Blending Stack vs Homeschool Portfolio

The Blending Stack App is an essential tool for educators and parents supporting dyslexic learners or students with other learning differences. With this app, you can create fully customizable blending stacks tailored to each learner’s needs, whether working on simple CVC words or advancing to multisyllabic decoding. Designed around a structured phoneme progression, Blending Stack empowers students to build decoding skills step by step. Its flexible format makes it ideal for one-on-one instruction and small group lessons.

Chalk is the homeschool documentation app designed for families who want to capture learning as it happens - without paperwork, binders, or complicated spreadsheets. Whether you teach classical literature, follow Charlotte Mason nature study, unschool through hands-on exploration, or blend whatever works best for your child, Chalk gives you one calm, organized place to document it all. In about two minutes a day. TRACK ATTENDANCE WITHOUT STRESS Every state has different requirements for homeschool documentation. Chalk helps you stay on top of yours with a simple instruction day counter that shows exactly how many school days you have logged versus how many you need. The pace indicator updates automatically so you always know whether you are ahead of schedule, right on track, or need to pick up the pace before year-end. When the year ends, start the next one in a tap. Past years stay in the app and can be exported any time. DAYS OFF THAT DON'T PUT YOU BEHIND Mark a holiday, a vacation, a sick day or a plain day off, one day or a whole break at once, with a note. Days off never count toward attendance and the pace indicator skips them, so a week away never reads as "behind". Mark winter break ahead and your pace adjusts. DAILY LEARNING LOG Log each school day in about two minutes. Record subjects covered and add brief notes about what sparked curiosity, what clicked, or any memorable moment. These logs become invaluable at year-end review time when you need to demonstrate educational progress to a supervisor or portfolio reviewer. WORK SAMPLE GALLERY Photographs are the most powerful documentation you can keep. A narration written by hand, a watercolor painting, a completed worksheet, a science experiment in progress - these tell a story that no checklist can. Tap the camera button and your photo is stored with date, subject, and notes. READING LOG Track every book your child reads - title, author, genre, date finished, and a star rating. Works for read-alouds, independent reading, and audiobooks. FIELD TRIP LOG Document field trips with destinations, dates, educational connections, notes and photos. A museum visit tied to your history unit. A nature hike connected to science. CHALK PRO - THE COMPLETE RECORD - Portfolio PDF Generator: a year-end portfolio with attendance, days off, subject logs, curriculum, work samples, reading list, field trips, assessments and the report card. Pick the sections you need, then share it with your evaluator or umbrella school. - Report Cards: a grade per subject for each term (letters, percents or pass/fail), printed or shared on its own. - Multi-Child Support: document up to 5 students, each with their own complete record. - Unlimited Records: no limits on work samples, books, and field trips. - Curriculum Tracker and Assessment Records. WORKS FOR EVERY HOMESCHOOL STYLE Classical, Charlotte Mason, unschooling, eclectic - Chalk adapts to you. No rigid structure to fit your education into. OFFLINE FIRST Your data stays on your device. No account, no internet connection required. Export the portfolio PDF whenever you need a copy for your records. --- Chalk Pro unlocks: unlimited work samples, books and field trips, report cards, curriculum tracker, assessment records, the portfolio PDF generator, multi-child support (up to 5 students), and PDF export. Subscription options (US prices; the app shows the price in your currency before you subscribe): - Monthly: $4.99/month - Yearly: $39.99/year (save 33%) Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/