As homeschooling gets overwhelming for parents at times, lots of resources are available that could help alleviate the burden. Aside from eBooks, manuals, or software, there are apps that can be easily downloaded to smartphones to help homeschooling parents.
Here are top apps you can find online for this purpose:
Homeschool Helper
This app was built for lesson planning specifically for homeschoolers. It is best used to track student progress, execute tracks and calculate grades. The app is $4.99 but they offer a 30-day free trial. It is compatible with your iPad, Kindle Fire, Nook, and Android Tablets.
Soft 112 enumerated the key features of this app. They also said, “it allows you to spend more time teaching and less time managing.”
Key Features are:
√ Backup your data at anytime
√ Track an unlimited number of students
√ Manage students over multiple school years
√ Record grades for up to 14 different subjects, per student
√ Grade calculator for effortless grade entry
√ Separate grading scale for each student
√ Create Lessons for any subject
√ Powerful Lesson Viewer provides calendar view of lessons, and more
√ Auto-generate batches of lessons, for effortless entry
√ Auto-create grades from any lesson, to avoid re-keying
√ Lesson Report, with date range parameters
√ Manage Book Lists, Field Trips, and Task Lists
√ Track daily attendance
√ Includes Reports; such as Report Cards, Attendance, Student Summary, and more
√ Reports can be viewed or emailed for storage, printing, etc
√ High-quality retina based graphics throughout
Helpful Features
√ Sample Student included to visually demonstrate key features
√ 12+ Help Topics to get you started quickly
√ Most Help Topics are accompanied by a high-quality instructional video.”
If you have a K12 student, this app is recommended for parents for tracking and logging students’ attendance from anywhere. The app is available for free and compatible with your smartphone or tablet.
K12 says, “With the app, you’ll have the power to:
- Start and complete enrollment
- Track your student’s progress
- View your schedule
- Log daily attendance†
- Receive instant notifications
- Communicate your plans for future school years.”
FamilyTime
Most of the youngsters are on devices nowadays, and as a parent, we are concerned of how much time our kids spend on digital tools. This app allows you to set restrictions and limits on screen time and allows you to lock your kids’ phones!
Familytime says ‘Reclaim your family moments by managing content and usage across all devices. Monitor and manage kid’s cell phone activities like location, internet, phone logs, app blocking, geofencing & much more!”
Smart measures to ensure safe device usage by your children to maintain the smart digital lifestyle
- Block any apps installed on their phones or tablets that you don’t want them to use by adding them to the Blacklist app list.
- Make sure your children never stray to the wrong side of the internet. Select specific categories to block access to all websites, content, images, and videos from those categories.
- Don’t let any harm come in your family’s way. Always be just a tap away from them and get instant alerts when they’re in danger.
√Limit Screen Time For AndroidNew
- Ever wished you could somehow unplug your teens? Now you can! Limit screen time on their Android phones during dinner and bed time or define custom rules. You have the power; you set the rules!
- Tired of asking your kids to put their phones down for homework or during meal times? Now you have the smart way to limit screen time on their iOS devices.
- FamilyPause makes locking your child’s mobile device a breeze. Simply tap the FamilyPause button under the child profile on your Dashboard, set a password and bang!
√Internet Schedule for AndroidNew
- Don’t want your kids to use internet for a specific period of time? Create your own schedule to pause internet of your kids or choose our featured schedules with days and timing slots to change them according to your demand. A smart way to control your kid’s internet.
- Afraid your teens would drive too fast? That could be dangerous. Define speed limits for your teens and know when they over-speed.
- Watchlist Contacts
- Don’t want some people contacting your children? Add them to Watchlist contact list and get alerts when they contact.
- Teach your kids the importance of saving from an early start and let them save minutes from their Daily Limit only to enjoy it later when they have free time. The more they save, the more they can enjoy!
- Minutes that they save from their Daily Limit can be utilized in FunTime – a timeframe that you can control. Encourage them to save more time during exams or weekdays so they can more FunTime during holidays or weekend!
They offer premium plans from $1.25 to $2.25 per month and a free three days trial for all plans.
Cozi
Cozi is actually free calendar app for the family. It helps all members stay organized by syncing all devices so everyone is on the same task or calendar event. It has a shared to do lists, shopping lists, and so much more.
Here are Cozi’s features:
√Family Calendar
- See what everyone is doing and where everyone needs to be with a shared, color-coded calendar
- Set reminders and send agenda emails so no one misses an appointment
- Organize activities, meetings, school schedules, lessons, practices, and games all in one place
√To Do Lists
- Easily track and manage the things that need to get done
- Create a shared to do list, a honey-do list, or a chore list for the kids
- Make as many lists as you want—packing lists, camping supplies, books to read—whatever you need
√Shopping Lists
- Jot down all the things you need in one place – no more sticky notes or scrap pieces of paper
- Email the list with one click to someone who is kindly picking up the groceries
- Keep track of gift lists, holiday menu ideas, school supplies, and more
√Recipes
- Store recipes, plan dinners for the week, and easily add ingredients to your shopping list
- Access your recipes from anywhere—even when you’re at the store to pick up ingredients
- Get ideas for easy dinners when you need to jump-start your meal plan
Screen Time Labs
Screen Time Labs offers this app for parents who wants to monitor their children spending more than seven hours on digital gadgets. It has both Free and paid features and a seven day free trial. The premium plans start from $6.99 to $49.99
Screen Time stimulates kids to learn positive habits. we have also built a set of remote control features that allow parents from their phone (or computer) to manage all of the the app features for just a few clicks. They can monitor how many hours per day the kids on their phone, what are they downloading or what wesbites are they visiting.
The key features of Screen Time Labs are:
√Get web and app reports every day
- Don’t be in the dark. We’ll send you a daily summary showing you which websites and apps your child used, and for how long.
√Give your partner, relatives and other carers access
- Invite your partner, parents or other carers to manage your child’s screen time settings.
√Prevent kids from uninstalling Screen Time
- Screen Time requires a secure password in order to be uninstalled. For added safety, you can also block access to settings.
√Use one account for your family, unlimited devices
- Manage your family’s screen time with one account and track all devices, parents too if you like.
√Block apps
- Protect your kids from specific inappropriate apps by blocking completely.
√Compatible with Apple, Android and Amazon devices
Screen Time is available for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Android and Kindle Fire.