If something feels off…

It’s usually a chain, not a flaw

When a skill doesn’t click, it’s rarely because something’s wrong — it’s usually one missing link earlier in the chain. Find yours below.

Pick the one that sounds like yours

“My child can’t read yet.”Reading comes together in stages · Reading “My child can’t tell the time.”Clock-reading starts with numbers, not clocks · Maths · time “My child doesn’t know their times tables.”Times tables grow out of counting · Maths · multiplication “My child is behind in maths.”It’s usually one missing step, not the whole subject · Maths “My child won’t write.”Writing is three jobs at once · Writing “My child can’t spell.”Spelling is sound work before it’s memory work · Spelling “What should my 7-year-old know?”What a 7-year-old is usually working on · By age

Every page here works the same way: what’s usually going on, the chain of skills underneath it, and how to find the link that’s missing — each one a real skill page you can open.

Can’t see yours?

Search the skill itself — every one of the 1590 skills on the map lists what it builds on, so you can walk backwards from wherever things are stuck. Or start from your child’s year and see what’s usually in play.

What this isn’t

A map, not a diagnosis. If something here doesn’t add up for your child, it’s worth asking someone who sees a lot of children this age — a GP, a speech pathologist, or their teacher if they’re at school.

This page is a map, not a verdict. It shows how a skill is usually built — it doesn’t measure your child, and it can’t see them. The skills and connections come from the map’s open data; the words around them are ours. Learning Map original · CC BY-SA 4.0