Hi all! Wanted to share something we built. HomeRoam is an app that turns any trip into an age-appropriate, open-and-go lesson. Pick a kid, a subject, and a place, and it puts together a read-aloud, things to look for while you're there, an activity, and discussion questions for the ride home.

Families have generated lessons for places like the Grand Canyon, community parks, museums, and even their local Costco. We've onboarded almost 1,000 families in the last week and the feedback has been really encouraging.

All it takes to get started:

• Download the app from either the AppStore or Google Play Store
• Quick onboarding: set your home area (so it can find spots near you), add your kids' names and grades, and pick a learning style
• Select a subject, search a place, wait a few seconds for the lesson, and you're good to go

It's free for the first week, and then $9.99/mo or $79.99/yr.

We use it pretty often as a family and it seems like a lot of others do too. Just wanted to plug it for any families that like to get out and learn on the go. Happy to answer any questions in the comments.

Cheers!

Hi all,

Before school finished in July, i told my son (7) that this summer we are going to make a game together, and asked him to come up with an idea.

Quest Ranger was born

His idea was an educational game for primary school. It is still very much a work in progress, but it combines maths, english, science, 11 plus preparation, and has some rewards and arcades.

The activities are age gated so only appropriate activities show up, it was originally designed for a 7 year old for obvious reasons, but then expanded for the whole of primary school.

This week we were adding activities for pre-school/reception as his little sister (4) wanted to play, so we added counting, colour, shape, object idenfying, patterns, sorting...

i'm hoping to add reading books to it at some point soon.

Please have a look and i welcome any feedback from both parents and children

https://questranger.com/

Hey, everyone. I wanted to share a free curriculum review website designed to be space 1) to “see what’s out there” in terms of curriculum, and 2) for anyone to leave and read reviews (1-5 rating scale) on curriculum. Finding concise reviews in one place has been a struggle for me so I thought this would be helpful for anyone who is reviewing programs. It’s essentially a catalog with several hundred programs listed.

Right now, I’m trying to build a base of reviews on the website. If you think this could be a helpful resource, please share your review and pass the link to others!
ClassCandid.com

I'm a parent of a kindergartner and a 4th grader, and I built this for us before opening it up: mathifykids.com/exam-generator/

It's a free math worksheet and quiz generator for K–8. No account, no app to install, nothing to sign up for — you pick a grade and a topic and it makes a fresh sheet every time.

A few things that ended up mattering most in our house:

• Three difficulty levels per topic (Core / Standard / Challenge). Core uses smaller numbers with no tricky cases, which is what got my 4th grader through long division without tears. Challenge is there for the day they're ready.
• It explains mistakes. In online mode, a wrong answer shows short worked steps for that exact question, and it names the common mistake when it can spot one ("it looks like you added instead of subtracting"). Honestly this was for me as much as the kids — I didn't remember how to explain some of this.
• It remembers, but only on your device. It shows recent scores per topic and suggests moving up a level after two strong runs. Nothing is stored online.
• Printable if you prefer paper, with answer keys, and a "print 3 levels" option so siblings at different stages can work on the same topic side by side.

It covers 116 topics from counting objects through Grade 8 algebra, geometry, and statistics, all tagged to Common Core standards if that's useful to you.

What it's not: it isn't a curriculum and it doesn't teach a topic from scratch — it's for practice after you've introduced something. And it doesn't sync between devices, since there are no accounts.

Happy to answer questions, and if something looks off on a topic your kid uses, tell me — I fix things fast.

My daughter has been asking for piano lessons for months, and I finally decided to go check them out at our local spots and the prices made me drive home with tears in my eyes. It's too much for it to fit into our budget and the schedules would crash with everything that we do and manage in home. It was heartbreaking to see her face so excited once I came back, so now I'm here trying to find any and all possible alternatives.

After a little googling we came across online lessons and while I initially thought that they wouldn't be as effective as in person, now seeing that there's many kids who do it and do great I feel a little more confident. From the options I checked out outschool and a few others felt like the better fit, but has anyone tried them? Could really use some advice and more alternatives!

Thanks.

I use this website to create lessons for students, it has interactive flashcards that can be printed out and used in the classroom. There are connected worksheets and games that can be played in class.

It's great for new teachers who are still learning how to teach in a classroom or for more experienced teachers looking for something new to engage students.

Check it out!

https://classendo.com/

A couple months ago I told my son that if could stick with Duolingo and get a significant streak going on I'd consider getting him into Spanish lessons, and well, he managed to surprise all of us and now we're scrambling to find something to fit him into. It has proven to be more difficult than what we expected since a lot of the in person lessons we've looked into are too far away from us to be a comfortable drive or priced outside of our budget. My sister suggested we try online instead since he's already doing good with the lessons in the app, so that's the direction that we're going now. I ended up checking out a few options from freelancers, online colleges, and services like outschool and such.

Does anyone have any solid recommendations? Anything that's not too intense and challenging enough to build confidence and give him the structure that he needs. Thanks!

For the next 5 days, the Five Senses eBook is free to download on Amazon.

A fun science adventure for curious kids ages 6–12 — exploring how we see, hear, smell, taste, and feel the world through stories, illustrations, experiments, and activities.

