts and crafts. A best seller, packed with over 170 screen-free activities children will love, covering everything from Active Words and Numbers, to Health & Wellbeing, Life Skills, Science, and Kindness. There are helpful tips for parents focused on relaxed, positive parenting, and a section on preparing children to return to school.

The perfect solution for busy parents and anyone caring for children age 3-7 years who are short on time and ideas, but want to help develop children’s cognitive, emotional, and practical skills in a fun, easy way.

These unique activity cards are packed with simple, practical ideas and inspiration to enjoy the everyday whilst nurturing children's can-do character and skills such as resourcefulness, resilience, problem solving, social skills, creativity, and much more. On the back of each card is an 'at a glance' grid showing the characteristics and skills children are learning through the activities. Available for ages 3-5 years, and 5-7 years.

"What a great idea! I often struggle with ideas to keep the kids busy at home but keen to make sure what they do is helping them with what they're learning at school too. These are ideal."

Easy Early Learning phonics learning cards have been used in Nurseries and Playgroups, with Childminders, Parents, and Home schoolers caring for children age 2.5 to 5 years, and are a great resource to use as part of a parental engagement programme. The pack of 52 activity cards includes: 26 Aa-Zz fun, phonic, activity and ideas cards covering all areas of the Early Years Foundation stage framework. Bite size, at-a-glance fun activities to support and extend children's learning plus Can-Do Child activity cards packed with simple, practical activity ideas requiring little or no planning or extra money.

Books and Cards available to purchase via Amazon.

Workshops

I run occasional workshops and talks when my schedule allows.
If you’d like to be notified about future sessions, or are interesting in booking me, please email lorraine@candochild.com

Both sets of Can-Do Child activity cards, and the Easy Early Learning cards have been recommended by Dr Gummer's Good Play Guide following independent testing by families, nurseries, and child carers:

"... the cards are ideal for parents and childminders who are looking for enjoyable activities that help their youngsters develop a wide range of soft skills, which are valuable throughout a child’s life for school, work and general wellbeing. The pack of cards is compact enough to travel with, and each card is high quality and durable so parents can take just a couple of cards for inspiration when out and about. There is also a handy guide on the back of each card that shows the skills the activity supports, which childminders will find really useful for writing their observations, and will help parents understand the value of each activity.' (Can-Do Child cards)

"Perfect for nurseries, educators, and child minders, working with busy parents to support and extend children's learning in a fun, accessible way. It's great seeing children engaging in a wide range of activities that boost their confidence and key transferrable skills. Many of the activities need very little preparation and we enjoyed seeing how this enabled the adults to be more spontaneous and react to the moods of the children". (Easy Early Learning cards)

Acquisition Opportunity - currently open for discussion (January 2026)

Can-Do Child is no longer operating as a full, actively managed business, but work continues in a lighter way.

If you’re looking for the books and resources, these can still be purchased via Amazon (links above), however if you’re an educator, publisher, children’s brand, or mission-led organisation interested in taking Can-Do Child forward, the business is available for acquisition, with a focus on the intellectual property (books and activity content) plus key brand assets.

This may be a great fit if you want to:

• Expand an existing early years / primary wellbeing, learning, or parenting offering.
• Acquire established, ready-to-use content and a recognisable brand.
• Build a refreshed website, community, or product range around proven IP.
• Domain: candochild.com (and associated website assets).
• Social accounts (details available on request).
• Workshop materials: session plans, slides, handouts, and supporting resources.
• IP rights: books and content.
• Activity Cards IP: for age ranges 3–5 years and 5–7 years.

Next step

If you’re interested, please get in touch with a short note about your organisation and goals, what you’d like to do with Can-Do Child (e.g., publishing, education programmes, licensing, digital products) and your timeline.