hayway has always been about the operational side of care and learning: attendance that reconciles, billing that matches reality, records that hold up when someone asks. hearth brings that same discipline home. It is a private home base for homeschool families, and it is live today: every household starts with a free 14-day trial, then one price covers the whole household.
What hearth is
hearth gives a homeschool household one place to plan lessons, track attendance and expenses, organize meals and schedules, save learning evidence, and build a clean year record. No public feed, no advertising, and household data stays separate from childcare-center data.
- The records loop is live: plan a lesson, mark it complete, record attendance, attach evidence, print the year record. So are expenses and receipts, meals and groceries, the family calendar, household roles, and family-maintained report cards and transcripts.
- Every export is labeled as a family-maintained record that you review. hearth will not claim state approval or file anything for you.
- The optional connection to co-ops, microschools, and programs that run on hayway is live too: days attended, fees, and activity updates arrive as suggestions that join your records only when you add them, unless you choose automatic adding for a category. A family can also share a read-only year record with a trusted instructor and end it at any time.
The free resource library
The resource library stays free for everyone: printable attendance logs, a portfolio checklist, a reading log, a transcript template, primary-source state law pages, and practical guides to homeschool recordkeeping.
Waitlist members hear first
Joining the waitlist costs nothing. Members hear about each new release and founding-family interviews before anyone else.
This article is for informational purposes only and is not legal, financial, or compliance advice. Program rules and figures change. Confirm specifics with the relevant agency or your own advisors before acting.