School years: helping at home

For parents, grandparents, nannies and tutors helping a school child at home: what they should know, what their scores mean, and how to help.

Start here: is my child where they should be?

Pick your child's grade for what they learn this year, in plain words, and what to ask the teacher.

Is my child on track?

Scores and school papers, explained

Homework help

Reading at home

Talking with the school

Summer and breaks

Practice at your child's level

Peabody, our site for children, has free stories and learning games written at each reading level and math grade, with no sign-up. Start where your child is comfortable, not where the calendar says.

Start reading on Peabody Peabody asks your child's grade, starts the stories a little under it, and moves the level as books run easy or hard.
Reading levels and math by grade Where each grade starts, and a page for every level and math path.
The free library Stories sorted by level, to read on screen.
Decodable readers Stories built from the sounds a beginning reader has been taught.