Homeschool

They talk for 15 minutes. You keep a map of every gap.

No credit card. You keep the map. Tutoring is optional.

A homeschool-age child talks through a problem at the kitchen table while a parent sits nearby with a younger child. The parent is in the room, not tutoring.
She is in the room. She is not the math teacher.

The missing brick wrecking this year's math is usually two years back. A finished chapter will not find it. A child who has to say the next step out loud cannot hide it.

You pulled them out so they wouldn't get lost. You don't have to be the entire faculty.

  • They earn the answer
  • You read every word
  • Academics only
  • Siblings $5/month

It's 10:15.

The coffee is cold. Unlike denominators are on the table.

You explain it the way the guide says. Then a second way. Then with pizza.

The 12-year-old's shoulders are up. The 8-year-old is waiting. The 5-year-old knocks over the water. You hear your own voice go thin.

You promised yourself you wouldn't snap. Fourth explanation. You did.

You did not choose wrong. One adult cannot be a patient 1-on-1 tutor for three grade levels at once, least of all in the subject you never loved.

You didn't pull them out to become the worksheet cop.

Tuesday after the map.

The 12-year-old talks through unlike denominators and says “oh — that's why.” Nobody was standing over him.

You are on the back steps with the 5-year-old. The 12-year-old is still at the table, talking. When the session ends, the map updates and the transcript lands in your dashboard.

When the grandparents ask, or the evaluator asks, whether they are on track, you open the map and point. You are not guessing.

You do the read-aloud. The walk. History. You stay their mom for the parts you are good at.

Getting help is not quitting on them. Stuck is not a verdict on your homeschool.

Nobody warns you about this part at the co-op.

  • “We finished the chapter” is not the same as “he can explain it.” A workbook can be completed with a hole still in it, and you won't see the hole until it swallows this year's lesson.
  • The hole is usually last year's. Sometimes the year before. The new book starts on this year's page anyway.
  • While you're on fractions with one, the other two still need a teacher. You are the bottleneck. That is a staffing problem, not a character problem.
  • It's almost always math. You can do the read-aloud all day. You cannot stay patient through the fourth explanation without paying for it in the relationship.
  • The apps hand over the answer. You've rejected those. Good. But it leaves you with nobody to hand the hour to.
  • There is no teacher to email. So when the grandparents ask, or the evaluator asks, whether they're on track, you answer with a feeling.

Why talking finds what a finished chapter hides.

A child can fill in a worksheet without understanding it. A child who has to say the next step out loud cannot. The sentence stops where the understanding stops.

That is the whole method. Fifteen minutes of talking produces a Gap Map: what they have, what they don't, and what each gap leads to. Mixed levels are the point, not a problem. A 4th grader at 6th-grade reading and 3rd-grade math gets exactly that.

You keep the map even if you never start tutoring. Once you can see the brick, some of you will fix it yourselves. That's fine. The map is still yours.

If you go on to tutoring, the tutor starts at the missing brick, not at this year's table of contents, and does not move on until your child can say the step in their own words. Tutoring is a separate step. First week free. You are not charged unless you stay past day 7.

The map today. Tutoring if you want it.

  1. They talk for 15 minutes.

    A spoken assessment that adapts as they answer. Nothing for you to administer or grade. Each child gets a Gap Map.

  2. You see the brick.

    One map per child, per subject: what's mastered, what's missing, and what each gap leads to.

  3. You step out of the fray.

    Daily voice lessons start at the gap and move only when the child can explain the step. You take the 5-year-old outside. You read every word after.

Fifteen minutes. One brick.

A learning map showing a 6th grader with a 4th-grade fraction gap under this year's work.
fractions · grade 4 · gap
6th-grade work sitting on a 4th-grade hole. Named in 15 minutes. That is not a verdict on your homeschool. That is the brick.

What a session sounds like.

Learning Web
Connected

Introduction to Fractions

Phoebe, a Learning Web tutorSpeaking
Look at the fraction three-fifths. What does the 5 on the bottom tell us?
A Learning Web voice session: tutor Phoebe asking what the 5 in three-fifths means, with a 3-out-of-5 fraction bar.

They have to say it. You read every word after.

You're still in charge. This does not replace your homeschool.

Learning Web slots into the day. You keep the parts that matter.

You keep

  • Your family's values, beliefs, and worldview
  • Your schedule, your curriculum, your say
  • The dinner-table conversations about what it all means
  • Full visibility: every session, word for word

You hand off

  • Patient 1-on-1 in the subject you'd rather not carry
  • Finding the gaps hiding under “we covered that last year”
  • Review, so what they learn actually sticks
  • A living map for each child, kept automatically

A voice tutor that does not run out.

