Who watches your kid while you’re at work?

It’s the question working homeschool parents ask most, and most homeschool advice skips it. This free printable helps you answer it before your first homeschool day.

What’s inside (6 pages, US Letter PDF):

• The 5-step coverage map: shade your work hours, put a person or program in every box, circle the gaps
• A printable weekly grid, Monday to Saturday, 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Every supervision option in one table, with reported costs: hybrid schools (median tuition about $4,928 a year, Kennesaw State University, 2025), microschools (74% charge $10,000 a year or less, National Microschooling Center, 2025), childcare swaps, co-ops and sitters
• Can my child stay home alone? As of 2018, only three states set a minimum age in law: Illinois (14), Maryland (8) and Oregon (10) (U.S. HHS, 2018)
• A rough guide to independent work by age

For you if: you have a job with fixed hours, and you’re pulling your child out of school or planning for next year.
Not for you if: a parent is already home all day, or you’re looking for lesson plans.

Not legal advice. Cost figures come from 2025 surveys and may be very different near you.

— Nine to Five Homeschool