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๐Ÿพ Homeschool Kโ€“12 ยท Free during our pilot

Find exactly where your child is. Then let them runย ahead.

Graymalkin Lane is a learning companion for math, reading & writing, science, and social studies. Short check-ins find the real gaps; bite-sized lessons and practice fill them.

No ads ยท First names only ยท Kids never need an email

Graymalkin Lane: four little shops for math, reading, science, and social studies, and a gray cat on the fence.
grades
Kโ€“12
grades
skills, mapped to standards
294
skills, mapped to standards
checked questions
3,528
checked questions
lesson cards with worked examples
1,295
lesson cards with worked examples

Our goal

Every child learns at the edge of what they know

Not where a grade level says they should be. Where they actually are, today, in each subject.

Find the real gaps

A missed idea from two years ago quietly breaks today's lesson. We look underneath, skill by skill, and find it.

Fill them, for good

Short lessons teach the idea, practice makes it stick, and spaced reviews bring it back before it fades.

Never hold anyone back

A grade is a starting point, not a ceiling. Kids who are ready move ahead, as far and as fast as they can go.

How it works

Four steps, then it keeps adjusting every week

  1. A placement check

    About 20โ€“40 questions, adapted as your child answers. Each answer settles a whole chain of skills, so it's short and never feels like a test.

  2. The real gaps show up

    Not a grade-level score: the specific skills that are missing, even ones from years back, and the ones they're ready to skip ahead on.

  3. A plan for the week

    A few practice cards per subject: gaps to fill, one stretch skill โ€œone step past your bestโ€, and quick reviews so nothing fades.

  4. Learn it, then practice

    Every skill has a short lesson with a worked example. After each practice answer comes the โ€œbig ideaโ€, so kids learn why, not just what.

How the placement and plans actually work โ†’

What we teach

Four shops on the lane

Every skill is mapped to the standards schools use: Common Core for math and reading, NGSS for science, and the Colorado Academic Standards for social studies.

Number Workshop

Counting to calculus-ready algebra ยท grades Kโ€“12 ยท 97 skills

  • Counting to 100 by ones and tens
  • Multiplication meaning and facts
  • Understand ratios and ratio language
  • Solve linear equations and inequalities in one variable

Story House

Phonics, reading, and writing ยท grades Kโ€“12 ยท 83 skills

  • Letters, books, and print
  • Reading stories: key details, lessons, and characters
  • Reading stories: key ideas, theme, and evidence
  • Reading literature: theme, character, and inference

The Lab

Forces, life, Earth, and space ยท grades Kโ€“12 ยท 58 skills

  • Pushes, pulls, and sunlight
  • Forces, motion, and magnets
  • Matter and its changes
  • Biology: cell structure, function, and homeostasis

Map Room

History, maps, money, and civics ยท grades Kโ€“12 ยท 56 skills

  • History: the past, and putting events in order
  • History: sources, change over time, and cause and effect
  • History: sources, eras, and turning points, Western Hemisphere
  • World geography: maps, projections, and spatial tools

For kids

It feels like a game. It works like a tutor.

Pictures, read-aloud, drag-and-drop, number pads, and a cat who cheers you on. Short sessions, real wins.

Streaks that forgive

Weekends never break a streak, and a freeze covers one missed day.

Badges and a map

Watch each grade fill up, skill by skill, with a star when it's done.

Read to me

Questions and lessons can be read aloud. For Kโ€“1 they read themselves.

No ceiling

Doing great? The placement keeps climbing. Nobody is stuck at their grade.

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How many apples? Tap each one to count.

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For parents

You stay in charge, without the paperwork

See exactly what your child knows, approve what they ask to learn, and keep the records Colorado homeschoolers need.

Progress you can read

Mastery by skill and by grade, what they missed and why, and what's planned next.

Records, done for you

Learning time, attendance against Colorado's 172 days, evaluations, and a printable year report.

Printable worksheets

Fresh practice from the skills they're working on, with an answer key.

Try-at-home activities

Five-minute, hands-on ideas for the youngest learners. Tap โ€œWe did itโ€ to log the time.

Writing feedback

Kids write; AI gives rubric-based feedback on ideas, organization, and conventions. You see everything.

The whole family

Every child, every subject, one account. Invite a co-parent or grandparent to see the same view.

Safe by design

Built for kids, so built carefully

  • First names only

    No birthdays, photos, or kid emails. Kids log in with a family code and PIN.

  • No ads, ever

    We don't sell or share data. The product is the product.

  • AI with guard rails

    AI helps only during practice, never on a placement or check-in. Parents see every chat.

  • Delete anytime

    Remove a child or your whole family from your dashboard, and it's gone.

Questions

What parents ask first

Is this a full curriculum?
It covers the core four subjects Kโ€“12 with lessons and practice, and it tells you exactly what each child needs next. Many families use it alongside the books and projects they already love, as the part that finds and fills the gaps.
How much time does it take?
Practice cards take about 5โ€“10 minutes. Most kids do one or two per subject a day. The first placement check is longer (20โ€“40 questions) and can be paused anytime.
What does it cost?
Nothing while we're in our pilot. See pricing for what comes later.

All questions โ†’

Ready to find out where your child really is?

Free while we're in our pilot. Set up takes two minutes: add your kids, give them a PIN, and let them start.