diff --git a/packages/components/src/navigation/children-utils.js b/packages/components/src/navigation/children-utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..60217e41d50e9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/components/src/navigation/children-utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+/**
+ * External dependencies
+ */
+import { cloneDeep } from 'lodash';
+
+/**
+ * WordPress dependencies
+ */
+import { Children } from '@wordpress/element';
+
+/**
+ * Internal dependencies
+ */
+import { ROOT_MENU } from './constants';
+import NavigationItem from './item';
+import NavigationMenu from './menu';
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @typedef {Object} ChildWithClosestParent
+ * @property {WPElement} child element that matched the predicate
+ * @property {WPElement?} parent closest matching parent that matched the parentPredicate
+ */
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @param {WPElement} initialChildren children to iterate through recursively
+ * @param {Function} predicate children matching this function predicate will be returned
+ * @param {Function} parentPredicate closest parent will be determined by this function predicate
+ *
+ * @return {ChildWithClosestParent[]} children with their closest parent
+ */
+export const findChildrenWithClosestParent = (
+	initialChildren,
+	predicate,
+	parentPredicate
+) => {
+	const hasPredicate = typeof predicate === 'function';
+	const hasParentPredicate = typeof parentPredicate === 'function';
+
+	const innerRecursion = ( children, lastParent ) => {
+		let items = [];
+
+		Children.forEach( children, ( child ) => {
+			const predicateOk = hasPredicate && predicate( child );
+			if ( predicateOk ) {
+				items.push( { child, parent: lastParent } );
+			}
+
+			const hasChildren = child?.props?.children;
+			if ( hasChildren ) {
+				const parentPredicateOk =
+					hasParentPredicate && parentPredicate( child );
+				if ( parentPredicateOk ) {
+					lastParent = child;
+				}
+
+				items = items.concat(
+					findChildrenWithClosestParent(
+						child.props.children,
+						predicate,
+						parentPredicate,
+						lastParent
+					)
+				);
+			}
+		} );
+
+		return items;
+	};
+
+	return innerRecursion( initialChildren, null );
+};
+
+export const findNavigationItems = ( children ) => {
+	const items = findChildrenWithClosestParent(
+		children,
+		( { type } ) => type === NavigationItem
+	);
+
+	return items.reduce( ( acc, { child, parent } ) => {
+		const key = child.props.item;
+
+		acc[ key ] = cloneDeep( child.props );
+		acc[ key ].menu = parent?.props?.menu ?? ROOT_MENU;
+		delete acc[ key ].children;
+
+		return acc;
+	}, {} );
+};
+
+export const findNavigationMenus = ( children ) => {
+	const menus = findChildrenWithClosestParent(
+		children,
+		( { type } ) => type === NavigationMenu
+	);
+
+	return menus.reduce( ( acc, { child } ) => {
+		const key = child?.props?.menu ?? ROOT_MENU;
+
+		acc[ key ] = cloneDeep( child.props );
+		delete acc[ key ].children;
+
+		return acc;
+	}, {} );
+};
diff --git a/packages/components/src/navigation/context.js b/packages/components/src/navigation/context.js
index ab02e4efe56364..6c5e3111443580 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/navigation/context.js
+++ b/packages/components/src/navigation/context.js
@@ -18,5 +18,7 @@ export const NavigationContext = createContext( {
 	activeMenu: ROOT_MENU,
 	setActiveItem: noop,
 	setActiveMenu: noop,
+	items: {},
+	menus: {},
 } );
 export const useNavigationContext = () => useContext( NavigationContext );
diff --git a/packages/components/src/navigation/index.js b/packages/components/src/navigation/index.js
index 577ac165b82ae7..29393591e8efa7 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/navigation/index.js
+++ b/packages/components/src/navigation/index.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import Animate from '../animate';
 import { ROOT_MENU } from './constants';
 import { NavigationContext } from './context';
 import { NavigationUI } from './styles/navigation-styles';
+import { findNavigationItems, findNavigationMenus } from './children-utils';
 
 export default function Navigation( {
 	activeItem,
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@ export default function Navigation( {
 	const [ item, setItem ] = useState( activeItem );
 	const [ menu, setMenu ] = useState( activeMenu );
 	const [ slideOrigin, setSlideOrigin ] = useState();
+	const [ navigationItems, setNavigationItems ] = useState( {} );
+	const [ navigationMenus, setNavigationMenus ] = useState( {} );
 
 	const setActiveItem = ( itemId ) => {
 		setItem( itemId );
@@ -57,11 +60,21 @@ export default function Navigation( {
 		}
 	}, [ activeItem, activeMenu ] );
 
+	useEffect( () => {
+		const items = findNavigationItems( children );
+		const menus = findNavigationMenus( children );
+
+		setNavigationItems( items );
+		setNavigationMenus( menus );
+	}, [] );
+
 	const context = {
 		activeItem: item,
 		activeMenu: menu,
 		setActiveItem,
 		setActiveMenu,
+		items: navigationItems,
+		menus: navigationMenus,
 	};
 
 	const classes = classnames( 'components-navigation', className );