A gentle daily system for children who push back against demands. Five manageable tasks a day, set by you around your home ed goals, ticked off by your child and checked by you. Each one is a piece, and pieces build into tokens, tokens buy rewards you choose and nothing is ever taken away.
Today's pieces
Working towards: cinema trip
Back on Track is built for exactly this. It doesn't ask for more. It asks for a little, consistently, because home education is usually one to one, and a small amount done most days goes a long way.
Easy enough that it actually gets used, every day.
You set five manageable tasks around your home ed goals, such as reading, maths, English, handwriting and a game together. Each task is a "piece", and each starts small.
Your child ticks a piece off when it's done. You check it. That moment of checking is a natural, low-pressure chance to notice the effort.
Every five checked pieces make a token, whenever they're earned. Three on Monday and two on Tuesday still count. A bad afternoon never cancels a good morning.
You set the rewards and their price in tokens. Your child picks one to work towards and can see how close they are. Spend now, or save for something bigger.
When a child has done very little academic work for a while, a full timetable overnight usually ends in overwhelm and refusal. Back on Track builds stamina gradually instead.
Add as many everyday jobs as you like, such as take vitamins, feed the pet or brush teeth. Your child ticks them off alongside their five tasks. Jobs don't change pieces or tokens, so the learning deal stays simple.
Built with PDA in mind, and it works for any child who resists demands: autistic, ADHD and anxious children, and children who found school too much.
A printable kit with everything you need to run Back on Track on paper, starting this week. It comes in a colourful version and a calm version, which has one soft colour and larger text for anyone who finds busy pages tiring.
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You're on the founding families list, so you'll hear first when the Back on Track app opens. You can unsubscribe at any time.
The same system, on a screen your child will actually look at.
Founding families will be the first to try it, at a lower price that stays locked in for as long as they keep using it. Getting the free starter kit puts you on that list.
Join with the free starter kitNo. Back on Track doesn't decide what your child learns. It gives the learning you've already chosen a daily shape and a reason to keep going. Use it alongside any resources, websites or tutors you already have.
Roughly 5 to 16. The pieces and targets are yours to set, so they can be as small or as stretching as your child needs.
No. It's designed with PDA in mind, and it suits any child who finds demands hard, whatever their diagnosis or none.
Nothing is lost. Whatever pieces were done still count, and tomorrow is a fresh start. If a level is too much after illness or a hard week, step back a level. That isn't failing.
No. The free printable starter kit works on its own. The app is for families who want it on a screen, kept in step between devices.
We're not legally qualified and don't give legal advice. For reliable, up-to-date information, Education Otherwise is a long-standing UK home education charity and a good place to start.
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