no mystery, no catch
Here’s exactly how it works
From “I don’t know if I can do this” to a complete, personalized homeschool in about five minutes. Four steps, and the last one never stops.
Tell us about your family
about 5 minutesYour kids, their ages, what they love, where they're racing ahead or need more time, and how you like your weeks to feel (or just say “not sure”). No curriculum research, no piles of decisions. One honest paragraph is plenty.
Arbor plans the whole year
while you finish your coffeeEvery subject gets a week-by-week plan and grade-level goals. Then, subject by subject, Arbor helps you find the right curriculum for your family (matched to your values), keep one you already love, or for the heart subjects like history, writing, and literature, hand you ready-to-teach lessons that lean into what your kid loves.
You just teach
usually 15 to 30 minutes a lessonOpen today's lesson. It tells you what to say and do, step by step, and hands you the worksheet to print. No prep, no late nights. Lessons are short, so there's still plenty of day left for your kid to just be a kid.
It gets better every week
for as long as you use itJot a quick note on how a week went. Arbor adjusts the pace and difficulty for each kid, remembers what you care about, and replans around the weeks life gets messy. The longer you use it, the better it fits your family.
DON’T TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT
Go and look at the real thing
Both of these are open, with no account and no card. One shows you every screen you’d be using; the other is whole lessons, start to finish, with their worksheets.
BUT CAN I REALLY DO THIS?
Yes. Here’s the honest answer to what you’re thinking.
“I'm not a teacher. I'm not even that patient.”
You don't have to be. No teaching degree, no genius IQ, no endless patience required, regular parents do this every day. Arbor plans the whole thing, points you to the right curriculum for each subject, real people (Shelby & Nate) are one message away whenever you feel stuck, and for the heart subjects it hands you the lesson written out, close to word for word.
“Will my kid actually pay attention?”
Most kids check out when school has nothing to do with them. So for the subjects it teaches, Arbor builds the lessons around what your kid already loves: the same reading, writing, and history skills, wrapped in dinosaurs, horses, or whatever they can't stop talking about. When the obsession changes, the lessons follow.
“What ages is this for?”
Pre-K through 12th grade. Pre-K is the gentle version: a few simple subjects and short parent-led moments to get a little one ready for school. High school is course-shaped instead of grade-shaped, so Arbor plans it in courses and credits and builds you a transcript from the work you actually did. We're honest about the limits there: Arbor writes the English, history, government, economics, logic, Latin, art and life-skills courses, and for the algebra track and lab sciences it helps you choose a real program instead of pretending to replace one.
“Is my kid going to be on a screen all day?”
No. Arbor writes the lesson for YOU to teach and a worksheet you print, so the whole thing can happen at the kitchen table with paper and a pencil. Print the lesson and you don't need a device open at all. As kids get older there's real writing and research, and a teenager may well type an essay or use a math program you chose, but that's your call, not something we impose. The screen is a tool here, never the teacher.
“What if my kid is ahead, or behind?”
Arbor paces to your kid, not a grade chart. Ahead in reading but behind in math? Perfect, that's exactly what it's built for. It meets each child where they actually are and moves at their speed.
“We homeschool our own way.”
Good. Pick your approach or let us start you gently. Faith-based or secular, four-day weeks, mornings only, breaks whenever you want. Change anything right from your plan, anytime.
“We're mid-year and our curriculum isn't working.”
You don't have to white-knuckle it until June or buy another box. Tell Arbor what each kid has covered so far and it picks up right where they are. And any subject that IS working? Mark it "we use our own program" and keep it.
“Is it actually any good?”
See for yourself before you pay a cent. Build your whole year and run real lessons free. You'll know within the first one whether it's the real thing.
Why it actually works
The right curriculum, subject by subject
Arbor helps you find a curriculum that fits your family's mission, keep one you love, or, for the heart subjects, use its own ready-to-teach lessons built around your kid's level and interests.
It adapts, a boxed set can't
A boxed curriculum reads the same in March as in September. Arbor keeps adjusting lesson by lesson as your kid grows and changes.
Short days, real childhood
Most lessons run 15 to 30 minutes (you choose the length), so school is part of the day instead of all of it. When the work is done, they're done, and the afternoon belongs to them.
Careful with the AI
We use the models with the best record for telling the truth, and we hold them to one job: teach this skill, at this level, to this kid. Your children never talk to it. Arbor writes the lesson, you read it first, and you teach it.
You're never on your own
Message us right from the app and reach the founders, Shelby & Nate, real homeschool parents who personally read and answer every one.
Records, handled
Attendance, hours, and completed work logged as you go, ready to print whenever your state asks. You stay in charge of your state's rules.
Nothing locked in
Swap, skip, add, or redo anything, anytime, right from your plan.
Big families welcome
We only ever charge for three children. Your fourth, fifth, and sixth are free, because a big family is a blessing, not a surcharge.
try it before you trust it
Build your whole year, free.
Set up your homeschool and run real lessons over a free 14-day trial, no credit card required. Add a card only when you’re ready to keep going, and your plan and progress stay saved.
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