For large families

For families teaching several children at once

With four or five children the planning is not harder, it is just multiplied, and the record keeping multiplies with it. The trick is one place to look in the morning and one tap per thing you actually did.

In short

Homeschool Up puts every child on one Today screen with the lesson due in each of their subjects, so you run the whole family's day from one place. Each child keeps a separate record of attendance, hours, grades and work samples, built from the same ticks. Family covers up to 5 children.

The problems in a large-family week

Five children at five different places in math, and a planner page that cannot hold all of them.
Subjects taught together (history, science, read-alouds) that still need to show up on each child's record.
A sick child, a baby's appointment, or one teenager at a co-op class, which throws off one schedule but not the others.
Records kept per child, which on paper means five binders and five sets of attendance sheets.

How Homeschool Up handles each one

Today lists every child with each subject's next lesson. Each child moves through a sequence at their own pace, even when two children use the same curriculum.
A shared sequence can be used by several children's subjects. Copy one into each child's subject and teach the same lesson together; each child's tick goes on their own record.
A day off can be taken for one child or for everyone, and a break can apply to the whole family or only to the children you name. Lessons wait for the next school day instead of piling up.
Every child gets their own reports: days attended, hours by area, report card, transcript for the high schoolers, and a year-end packet.

Subjects that never fit the week

Large families often use a loop for the subjects that matter but do not need a fixed day: art, music, nature study, a second language. Put those subjects in a loop and each school day offers the next one in turn, picking up where the loop left off. Nothing is skipped because a Tuesday went sideways.

Another adult can share the work. On Family, a co-parent, a grandparent or a tutor can join the account; viewers can read without changing anything.

Loop scheduling explained · Records for several children

Questions people ask

How many children does a plan cover?

Family covers up to 5 children. Above that, a Co-op plan covers 10, 25 or 50 children.

Can two children share one subject?

Each child has their own subjects so their records stay separate, but they can use the same sequence. Teach the lesson once and tick it for each child; the record is per child.

Can my spouse see the plan too?

Yes, on Family and Co-op. Add another adult to the family account as a parent who can make changes or a viewer who can only look.

Can I get my records out?

Yes. Settings, Your data downloads everything as a JSON file: children, school years, subjects, sequences, recorded lessons, log entries, grades, books and expenses. Any sequence also exports as a CSV from its own page.

How much does it cost?

Family is $9.99 a month or $59.99 a year for up to 5 children, and Co-op plans start at $19.99 a month for 10 children. Every plan starts with a 15-day free trial, and you can cancel any time from Plan and billing. Current prices are always on the pricing page.

Every child on one screen

Add each child, their subjects and where they are. Tomorrow morning, the whole family's day is on Today.

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