🔗 https://www.amazon.com/How-Your-Body-Works-Illustrated-ebook/dp/B0H7RKJTRF

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I have been working on this infectious disease and history of public health course for over a year and it opens TOMORROW. 😩🥲

If you or someone you know has a learner who

-loves infectious diseases

-is disappointed when the text book doesn’t show you “the gross stuff”

-learns best with a combination of videos/games/worksheets/reference pages

-loves a curated booklist built to satisfy their deep dives

Then infected is definitely for them.

Learn more at TheWildhollowSchool.org/infected

There is also a free lesson there for you to check out to see if it’s a good fit for your family.

Today is the LAST DAY to get on the waitlist and get a special discount code, a free binder cover printable and a heads up when the shop opens. The first 20 orders are going to get a pretty impressive swag bag made my me. You can see more about that at The Wildhollow School on FB Tik and Insta.

I hope to see you around the Hollow 🦊🌱

Hi everyone! I’m a former classroom teacher, and I recently built an app (that’s currently free) called Curiova to help families turn grade-level skills into simple, hands-on activities at home.

Parents choose their child’s grade level, interests, and how much time they have. Curiova then creates a personalized, screen-free activity using everyday materials (and sometimes nothing at all).

For example, a child who loves animals might practice a math or reading skill through an animal-themed activity that a parent can lead in 10–15 minutes.

Curiova isn’t intended to replace a homeschool curriculum. It’s designed as a flexible supplemental resource for extra practice, reinforcing concepts, or making learning feel more connected to a child’s interests.

The app is currently aligned to Texas standards, and we’re building for additional states and adding Spanish. It’s completely free, and I’d genuinely love feedback from homeschooling families:
- Would this be useful in your homeschool routine?
- When would you be most likely to use it?
- What would make the activities more valuable for your family?

I built this because I believe supporting learning at home should feel approachable and enjoyable. I’d truly appreciate hearing what works, what doesn’t, and what you think is missing.

Hey! 😊 I’ve been working on something called Sprout & Slate 🌱 — a little project creating fun learning activities for children aged 2–8, with the idea that they’re themed around things kids actually love and are interested in.

I’m at the stage now where I really need some real parents and little testers to try the free trial pack and give me honest feedback!

If you get a chance, I’d really appreciate you signing up and trying a couple of the activities with your little one. I genuinely want to know what they enjoy, what they don’t, and anything you think could be better — so please be honest! 😂

It’s completely free and there’s no pressure to do everything in the pack. Even trying one or two would be really helpful.

You can sign up here: https://sproutandslate.co.uk

Thank you!! ❤️ And feel free to send it to anyone else with kids aged 2–8 who you think might enjoy trying it too! 🌱

Hello! My wife who teaches 3 - 4 year old age range pre-schoolers brought it to my attention that she could benefit from an app that helps administer one-on-one assessments for things like number identification, letter identification (upper and lower case), shapes, colors etc... and some other things like rote-counting to 30 and Alphabet recitation. She's currently using paper tools for these.

I am a software engineer, and we thought this would be a good idea for an app - I just finished creating it and am looking for some beta-testers if anyone here is interested in this kind of tool.

If you are interested, I would grant you free lifetime access to the app (we're planning on charging monthly or yearly subscription fees, like 5.00 / month or 30/year).

I'm honestly not trying to sell here, I would really just love some beta-testers to provide feedback in exchange for lifetime free access to the app. Please comment if you are interested, or have questions about it. If you want to check it out first it's online at:

[https://myassessmenttool.net\](https://myassessmenttool.net)

Thank you!

So of course I used my fancy cutting machine to make bacterial disease trading cards.

Hey everyone — I’m the founder of Think Bloom, a game-based learning program we’ve been building in the Philippines.

Rather than just dropping a link, I wanted to properly introduce what we’re creating, why we made it, and how it works.

What It Is

Think Bloom is a story-driven learning platform for children in Grades 3–6. Instead of worksheets or generic quiz apps, kids progress through an evolving world called the Bloomlands — a garden-based story that moves forward only when a child demonstrates real mastery of a skill, not through luck or random rewards.

Why It Matters

Many parents know this pattern: a child is capable but needs constant prompting to sit down and practice. Yet that same child can focus on a game for an hour when there is a clear goal and meaningful feedback.

We did not want to fight that. We wanted to channel it into learning.

We also wanted to address a common issue with “gamified” learning apps: many reward children with random spins, loot boxes, or points unrelated to whether they actually learned anything. That may be engaging, but it is not learning — it is just candy-coating.

So Think Bloom’s core design rule is simple: no reward without real mastery.

How It Works

Kids move through a weekly story, guided by a teacher who leads them through each stage as they practice — with a mastery checkpoint at the end of each week that only opens up once they've actually shown they've learned the skill. Along the way they're also guided by an original cast of characters, and parents get a plain-language update on what was actually practiced and mastered.

It's not tied to one subject — the framework is built to support learning broadly, not just one skill area.

Where we're at

We're still early and building things out. Happy to answer any questions about the design, the research behind it, or just talk shop with other people building in edtech — that's honestly half the reason I wanted to post here.