Freddie the Farmer
Every place on the farm is a door. Where shall we go today?
Tap a friend to say hello.
Every episode begins with an ordinary farm job that turns into a real adventure — and the only way to solve it is to stop, look, listen and think. One discovery, one feeling, one satisfying ending, every time.
First episode coming soon on YouTube
Episode one: Freddie the Farmer and the Missing Buzz — the wildflower meadow has gone strangely quiet, and Freddie must find out where the buzz has gone.
Every adventure is also a beautiful picture book — made for reading together, with things to count, letters to find and feelings to talk about on every page.
Book one coming soon to Amazon
Five pages from Freddie the Farmer: My First Letters and Sounds — trace, say the sound, colour.
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Open the printable pack (PDF)Print on plain paper. A crayon is all you need.
Adventure first. Learning through discovery — the lesson is always needed to solve the story, and it never interrupts it.
Plants, animals, habitats, weather, seasons — and caring for all of it.
Fear, joy, empathy, apology and forgiveness — feelings are visitors; we listen to them.
Sounds, rhymes and early words — with Ollie in the Story Barn.
Counting eggs, sorting seeds, spotting patterns — with Cluckles and her notebook.
"We can understand the world when we stop, look, listen and think."
A genuine adventure with a clear beginning, complication and satisfying resolution — carrying one educational objective and one recognizable emotional experience. Never a lecture.
Children become Freddie's Farm Helpers: he asks them to observe, answer and help solve the story — so they feel capable, not tested.
Ten real places — the barn, the river, the orchard, the workshop, Old Oak's hill — each carrying its own kind of story and learning.
Sunnybrook respects children's intelligence, curiosity and their remarkable ability to notice details grown-ups miss.