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See what your child has learned, and which skills are ready to explore next.
Homeschool progress, planning, and teaching help for multi-student families
Know where they are.
Explore what they’re ready to learn.
Your curriculum provides the lessons. Ascendant helps you understand the learner.
See what your child has already learned, what they are ready to learn next, and how that learning fits together.
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Progress · 10% of expected
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Tracking aids for hours and subjects only. Your family is responsible for applicable requirements.
Today’s plan · Tuesday
Full week
Willow Creek Y5 Math U8 L2 · Parallelograms & area ages 10–11
Log hours
Math · Area of Triangles & Parallelograms · Lesson 2 · Success: Alex explains base×height and solves 8/10.
Willow Creek Y5 Language U4 L13 · Show, don’t tell ages 7–11
Log hours
Language · Narrative Writing · Revise opening with sensory detail · Success: parent can picture the scene.
Willow Creek Y5 Science U6 L3 · Insect body plan ages 7–9
Log hours
Science · Specimen cards + diagram · Nature walk if weather allows.
A lesson sequence is not a picture of your child.
A curriculum gives you lessons in its own order. Your child may already know some of it, need more time with something else, or be ready to go further in one subject than another.
- They may already know some of the next lessons.
- They may need more time with something else.
- They may be much further along in one subject than another.
Ascendant shows that picture across the curriculum and activities you already use.
One picture, then the week you actually teach
You see where they are, plan from the curriculum you trust, teach, and log what happened. The picture updates. When a lesson is hard, you get another way to approach it.
Plan
Build the week around your child, using the curriculum you already trust.
Teach
You still choose what to teach, from the curriculum you already use. Ascendant does not replace that curriculum.
Log
Record what you actually did: hours, notes, photos, and how it went.
Progress
As you log, the picture of their learning gets clearer and helps you see what can come next.
When a lesson is not clicking
Teaching Help uses their learning history: what they have already learned, their scores, and your notes. It shows you what to try next.
The record grows from the learning you are already doing: hours, portfolios, and parent-built transcripts.
What the picture is for
Use the curriculum you love. Ascendant helps you know what your child is ready to learn from it.
Where they are
The Knowledge Tree connects skills so you can see what your child has learned, what is still in progress, and what they are ready to explore. A single grade label cannot show that mix.
What is next
What comes next follows what they already know. It does not have to follow the next page in the curriculum.
When a lesson is hard
Teaching Help uses their learning history and shows you another way to approach the concept, including when an earlier skill may be in the way.
One household, more than one learning path
Each child can move at their own pace. You manage the week in one private family account, and you keep the curriculum you already chose.
- One family account for every student
- Invite another parent to the same plans and logs
- Teach Saxon, Apologia, or the curriculum you already use
- Hour and day tracking for your situation (records, not legal advice)
Your curriculum is how you teach a concept. Ascendant helps you see what your child knows, what they are ready to learn, and where to go from here.
Assistant shows the learner. Journal keeps the record.
Open beta is free for households. Most families start with Assistant. Journal is there when you only need the plan and the log.
Assistant
Recommended · a picture of their learning, and help when a lesson is hard
Everything in Journal, plus a Knowledge Tree of what they have learned and what they are ready to learn next. When a lesson is hard, Teaching Help uses that history. You keep the curriculum you already use.
- Everything in Journal
- Knowledge Tree: what they’ve learned and what’s next to learn
- Short starting check-in for each child
- Optional weekly suggestions tailored to progress
- Customized help when a lesson is hard
Journal
The record of what you actually did
Plan the week, log the day, and keep hours, notes, photos, portfolios, and parent-built transcripts in one place.
- Weekly planner for multiple students
- Daily logs with notes and photos
- Hour and day tracking for your situation
- Portfolios and reports
- High-school courses, GPA, and transcripts
Open beta & planned pricing See how the product works How Assistant helps
Your curriculum teaches the lesson. Ascendant helps you understand the learner.
See what they have already learned and what they are ready to learn next. You keep the curriculum you already use.