Resources
Resources for the road ahead
Practical guidance, helpful templates, and clear answers for every stage of your homeschool journey.
Homeschool guides
Guidance for every stage
Getting started with homeschooling
A plain-language walk through your first decisions, from notifying your state to settling into a rhythm that fits your family.
Choosing a homeschool approach
Compare structured, eclectic, unit-study, and interest-led styles so you can pick a starting point without the jargon.
Planning a flexible homeschool year
Build a year that bends with real life, with room for travel, slow weeks, and the days learning goes sideways.
Keeping useful records without overcomplicating it
Capture what actually matters for your records, and leave the busywork behind.
State requirements
Know the rules where you live
Choose your state to see what we are preparing. Detailed guidance is not published yet.
Detailed state-by-state guidance
Requirements change, and the details matter. Always confirm what applies to you with official state sources, such as your state department of education. Cadence provides organizational tools and general information, not legal advice.
Templates
Starting points you can reuse
Weekly homeschool plan
A ready-to-use format you can adapt to your family and your state.
Attendance log
A ready-to-use format you can adapt to your family and your state.
Reading log
A ready-to-use format you can adapt to your family and your state.
Educational outing log
A ready-to-use format you can adapt to your family and your state.
Work sample checklist
A ready-to-use format you can adapt to your family and your state.
High school transcript worksheet
A ready-to-use format you can adapt to your family and your state.
Help center
Find your way around Cadence
Getting started
Set up your account, add students, and find your footing.
Planning
Build lessons and schedules, then adjust them as the year moves.
Quick Log
Capture learning in seconds, wherever it happens.
Students and subjects
Organize learners, subjects, and the work that ties them together.
Records
Keep attendance, notes, and work samples in one place.
Transcripts
Turn high school coursework into a clean, shareable record.
Account and billing
Manage your plan, profile, and payment details.
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