🌊 For California homeschool families📚 Grades 1–8 · 182 skills

Homeschool Math Curriculum for California Families

Your child lives in the state that's building AI. Time to make sure they understand it.

California homeschoolers have more compliance options than most states — PSA, charter schools, umbrella programs, independent study. Whichever path you're on, Chalky Math provides a complete, structured Grade 1–8 math curriculum with progress tracking built in. And it connects every math topic to how AI actually works — relevant in a way that matters nowhere more than California.

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California homeschool child learning math and AI on tablet
California homeschool options

More paths than most states — Chalky Math works with all of them.

File a Private School Affidavit (PSA) — broadest curriculum freedom, most common for independent homeschoolers

Enroll in a public school independent study program — school provides oversight and some resources

Work with a credentialed private tutor — tutor oversees instruction

Join an umbrella or charter school — school handles compliance while you direct learning at home

What Chalky Math provides

Structure, documentation, and content that holds up to scrutiny.

182 skills across Grades 1–8 — sequenced, structured, and aligned to standard math progressions

Progress tracking shows exactly what has been completed and what is next

Content covers Common Core math topics: number sense, fractions, ratios, algebra, statistics, functions

Every topic connected to a real AI application — context that motivates the math

California homeschool law, line by line

What California requires — and exactly how Chalky Math covers it.

Under Education Code § 33190, California homeschoolers file a PSA annually and take responsibility for a structured curriculum. Here's the full checklist.

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File a Private School Affidavit (PSA) annually with the California Department of Education (Ed. Code § 33190)

You file this directly with the CDE. Chalky Math gives you a structured, documented Grade 1–8 math curriculum to list — with clear learning objectives and automatic progress tracking.

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Instruction must cover required subjects including English, mathematics, social sciences, science, visual arts, physical education, and health

Chalky Math covers the mathematics requirement comprehensively — number operations, fractions, geometry, algebra, statistics, and functions across all eight grade levels.

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Must be taught by a "capable" person — under a PSA, the filing parent takes responsibility for instruction

Every lesson is fully self-contained. Your child reads, works through activities, and progresses independently — no parent expertise in math or AI required.

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Maintain records of enrollment, courses of study, and instruction (Ed. Code § 48222)

Skill completions are tracked with date and grade-level label. This constitutes a clear, documentable record of mathematics instruction — ready whenever your charter or umbrella school asks for it.

Why California homeschool families choose Chalky Math

Built for parents who want real depth, not just a completed checklist.

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AI literacy for the state that built AI.

California is home to Google, Apple, Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta AI, and hundreds of AI startups. Chalky Math teaches your child the mathematical foundations behind the technology being built in their own state — not as a novelty, but as a rigorous academic subject.

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Structured enough for any compliance path.

Whether you file a PSA, use a charter school, or work with an independent study program, Chalky Math provides a structured, documented Grade 1–8 math sequence with built-in progress tracking. The structure is there when you need it.

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Self-paced. Works with any California schedule.

Sessions average 20 minutes. Use it daily, a few times per week, or as a supplement alongside your charter school's requirements. Start at any grade — each level is self-contained.

Curriculum depth
182 skills. Every grade fully covered.
Grade 1 — Counting, Patterns, Shapes18 skills
Grade 2 — Addition, Graphs, Money16 skills
Grade 3 — Multiplication, Fractions18 skills
Grade 4 — Division, Decimals, Area17 skills
Grade 5 — Algebra Intro, Coordinates18 skills
Grade 6 — Ratios, Integers, Equations19 skills
Grade 7 — Probability, Statistics24 skills
Grade 8 — Functions, Pythagorean Theorem31 skills
🤖 AI Foundations16 skills
182 skills total · Grades 1–8 + AI Foundations
AI literacy for the AI generation

Your child lives in the state where AI is being invented. The math behind it is taught right here.

California homeschool parents have a rare opportunity: the companies building the AI their children will grow up using are in their own state. Google DeepMind, Anthropic, OpenAI, Apple Machine Learning — all within driving distance. Chalky Math teaches the mathematical foundations those companies are built on: probability, classification, functions, data analysis. Not as abstract theory — as the actual math behind the systems your child already uses.

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Critical AI thinking

Kids learn to question and evaluate AI outputs — not just accept them as truth.

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The math that makes AI work

Probability, statistics, functions — real foundations, not surface-level buzzwords.