This is a voice tutor powered by AI, not a person on Zoom.

It does not lose patience on the fourth explanation, or the fourteenth. That is why it can sit at your table every morning.

It costs $29 a month, not $80 an hour, and you do not have to drive anywhere.

It talks about the lesson and nothing else. Every word it says is written down for you.

It is not a mom. It will not notice the shoulders going up. That part is still yours.

Academics only

Math, reading and writing, science, American history and civics. If it isn't in the K-12 basics, it isn't in the lesson.

They earn it

The tutor asks, waits, and asks again. If they ask for the answer, it asks a smaller question. Honesty and perseverance show up because the child had to do the step, not because somebody preached.

You read every word

A transcript of every session lands in your dashboard. Nothing is said to your child that you cannot read for yourself.

Start with the subject that turns you into the enemy.

One free 15-minute assessment per subject. Results immediately. Yours either way.

Math

The one that does it. Counting to calculus. We find the exact spot it stopped making sense.

Get the free Math Gap Map

Language

Reading, writing, grammar. Spoken. They have to say it.

Get the free Language Gap Map

Science

Biology, chemistry, physics, earth science. How it actually works, explained back in their own words.

Get the free Science Gap Map

Social Studies

American history, civics, geography. The real basics, taught straight.

Get the free Social Studies Gap Map

Three kids. Unlimited. $39 a month.

One hour with a human tutor is $50 to $100, if you can find one who will come out to you. This is every morning, at your table, for every child.

First student$29/mo
Each sibling+$5/mo
All three kids, unlimited$39/mo

First week free. We'll ask for a card to start the free week. You are not charged unless you stay past day 7. Cancel before then and you pay nothing.

30-day guarantee. Cancel anytime.

Included

  • The Gap Map. 15-minute spoken assessment. You keep it either way.
  • Daily voice sessions. A tutor they pick, as long as they need.
  • They earn the answer. It is not a solver.
  • Parent transcripts. Every word, after every session.
  • The Learning Web. A living map that updates after each lesson.
  • Sibling seats. $5/month each, same unlimited access.

30-day guarantee

Use 5 voice sessions in 30 days. If they're not more confident in that subject, full refund. Your call. Cancel anytime.

Questions every careful parent asks

Will this replace my curriculum?

No. Keep the curriculum you love. This is 1-on-1 for the subject that burns you out: explanation, practice, review, and a record of all of it.

Is this an app that hands them the answer?

No. If they bring a problem, it asks questions until they can do the next step themselves. That is the point. You can read it happening in the transcript.

Is it AI?

Yes. A voice tutor, not a person on Zoom. That's why it does not run out of patience, why it costs $29 a month instead of $80 an hour, and why every word is written down for you. It stays on the lesson. It is not a substitute for you. It's a substitute for the fourth explanation.

My 12-year-old won't talk to a screen.

Maybe not at first. It doesn't sigh, it isn't watching his face, and it asks one small question at a time. He picks the tutor. The first 15 minutes cost you nothing. Let him find out.

Is this more screen time?

They talk. It takes the hour that already wrecks the morning. It does not replace the backyard.

Does this replace me?

No. You stay the parent and the principal. You set the schedule. You read every word. A second patient voice sits with the part that was wrecking the relationship.

What exactly will it say to my child?

Academics only: math, reading and writing, science, American history and civics, with age-appropriate guardrails. You never have to take our word for it. The transcript is in your dashboard.

We live pretty far out. Will it work?

If your internet handles a video call, it handles this. Any device with a microphone and a browser. No app to install. No 45-minute drive.

What if the map shows they're behind?

Then you've found gold. A gap you can see is a gap you can fix. The tutor goes back and rebuilds the missing piece first, and it does not get tired of the question. That is not a verdict on them, or on you.

How much does it cost, really?

The assessment is free, and you keep the Gap Map either way. Then $29/month for the first student and $5/month for each sibling. Three children: $39/month. First week free: card on file, no charge unless you stay past day 7. Use 5 voice sessions in 30 days. If they're not more confident, full refund. Cancel anytime.

You don't have to fix every subject today.

Fifteen minutes of talking. You keep the map. Whatever it shows, you'll know. And the hour that wrecks the morning doesn't have to be yours alone.

You keep the Gap Map, subscribe or not.

P.S. You didn't pull them out to become the worksheet cop. You don't have to be the entire faculty. Take the 15-minute map. Then decide.