A Treehouse Schoolhouse Alternative for Every Subject
Treehouse Schoolhouse sells family study guides for a parent to lead. We teach every subject through lessons written for your child, and grade what they turn in.
From family study guides to a full curriculum
Treehouse Schoolhouse is a Christian homeschool blog and shop. It sells printable and printed family-style guides for parents to lead, centered on seasonal rhythms, Biblical truth, living books, and family connection: a nature study in a Charlotte Mason and Waldorf-inspired style, book studies, family Bible curricula, Morning Time, and planners, grouped from PreK through Grade 8.
We are a complete curriculum for every subject from Kindergarten through Grade 12, and the teaching happens in the lesson rather than through the parent. The sections below follow the first two weeks after a family adds us.
Day one: a placement test in every subject
To start your child where they actually are, we write a placement test for each subject you choose: 25 questions, or 12 for younger learners. It adapts as your child answers. The result pinpoints where to begin in each subject, perhaps in the middle of fourth-grade math and the beginning of fifth-grade reading. In grades 3 to 12, the free placement test can also be printed, with a photo of the answer sheet uploaded for grading.
The first lessons
Our Parent Dashboard lists the day's lessons by subject. You can shape the week's calendar around your family's hours and print it for the fridge.
Each of our lessons is an interactive article starting at your child's placed level, with images and videos made for them and their interests woven into the reading. Margin notes connect earlier learning and questions invite curiosity. Progress checks along the way and a reading check at the end make sure each idea has landed before your child moves on. Then your child applies what they learned in a project built on the article, such as optimizing lap times for F1 or working out a rocket’s fuel load.
A notebook that stays organized
From Grade 3, our readings offer an optional Notebook guide to help your child organize their learning. It encourages lesson headings and unit labels, and the printable guide offers tips for taking notes in their own words rather than copying the article.
The guide encourages your child to note where they struggled and how they got past it. One tip is to star a useful takeaway, then gather those takeaways into a review page. When your child scans and uploads their notebook pages, we help them remember those ideas and shape practice problems around the places they struggled.
Help and feedback as your child works
Our Always-On Mentor sits beside every reading and project when your child needs help. It also steps in on its own when your child seems stuck, explains the idea another way, and can make it visual by drawing on its board. In a reading check or a project, it guides without giving the answer away.
We grade everything your child submits as soon as they submit it, so grading never lands on you. When your child gets something wrong, we help them work through it.
Records from the first lesson
In our curriculum, daily check-ins log attendance, and every lesson, grade, and piece of feedback is saved as it happens. We draft the documents your state asks for, such as a letter of intent or a portfolio of real work samples, and you can export an attendance log and learning summary at any time.
Keeping faith in your school day
Our curriculum isn't a religious curriculum unless you want it to be. Add Bible study, Christianity, or any faith as a custom elective, and we build a course around it, graded and recorded like every other subject. You can also add faith as an interest, and we'll weave it into any or all subjects, so it doesn't have to be its own course.
Starting with us
You can begin any week of the year. The seasonal rhythm your family has built can stay, because our lessons have no class times and fit around the parts of the day you already love.
School in a Box includes up to 12 subjects, from the core to custom electives on anything your child is curious about. Single Subject covers one course, if you would rather start there.
Other questions
- Can a child who is not reading yet use your curriculum?
- Yes. Kindergarten through Grade 2 is spoken: your child listens, answers out loud, and an adult stays nearby.
- Can my child read lessons on paper?
- Yes. From Grade 3, lessons, reading checks, and projects can be done on paper. Scan and upload the finished work for the same feedback as online work.
- Can ESA funds pay for your curriculum?
- We are approved in Arizona, Alabama, New Hampshire, and Utah. Your program sets eligibility and payment rules.
Less preparation for the next lesson
Keep the family reading and nature walks, while our course supplies the daily teaching.
$149/month per child after the trial.