One brain dump. A semester of structure.
You tell Clara everything your family does on a recurring basis. She builds a working plan for the whole year. When life shifts, the system adjusts. You stay in charge.
Tell Clara everything your family does.
Open Clara and type out everything that repeats in your family's life. What curriculum each child is using and where they currently are in it. How often each subject happens. Chores and who does them. Extracurriculars. Your schedule. Days you are not available. Anything that shapes your week.
Type it messy. Type it incomplete. Type it the way it actually lives in your head. Clara does not need you to organize it first. That is her job.
This is a one-time comprehensive capture of your family's recurring patterns. Most families do this once at the start of a semester and update Clara as things change. It is not a daily check-in. It is the foundation everything else runs on.
What you type into Clara
Tell Clara everything your family does regularly
Oldest is in Saxon Math 8/7, currently on lesson 42 out of 120. Does math every school day. Youngest is in MCP Math Level E, lesson 18. We do Apologia General Science 3 days a week, both kids together. I work from home Mon-Wed 9-1, kids need to be independent those mornings. Soccer Tuesdays and Thursdays after 3. Piano practice daily for both. Co-op every other Friday. Chores: dishes after dinner rotating, vacuum Mondays, laundry Wednesdays both kids help...
Clara builds your plan from this
What Clara creates from that
- Saxon Math 8/7 scheduled daily, paced to finish on time
- MCP Math Level E scheduled daily, independent tasks flagged
- Apologia Science 3x per week, both students
- Mon-Wed mornings: independent mode, no parent tasks
- Piano flagged daily for both, flex priority
- Chores assigned with correct days and students
- Co-op auto-scheduled every other Friday
Clara builds the structure from what you shared.
She does not just store your notes. She extracts the patterns, assigns tasks to the right people, sets priorities, and builds a system that runs automatically from that point forward.
Extracts structure from natural language
She reads your brain dump the way a thoughtful person would. She identifies who does what, when, and how often. She recognizes curriculum names, estimates lesson counts when needed, and flags assumptions for you to verify.
Builds student profiles and task templates
Every student gets their own profile based on what you shared. Clara creates recurring task templates for each curriculum, each chore, each routine. These templates generate the right tasks on the right days automatically.
Writes a personal message back to you
After processing your brain dump, Clara sends a warm personal note. She reflects back what she heard, confirms she has what she needs, flags any assumptions she made, and asks if anything is unclear. You are not left wondering if it worked.
Clara knows hundreds of curricula before you even start.
When you name a curriculum in your brain dump, Clara already knows the typical lesson count, the publisher-recommended pacing, how subjects are usually scheduled across a school year, and how to build a realistic plan around it. You do not have to enter any of this manually.
For curricula she does not recognize, she makes reasonable estimates based on what you tell her and flags them so you know to verify. When she gets something wrong, you update her and she recalculates.
This is not a form where you enter your curriculum one field at a time. You describe it in plain language. Clara handles the rest.
Lesson counts and pacing
Clara knows how many lessons most curricula contain and what a realistic daily and weekly pace looks like. She builds a full-year schedule from the lesson you are currently on.
Scheduling patterns
Some subjects happen daily, some three times per week, some on specific days. Clara understands these patterns and schedules accordingly without you specifying every detail.
Completion milestones
As your child progresses through a curriculum, the system tracks where they are. When a curriculum is nearing completion, Clara surfaces a notification so you have time to plan what comes next.
Adjustable at any time
You can change the pacing, swap curricula, pause a subject, or add something new at any time by talking to Clara or editing manually. Nothing is locked in.
Your family knows what to do. Every day. On any device.
Parents check the dashboard on their phone. Kids open their task view on a tablet or Chromebook. Everyone knows what is next without anyone asking.
Student task view, phone
Hi Liam!
6 tasks left today. You've got this.
Saxon Math Lesson 42
Complete lesson and check answers
Piano practice
20 minutes
Morning routine
Parent dashboard, Chromebook or laptop
Today's Dashboard
Monday, April 21 2 of 22 tasks done across 2 students
Apologia Science Module 3 lab
Gather materials and complete lab write-up
IEW Writing Unit 3 draft
3 days behind. Start with keyword outline.
Morning routine and chores
The system recalculates. You don't have to.
Sick days, rabbit hole mornings, work calls, park days. Life happens. The system adjusts without drama.
Sick day
System handles itTasks that did not get done today carry forward automatically to the next school day. Nothing is lost. You do not have to manually reschedule anything. The system absorbs the disruption.
Three-hour science rabbit hole
Keep goingYour child got excited and you went deep on something. That is homeschool working. Flex tasks shift to make room. Core tasks carry forward if needed. The destination does not change, just the route.
Work call during school hours
Kids stay on trackStudent task views run independently. Your kids open their tasks and know exactly what to do without asking you. The system is designed for the reality that you are not always available.
Update Clara and she adjusts the whole plan.
Life does not stay the same for months at a time. Curricula change. Kids finish a book and need a new one. A new activity joins the schedule. Your work hours shift. The system is built to absorb those changes without requiring you to rebuild from scratch.
You have two ways to update the plan. Use whichever feels easier in the moment.
Talk to Clara
Use the Talk to Clara button in the parent dashboard to add something new, make a change to an existing plan, or do a full refresh. Clara reads the context of your existing plan so she does not duplicate or overwrite what is already working.
Edit manually
Add a task just for today, remove a task from the plan entirely, reschedule something specific, or adjust a student's settings. Manual edits always take precedence over the system. You are always in control.
Talk to Clara
Add something new
New curriculum, activity, chore, or routine
Make a change
Update pacing, swap a curriculum, adjust a schedule
Full refresh
Resubmit everything when the semester changes
Clara reads your existing plan first so nothing gets duplicated or overwritten.
Still have questions about how it works?
What if I do not know my lesson numbers or where we currently are?
Tell Clara what you do know and she will work from there. She can estimate a starting point based on the curriculum and grade level you describe. You can always update her later when you have looked it up. She flags her estimates clearly so you know what to verify.
What if we use a curriculum Clara does not recognize?
Describe it in your brain dump: the name, how many total lessons or chapters it has, how often you do it, and where your child currently is. Clara will build a plan from that. She makes reasonable estimates and flags them. You correct her when needed and she recalculates.
How long does the brain dump take?
Most families type for 10 to 20 minutes the first time. Less if your family's schedule is simpler, more if you have several children with different curricula. Clara takes longer to process than to type. Most plans are ready within 30 to 60 seconds of submitting.
Can I use this if we do not follow a traditional school schedule?
Yes. Tell Clara what your schedule actually looks like. Four days per week, year-round, seasonal breaks, whatever it is. She builds around your real life, not a standard school calendar. If it does not fit neatly into school days per week, describe it and she will work with it.
What if something Clara built is wrong?
Fix it. Either talk to Clara and describe the correction, or edit the task or setting manually. Clara's output is a starting point. You have full control to override anything the system generates. Your adjustments always take priority.
More questions? See the full FAQ page or email info@homeschoolmanaged.com.
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