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Built by a dad. Made for families like ours.
Two boys. Two working parents. Sports, Scouts, and a calendar that doesn’t leave much breathing room.
Some evenings, getting everyone around the dinner table feels like an accomplishment. Finding time and patience to study together afterward is another challenge.
But when tests came home with avoidable mistakes or a note about a retest, I kept thinking: I want to help. We need a way that works for our family.
There had to be a better way
My boys would rather be outside, playing video games, or on their electronics than studying. Honestly, I get it. I was that kid, too.
Those interests eventually became a career. After more than 15 years working in development and design, I started wondering: could I use those skills to make practice something my kids would actually want to do?
Of course, building the games doesn’t mean I understand all the homework. My sister teaches fifth grade, so she occasionally gets a call that starts with, “Explain why we’re doing math like this now.”
I call to complain. She explains it like I’m one of her students. Annoyingly, it starts making sense.
Knowing the answer and knowing how to help a kid understand it are two different things.
Learning by getting involved
Whether I’m leading a Scout den, coaching a team, or helping with a youth group, I’ve seen what happens when kids have something to do: they get involved.
That’s the idea behind Studying with Dad. Interactive games that let students practice, experiment, make mistakes, get useful feedback, and try again.
I want to see what’s starting to click, where another explanation might help, and what we could explore next. Sometimes that means catching up. Sometimes it means working ahead. Both count.
Plenty of my buddies are having the same evenings. Some are developers, too, and they’re jumping in to help make this a reality. What started as something for my two boys is becoming a shared effort to build something useful for families like ours.
Totally free. Nothing to sell you.
There’s no subscription, no paid upgrade, and no sales pitch waiting around the corner. We’re not planning to sell you anything.
We’re making something we want our own kids to use and sharing it with families who might find it helpful.
We’re just getting started
We’re in beta and growing. The library is small, and we’ll keep improving it as families play, share feedback, and tell us what would help.
Have a tricky topic your student is working on? Request a lesson. We can’t promise every suggestion will become a game, but your ideas help shape what comes next.
You don’t need a perfectly organized evening or a kid who loves homework. We’re building this for the rest of us.
— Dad, founder of Studying with Dad