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 in development now.
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 first release is the records loop: plan a lesson, mark it complete, record attendance, attach evidence, generate the year record.
- Every export is labeled as a family-maintained record that you review. hearth will not claim state approval or file anything for you.
- An optional connection to co-ops, microschools, and programs that run on hayway is planned for after the core loop ships.
What you can use today
While the product is in development, the resource library is live and free: printable attendance logs, a portfolio checklist, a reading log, a transcript template, primary-source state law pages for Indiana and Kentucky, and practical guides to homeschool recordkeeping.
Waitlist members hear first
Joining the waitlist costs nothing. Members hear about the first 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.