Born in Recovery, Built by Family
- Born in Lucy's stroke recovery, built by family.
- An F-2 movement skills program shaped by Lucy's mind, Graham's lifetime in PE and Emma's design.
- Now books, card games and resources that help kids move, learn and play.
Lucy with our original cardsOur Story
In 2022, our Lucy was 36. She had a husband, Jon, a two-year-old son, and a life full of ordinary, busy, wonderful things. Then a viral illness led to three strokes in the space of a few months.
Almost overnight, things she had never had to think about were gone. Walking across a room. Picking up her little boy. Finding a word that was right there, on the tip of her tongue, and wouldn’t come.
Jon held everything together at home. Mum and Dad barely left her side. The three of us, James, Emma and Lucy, (triplets), closed ranks the way we always have. Hard days became shared days.
Speech pathologists, occupational therapists and exercise physiologists guided the long rebuild. Progress was slow: a word, then a sentence; a step, then a few more. We celebrated every single one.
Word-finding practice was relentless, and some days it felt like a test Lucy kept failing. So Emma started making simple cards to turn that work into a game we could play together around the kitchen table. As Lucy’s words came back, she started steering them: which words mattered, which games were fun, and which ones just felt like more therapy. Over time, those cards became the Ultimate Bundle.
Now the games are on our own tables, with all our kids, who have no idea how they began. To them, it’s just a game. To us, it’s still the soft ache of what was nearly lost, and the quiet joy of what we found again, together.
That’s why every Curriculum Linked game is made the way it is. They’re simple to pick up and fun enough that kids beg for “one more round,” while they quietly do the hard work underneath. We made them for Lucy. We hope they help your family too.
“These cards are offered in the hope that others may find the same encouragement and small moments of joy.”Lucy Fidock, Stroke ActivistShop the card games
The People
A face to the name. We are teachers, mums and a PE academic, and we answer our own emails.
- Wrote curriculum and produced children's animation and audio.
- Designed the five card games and wrote the seven Emma Clare picture books.
- Mum of [number]. Tests every game with her own kids first.
- Looks after products, wholesale and the children's books.
- Schools, libraries and orders the first call for class sets, purchase orders and 30-day accounts.
- Stroke survivor and stroke activist; the card games began as her word-finding practice (read Our Story above).
- Builds every school fundraiser page. If a school emails us, Lucy answers.
Dr Graham Dodd
PE academic and authorPhD · Fellow and Life Member of ACHPER · 2006 Carrick Award for University Teaching- Health and physical educator for more than 55 years. Former Senior Lecturer and Program Director of the Human Movement and HPE degrees at UniSA.
- Principal author of the SACSA HPE curriculum framework; co-creator of the ACHPER Daily PE Program, Jump Rope for Heart and Kindergym Australia.
- Wrote our F-2 and K-2 Fundamental Movement Skills programs, linking every lesson to the brain science.
- Read his full story on the Dr Graham Dodd page.
- Looks after contracts, admin and paperwork.
- Keeps school accounts and purchase orders moving.
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- Company director.
