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Not a sample, not a screenshot. These are complete lessons, written by Arbor the same way it writes for a family: the teaching, the activity, the worksheet, and the answers. Open any of them.

1st grade

Reading & PhonicsBlending Three Sounds into Real WordsA first grader sounding out her first real words.about 20 min MathMaking Ten to Add QuicklyThe trick that turns 8 + 5 into something a six-year-old can do in her head.about 20 min ScienceWhy Puddles DisappearOne saucer in the sun, one in the shade, and a real answer by lunchtime.about 20 min · ▶ video

4th grade

Language ArtsWhat a Character Wants, and What Gets in the WayThe question that turns reading a story into understanding one.about 30 min MathComparing Fractions with Different BottomsFourth-grade fractions, with the part that usually loses kids made visible.about 30 min · ▶ video ScienceFriction You Can FeelThree surfaces, one skateboard wheel, and a rule they work out themselves.about 30 min · ▶ video

7th grade

Language ArtsTelling an Argument from an OpinionSeventh grade, and the skill that outlasts every essay she'll write.about 40 min MathUnit Rates That Tell You Which Is CheaperProportional reasoning, doing the job it was invented for.about 40 min ScienceWhy Cells Are SmallA question most adults can't answer, worked out with paper cubes.about 40 min

AND WHEN A VIDEO HELPS

Some lessons bring the perfect video with them

When a concept is easier to show than to say, Arbor finds a short video from trusted teaching channels like Khan Academy and SciShow Kids and tucks it into the lesson, right where it helps. You turn the screen around for a couple of minutes, then get back to teaching. Not your style? One switch in Settings turns videos off.

3 of these 9 lessons came with one. They are marked ▶ video above, and the video plays right there on the page: Why Puddles Disappear, Comparing Fractions with Different Bottoms, and Friction You Can Feel.

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These were written for children who don’t exist

Arbor wrote them for invented kids with invented interests, so nobody real is on this page. The ones it writes for your family know your child’s name, what they love, where they actually are in each subject, and what you told us about how they learn.

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