Homeschool & tutors
You already have the books. Now you have the teacher pack.
Upload the curriculum book you teach from. Any chapter becomes a narrated video lesson, a lesson plan, a worksheet, a test paper, activities and a case study — ready before breakfast, in the language you teach in.
8 kits a month · up to 10 learners · 9 languages — one subscription for the whole household
Each learner keeps their own books, assignments and progress — and their own printable record.
Why we built this
A school has a staffroom. You have a kitchen table.
Schools buy teacher packs with every textbook: worked examples, worksheets, tests, answer keys. Teaching at home — or tutoring across four different schools — you get the book and nothing else. So every explanation, every practice sheet and every test gets built by one person, usually late at night, subject after subject.
Six subjects, one of you
Preparing a week of maths, science, language and the rest is a second job. SketchCast does the preparation from your own book, so your time goes into teaching rather than typing.
Your curriculum, not a stock one
Everything is generated from the chapter you upload — the same syllabus, terms and examples your learner is being assessed on. Nothing is invented from a generic library.
One chapter in
Six pieces out — a full week of one subject
Upload a chapter and SketchCast returns a complete teaching kit. Editable Word and PowerPoint files, so you can adjust anything before you teach it.
Narrated video lesson
The chapter explained on animated slides, in a real voice — so a learner can watch, pause and rewatch while you work with a sibling.
Lesson plan
Objectives, materials, a timed flow and the key vocabulary — the structure a school would hand a teacher, written for your chapter.
Worksheet
Fill-in-the-blanks, true or false, matching and short answers — with the answer key on its own page, printed and ready.
Test paper
A properly laid-out paper with marks per question and a mark scheme — or set it as an interactive quiz and let it mark itself.
Activities
Hands-on tasks with materials you already have at home, timings and what success looks like — for the part of the day that shouldn't be a worksheet.
Case study
A real-world scenario with discussion questions and guidance notes, so the chapter lands somewhere beyond the page.
Built around learners
Named learners, not a class register
School software assumes thirty students and a join code. You have three children at different stages, or six students from four different schools. SketchCast is built the way you actually teach.
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Add each learner
By name, with their own login. Up to ten on the Homeschool plan.
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Upload their book
A PDF, or photograph the pages with your phone. Different books per learner is normal here.
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Assign the chapter
Send the lesson, worksheet or quiz to that learner — with a due date if you want one.
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See where they are
Who watched, who submitted, what they scored, which topics keep tripping them up.
Proof of the work
A record you can hand to someone else
Everything taught and completed is already recorded. One button turns it into a printable report per learner — what was covered, when, and how they did.
Homeschooling
For your portfolio or review
Many families have to show what was taught over the year. Instead of reconstructing it from memory, export the record: chapters covered per subject, work completed, assessment results, with dates.
Tutoring
For the parent paying you
The same report is the monthly update your client wants: here is what we covered, here is what your child scored, here is what we do next. The thing that makes a tutor easy to keep.
Home tuition
Six students, four schools, one evening to prepare
Tutoring means a different syllabus for nearly every student — and material that has to match their school, not a generic one. Upload each student's own book and generate against theirs.
Their book, their paper
Each student keeps their own books and assignments. A practice paper for Tuesday's student comes from Tuesday's student's chapter — not a shared pool.
Show the progress
Scores, topic weak spots and a monthly report per student — the difference between "we did some questions" and evidence a parent can see.
What it costs
Two plans for teaching at home
Home Basic for a subject or two alongside school, and Homeschool for the whole curriculum — or a tutor with a full roster of students. Both are built around named learners, and every plan starts with a free kit.
Busy month? Credit packs can be added to any paid plan, and they don't expire.
FAQ
Questions from homeschool families and tutors
Can I use my own curriculum books?
Yes — that is the point. Upload the book you already teach from as a single PDF. Photographed pages work too once combined into one PDF — the built-in page scanner turns your phone's photos into exactly that. Every lesson, worksheet and test paper is generated from that book's own chapters, so the material matches the syllabus your learner actually follows.
How many children or students can I teach on one plan?
Home Basic covers up to 2 learners; Homeschool covers up to 10. Each learner has their own login, their own books and their own progress record — enough for a big homeschooling family, or a tutor's full student roster.
Which languages does it work in?
Lessons are generated in 9 languages, auto-detected from the book you upload — including Arabic, fully right-to-left on slides and worksheets. You teach in the language of your book, not the language of our website.
Do I get records for my homeschool portfolio or review?
Yes. Everything taught, assigned and completed is recorded as you go, and one button exports a printable report per learner: chapters covered per subject, work completed and assessment results, with dates. Families use it for portfolio reviews; tutors send the same report as the monthly parent update.
Can a tutor use it with students from different schools?
Yes. Each student keeps their own books, so you can upload each student's own school textbook and generate practice papers against that student's actual syllabus. Six students from four schools is a normal setup here.
What does it cost?
You can start free with one complete lesson kit — no card needed. Home Basic is $9.99 a month for a subject or two, and Homeschool is $34 a month or $340 a year (two months free) for the whole curriculum: 48 generations a month, up to 10 learners and printable progress records.
Try it on tomorrow's lesson
Upload one chapter and get the full six-piece kit free — no card, no trial timer. If it saves you an evening, the plans are there.
Questions about homeschooling or tuition use? Talk to us — a real person answers.