Mythos and Maps
A homeschool project for learners who love fantasy, maps, and creating their own worlds
If your learner is always imagining places, drawing maps, or building worlds in games, this project gives them a way to turn those ideas into a fully developed world of their own — without needing you to plan it all.
Mythos and Maps is an 8-week, ready-to-use project where your learner designs their own fantasy world while building skills across writing, maths, and more.
No prep, no lesson planning — just open the guide and begin.
About this Project
This project gives your learner a clear structure for building a world from scratch — without locking them into one way of doing it.
Each week introduces a new focus (maps, creatures, systems, stories), while leaving space for your learner to follow their own ideas.
Everything is designed to be flexible, low-pressure, and easy to run at home.
So instead of figuring out what to do next, you can step back and support your learner as they build something that’s genuinely theirs.
What Your Learner Will Do
Over the 8 weeks, your learner will:
Create detailed maps of lands, biomes, and hidden places
Invent creatures, cultures, and communities
Design systems that keep their world running (trade, communication, rules, or magic)
Develop challenges and conflicts
Map out story journeys
Reflect on and showcase their finished world
By the end, they will have a fully developed world — with maps, creatures, systems, and stories they’ve created themselves.
Who is this project for?
This project works best for learners who:
love fantasy worlds (games, books, or their own ideas)
enjoy drawing, storytelling, or designing
prefer open-ended tasks over worksheets
like following their own ideas
It’s especially well-suited to neurodivergent learners who engage deeply when learning connects to their interests.
What’s included
When you download Mythos and Maps, you’ll receive everything you need to run the project from start to finish:
A Parent Guide with a clear weekly structure, activity ideas, and support for guiding your learner without needing to plan lessons
A Student Guide with engaging prompts and project-based activities your learner can follow at their own pace
A Registration Pack aligned to the Australian Curriculum (or NSW Curriculum, depending on the version you choose) - designed to support homeschool registration requirements
A Reporting Pack to help you document learning in a way that’s simple, flexible, and aligned with curriculum expectations
Everything is designed to be open-ended and adaptable, so your learner can follow their interests — while you still have the structure and documentation you need.
No prep required — just open the guide and begin.
Choose your version
This project is available in two versions:
NSW Curriculum version (for NSW registration)
Australian Curriculum version (for all other states)
The learning experience is identical — only the documentation language differs.
NSW families: choose NSW Curriculum
Families in other states or territories: choose Australian Curriculum
