OpenSky Homeschool Planner vs Lesson Garden

Save hours every week running your homeschool. OpenSky is the modern planner that automates scheduling, generates daily student checklists, and tracks progress in real time — so you can stop juggling spreadsheets and start focusing on what matters: teaching your kids. PLAN WITHOUT THE OVERWHELM Add courses and curriculum as you go — no need to map out your entire year before day one. OpenSky builds your schedule automatically based on the courses you add, the days you want to teach, and the pace that works for your family. Works with any curriculum. DAILY CHECKLISTS THAT KEEP SCHOOL MOVING Every morning, each student gets a clear, printable checklist of the day's lessons. Students check off work as they go. You see progress update in real time. No more asking "what do I do next?" FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES THAT ADAPT TO REAL LIFE Took a snow day? Field trip to the zoo? Skip a day and OpenSky automatically recalculates your schedule — remaining lessons shift forward with one tap. No manual rework. REAL-TIME PROGRESS TRACKING See exactly how your year is pacing across every subject. Visual progress indicators show what's done, what's coming, and whether you're on track — at a glance. Export records anytime for compliance or portfolio reviews. STUDENT DASHBOARD Give your learners their own view with a password-free, email-free student portal. Gradually transfer responsibility at your pace. Comments and feedback features let students keep momentum without interrupting your workflow. AI-POWERED COURSE SETUP Upload a curriculum PDF or photo and let OpenSky's AI extract your course plan automatically. Or browse community templates shared by other homeschool families to get started fast. BUILT FOR HOMESCHOOL FAMILIES - Unlimited students on every plan - Works with any curriculum or teaching style - Automated record keeping and transcript generation - Monthly and weekly planning views - Community course templates - Real-time parent-student comments - Priority support via WhatsApp TRUSTED BY REAL FAMILIES Over 1,000 homeschool families use OpenSky to plan school for 2,400+ students, with more than 400,000 lessons planned and counting. Built by a homeschool parent who understands the daily reality of teaching at home. Start your 14-day free trial — no credit card required. $16.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime, no questions asked.

Plan the whole homeschool year in minutes, then just check off each day. Tell Lesson Garden how many lessons or pages are in each book. It works out the pace, spreads everything across your school year, and gives you a simple checklist for every child, every day. EVERY BOOK FINISHED ON TIME • Enter a book's lessons or pages, and Lesson Garden spreads them evenly so it finishes on the last day of school. • Prefer a routine? Choose every day, Mon–Thu, Mon/Wed/Fri, Tue/Thu, every other day, or your own days, and see the finish date for each before you pick. • Page-based books get the right number of pages each time. • Curricula with more than one book, like Math 2A then 2B, are planned as one year. • Already partway through? Start from the lesson or page you're on. A CHECKLIST FOR EVERY CHILD • Today shows each child's lessons for the day. Tap to check them off. • On iPad, Today shows each child's lessons side by side. • The Week view shows the whole week at a glance, on iPhone and iPad. • Filter by child or by book. LIFE HAPPENS, AND THE PLAN KEEPS UP • Missed a day? Unfinished lessons move to the next school day, and the rest of the plan shifts. • Worked ahead, or did a subject on a day it wasn't planned? Check off the next lesson in any book from Today, and that book's plan moves up. • Checked something off by mistake? Undo it. YOUR SCHOOL YEAR, YOUR WAY • Set your first day, number of school days (180 by default), and which weekdays you do school. • Add breaks and holidays, and plans flow around them. • Give the same book to more than one child, each with their own copy to check off. • Doing history or a read-aloud with everyone? Make it a together book: it shows up once, and one tap checks it off for every child. HANDY EXTRAS • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show what's next and each child's progress. • An optional daily reminder tells you how many lessons are planned that day. • On Apple Watch, see today's lessons and check them off from your wrist (with Undo), and see a lessons-left count on your watch face. LESSON GARDEN PLUS The free version plans for up to 2 students. Lesson Garden Plus adds: • Up to 8 students. • Sharing: invite a family member, and you each sign in (with Apple, or with an emailed code) to share the same plans and checkmarks on your own iPhones and iPads. Plus is available yearly (with a free trial) or as a one-time lifetime purchase, and can be shared with your household through Apple Family Sharing. Your plans stay on your device unless you turn on Sharing. No ads, no tracking. Terms of Use: https://www.lessongarden.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://www.lessongarden.app/privacy.html