Is this a curriculum?+
No. You keep the curriculum you chose and you do the teaching. Sidekick handles the grading, the spelling practice and the record-keeping.
Will it work with our math books?+
If it’s a printed math page, Sidekick can grade it. Math-U-See is fully graded, and reports use your lesson names (“Delta Lesson 8”). With The Good and the Beautiful and Master Books, numbers and choices are graded, and the coloring, drawing and say-aloud activities are left to you. We’re adding more curricula.
How accurate is it?+
Sidekick reads the handwriting, then checks every answer with real math. When it can’t read something clearly, it asks you instead of guessing, and you can change any mark with one tap.
Is it AI?+
Yes. AI reads the handwriting; our code checks the math. When code can’t check an answer, Sidekick settles it for you unless you turn that off, and you always have the final say.
What about my children’s privacy?+
We store only a first name or nickname and the pages you upload. Nothing on the page needs a name for us to grade it, and nothing we read is kept beyond the marks and the record. The full-size photo is deleted a week after the page is graded, and the smaller copy after the window you choose (90 days unless you change it). You can export or delete everything at any time.
Do my kids need their own accounts?+
No. You can grade and play everything from your own sign-in, and “Use as” hands a shared tablet to a child, with your family PIN to switch back. Give a child a username and password only if they’ll use their own device; it takes a few seconds.
Can I add my own spelling words?+
Yes. Level Up Spelling comes with 100 levels of words built in, so your child can start right away, and in Family lists you can add your own: this week’s list from your curriculum, or the words your child keeps tripping on.
How many children can I add?+
As many as you have, on every plan. Plans are priced by pages, not by children: Family includes 150 graded pages a month for the whole family.
Why is Family $7.95 right now?+
Homeschool Sidekick is new, and the first families to use it shape what it becomes. So families who sign up by December 31 get Family for $7.95 a month instead of $9.95, for as long as they keep the plan. Spelling is $4.95 for everyone.
What is a Slash battle?+
The exact problems your child missed, to win back from Slash. They play it in the app, one problem at a time, or work it on paper and you snap it; every fixed problem is marked “won back” on their record; one still missed is marked “still practicing,” so you know it still needs you.
Does it read the problems to my child?+
Yes, for word problems. A child who can’t read yet leaves them blank, takes the photo, and finds each one on their home with a “Hear it” button. They solve it in the book, snap the page again, and the second grading is free.
What happens when the trial ends?+
Every new family gets 10 days of spelling and 30 graded math pages, with no card. Math grading pauses after your 30th page or on day 10, and spelling pauses on day 10. Nothing is charged, because we never asked for a card. To keep going, choose Family for math and spelling, or Spelling on its own. Your children’s records stay, and any pages you snap in the meantime wait and are graded as soon as you choose Family.