Layer 1
Journal
Plan the week, log the day, track hours, keep portfolios, and produce high-school records when you need them.
Ascendant Assistant
Records you keep, and a clearer path when teaching gets hard
Assistant includes everything in Journal, plus a Knowledge Tree and help when a lesson isn’t clicking. You keep teaching from your materials.
Three layers, one household account
Journal stands on its own. Assistant adds the map and the help layer.
Layer 2
Knowledge Tree
A picture of what each child knows and what they’re ready to learn, so planning can follow real progress.
Layer 3
Help when stuck
A clearer sense of why a skill might be hard, related skills that may help, and practical ideas based on their history.
How Assistant fits an ordinary week
A starting check-in builds the map. The week and the log make next steps clearer. When something isn’t clicking, you can ask for ideas without handing over the day.
Starting check-in builds their map
Mark what they already know so the Knowledge Tree starts personal. You can refine it as you go. It’s a foundation, not a quiz you take once and forget.
See what they’re ready to learn
Open the Knowledge Tree and see skills this child is ready for. Add what fits your week.
Plan the week around real progress
Keep teaching from your materials. Here’s a familiar curriculum week. The schedule and weekly notes stay in one place with co-parents.
When they’re stuck, understand why
Get Help looks at progress, notes, and scores, then suggests a short path to try. You can add related skills to the week if you want.
Most tools schedule the next lesson.
Ascendant helps you see what this child is ready for, and what might unlock a stuck skill, while you keep the plan, log, and year records in the same private household account.
Try Assistant with your household
Start free. Keep your curriculum. Upgrade later, or stay on Journal for records only.