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The one thing homeschool always needed. Now, patient.
Homeschool families want a rigorous tutor who won't undermine the parent's role by handing over answers. Brainback is that tutor. Attempt-gated, hint-laddered, and transparent — so parents see effort, not content.
Set up the parent dashboard first, before you set up the kids' accounts. Knowing what you can and can't see shapes the family conversation about it.
An honest before-and-after — the specific gaps Brainback closes for a student in this stage of the arc.
Same problem. Same student. Two different definitions of “productive.”
The actual daily shape of a Brainback week for this stage. Adjust for your own load — the rhythm compounds even if the volume varies.
Family recall pass: 5-10 cards each. Bulk of Learn-mode work in the morning block.
Same. Explain-back at lunch, one concept per kid.
Field-trip day or lighter schedule. Efficiency mode for trip research.
Deep Learn day. One long session per kid on the week's hardest concept.
Recall + fun projects. No new content.
Optional. If a kid's Brain score is dropping, catch-up here.
Family review. Brain scores arrive. Talk about the week.
None of these are automatic. Each is a signal that the product is working — or isn’t. If you don’t hit the week-4 milestone, revisit the plan.
First 'the tutor made me try again' complaint. This is healthy; the habit is forming.
First unprompted explain-back at dinner. The kid volunteers to teach.
First real Brain score per kid. Compare across kids privately — not publicly.
Recall queue is now familiar. Cards are handled without prompting.
The tools are theirs. That's the whole product.
Not a magic diet. A specific sequence of habits Brainback builds around you. The pace is designed for a student with a normal life outside coursework.
Set up one account per kid. Add their subjects. Set the Learn/Efficiency splits. Practice the attempt-gate together for the first day.
Every math problem in Learn mode. Every essay draft in Learn mode. Efficiency mode for research and admin.
Explain-back becomes a family ritual. 'Explain-back one thing you learned' at dinner. Kids get used to production, not just recognition.
Recall queue matters. 5-10 cards per kid per day. Two minutes at breakfast, two at bedtime.
Brain scores across all subjects are visible on the parent dashboard. If any are stagnant, that's the summer's focus.
All seven product surfaces are always on. But this stage of the arc weights them differently. Below are the ones a homeschool student ends up leaning on hardest.
Every math problem, every essay draft, every science observation write-up.
Real scaffolding when the parent-tutor isn't available.
The single fastest way for a parent to know a concept actually landed.
Multi-year retention — what the kid learned in fall stays for the state test in spring.
Effort signal per kid. Content stays private.
Add these as Learn subjects and Brainback treats every problem inside them as academic — everything else goes to Efficiency mode. Every subject below has its own dedicated page with topics, common mistakes, and hint examples.
The subject where the shortcut has always been most expensive.
Your voice, sharpened.
Argument, evidence, causation.
Systems, not slogans.
Produce, don't just translate.
Recommended plan: Family — $19.99/mo. 3 sub-accounts. Right for most homeschool families. See all plans →
We say no to some prospects. Better to be honest here than to have you sign up and churn in week two.
It's the only AI I trust in my kids' hands.
Per-kid views: session count, minutes on task, Brain score, subject breakdown, streak. Never the content — no attempt text, no tutor replies, no explain-back submissions. Effort signal only.
Content-wise, ~12+ (roughly grade 6 reading level). Younger kids need a co-piloting parent for the first month. We're planning a K-5 age-tuned surface for later 2026.
Yes. Add any subject you want manually, with a name and level. Attach your curriculum's syllabus as a PDF and Brainback uses it as context.
There's no dev-mode switch to flip. The sanitizer strips jailbreak framings before the tutor sees them, and the output guard checks every reply. Trying is basically a rite of passage — encourage it, then let them find the wall.
Yes for 2-3 kids ($19.99/mo). Larger families email us — hello@brainback.chat — and we work out a plan case by case.
The lines between stages are messy. If more of the day-in-the-life above sounds like someone else, follow the link.