Their city becomes a storybook.
A year of mornings out, built around your kids and real places in Houston.
A year of mornings out
Introducing Field Year
Today · Buffalo Bayou Park · LOOK
- 52 weeks, one chapter each
- Real places in your city
- One story for all your kids
Made for outside
Field Year isn't a screen for your kids.
The app is for the grown-up. Your children get the park, the library, the bayou, and someone who knows what today's adventure is.
A story, not a syllabus
It's more than worksheets.
Every week is a chapter. The same characters, the same world, and a new corner of your city to explore, so Tuesday's walk is part of something bigger.
Play, place, and repetition
It's built around how little kids learn.
A steady daily rhythm. Real picture books. Letters and sounds found out in the world, not on a page. One small mission a day: look, compare, draw, test, tell.
Features
Everything a good year needs.
Week 11 · week off
The whole year, and it bends
Fifty-two weeks on one page. Skip the holidays, bring a week back, move a chapter to a better week.
Today, already planned
Open it in the morning and follow along. No planning the night before.
Houston Arboretum
LOOKRain plan: the library's reading nook.
An outing with a mission
A real place nearby, one small thing to notice, and a rain backup.
Outside In — Deborah Underwood
The Hike — Alison Farrell
Wonder Walkers — Micha Archer
The Listening Walk — Paul Showers
A basket of real books
Picture books chosen for the week. Library substitutes are always fine.
“Look, a heron!”
Tuesday · journal
A journal of what they said
Catch the sentences you want to remember, and the sketches too.
Sounds and letters to play
Short games for the afternoon: letters, claps, rhymes, counting.
- The Whispering Willow
- Heron's Landing
- The Acorn Market
A world of their own
Coming soonYour family's own story world, with characters who know your parks and your streets.
Annie, a guide who listens
Coming soonA gentle voice for the kitchen table, to pick the story back up when you are home.
Field Year is for
Parents
- Shape the year to your family.
- Skip the weeks you are away.
- See what they did and said.
Field Year is for
Nannies
- Open it and follow the day.
- Know where to go and what to pack.
- Leave a Friday note for the parents.
Field Year is for
Kids
- A new corner of the city every week.
- A story that remembers them.
- No screen required.
A few pages from the year.
A noticing walk
Walk slowly. Name one thing you see, one you hear, one you can touch.
Magnolia and seed
M says mmm, like magnolia. S says sss, like seed.
Five acorns
Touch each acorn. One, two, three, four, five.
Helpers roll by
Firefighters help. Trucks have wheels. Wave hello.
An oak begins
A seed holds a tree inside. Roots go down. The sprout goes up.
Wings over the bayou
Birds have wings. Watch how they lift. The water ripples.
Tiny on a leaf
Bugs are small. Look closer. Count the spots if you can.
Rain on the bayou
Water makes ripples. Weather changes. Boots keep feet dry.
Questions
What does a day look like?
You open Today. It shows the morning outing and its one small mission, what to pack, the picture books for lunch, and the afternoon's quiet time and making. You check things off as you go.
Do my kids use a screen?
No. The app is for the grown-up. There are a few short sound and letter games and some illustrated films for the afternoon, and they are optional.
Does it work in my city?
The sample year is set in Houston. Worlds built around your own city are coming soon. If you sign up now you start from the Houston year and can reshape it.
What ages is it for?
The sample year suits ages three to five. The printable worksheets adjust to each child’s age, from two to eight.
What if we travel or someone gets sick?
Skip the week. Its chapter waits for you, and you can bring the week back or move the chapter to another week. Nothing is lost.
What do you store about my children?
As little as we can. Today, that is what you type in: journal quotes, check-offs, and sketches. We do not ask for photos or last names, and we never sell data.
Is it free?
Yes, while we are in early access.
Who makes it?
Field Year is made by Solved Systems, a small software company in Texas.
This could be your year
One world. Fifty-two mornings.
Set it up in about five minutes. Change anything, any time.