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Future-ready across every California industry

Tech, biotech, entertainment, finance — every sector in CA is rebuilding around AI.

Why AI literacy matters in California

The companies building AI are in your child's backyard.

California is home to more consequential AI research and development than anywhere else on Earth. Google, Apple, Meta, Anthropic, OpenAI, NVIDIA — all headquartered here, all hiring aggressively, all looking for people who understand how machine learning actually works.

Chalky Math doesn't teach kids to use AI tools — it teaches the mathematical foundationsthat make AI possible. Probability, classification, functions, statistics, data. These are the concepts California's tech industry is built on. Your homeschooled child can understand them at the same depth as any school curriculum — and often deeper.

Silicon Valley
Google, Apple, Meta AI, Anthropic, OpenAI, NVIDIA, Stanford AI Lab
Los Angeles
Snap AI, entertainment tech, biotech AI, major entertainment industry ML
San Diego
Qualcomm AI, biotech clusters, defense tech and autonomous systems
Full curriculum · Grades 1–8

Pick up at any grade. Build from there.

Each grade is self-contained — start where your child is today.

Grade 1
Counting, patterns, shapes → classification & object detection
Grade 2
Arrays, bar graphs, patterns → image pixels & sequence prediction
Grade 3
Multiplication, fractions, times tables → AI scoring & data splitting
Grade 4
Decimals, long division, coordinates → AI confidence & mapping
Grade 5
Variables, percentages, coordinates → AI features & accuracy rates
Grade 6
Ratios, statistics, equations → training data & AI bias
Grade 7
Linear equations, probability, sampling → regression & fairness
Grade 8
Functions, slope, scatter plots → neural networks & gradient descent
California homeschool parents

From the state where AI is being built.

We're a Silicon Valley family. My partner is an ML engineer. We've tried every "AI for kids" product and most are smoke and mirrors. Chalky Math is the first one where I look at the content and think — yes, this is actually what matters.

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Priya N.
Homeschool parent, Sunnyvale CA

We use a California charter school and needed a strong supplemental math program. Chalky Math fit perfectly. My daughter is in Grade 6 and her charter teacher has been impressed with how she talks about data and statistics now.

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Lauren C.
Homeschool parent, Pasadena CA

I filed a PSA two years ago and the first thing I worried about was math. Specifically: am I covering what California expects? Chalky Math gave me a structured scope and sequence that covered everything. The AI angle is just a bonus at this point.

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Marcus W.
Homeschool parent, Oakland CA

My son has autism and traditional classrooms were a poor fit. Chalky Math's self-paced format and clear structure have been transformative. He's working through Grade 7 material at age 10 and loving every lesson.

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Yuki T.
Homeschool parent, San Diego CA
California-specific questions

What California homeschool families ask us most.

Does Chalky Math align with California Common Core math standards?+
California adopted the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSS-M), which cover the same core content areas Chalky Math addresses: number sense, operations, fractions, ratios, algebra, statistics, and functions across Grades 1–8. Chalky Math isn't explicitly mapped to California's standards document, but the mathematical content is substantively aligned. If you need to demonstrate curriculum alignment for a charter or umbrella school, the grade-by-grade topic list in the curriculum makes that comparison straightforward.
Can I use Chalky Math with a California charter or virtual school?+
Many California charter and virtual schools allow families to propose or supplement with outside curricula. Chalky Math works well as a supplemental math enrichment program alongside your charter school's core curriculum. Check with your charter school's education specialist about how to document it. The structured progress tracking in Chalky Math makes that documentation easy.
Do I need to file a PSA to homeschool in California?+
California is more complex than most states. You have several options: (1) File a Private School Affidavit (PSA) — this is the most common path for independent homeschoolers; (2) Enroll in a public school independent study program; (3) Use a credentialed private tutor; or (4) Enroll in an umbrella or charter school. Chalky Math works with all four options. We recommend consulting HSLDA or checking with a California homeschool organization for guidance on which path fits your situation.
Is Chalky Math approved for California homeschoolers?+
California does not maintain an approved curriculum list — that concept doesn't apply here. Under a PSA, you have broad discretion to choose your curriculum. Under a charter or independent study program, the school's coordinator reviews your materials. Chalky Math provides a structured, documented curriculum with clear learning objectives and progress tracking, which satisfies what most California school coordinators look for.
Why does the AI angle matter for California kids specifically?+
California is ground zero for AI development. Google DeepMind, Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta AI Research, Apple ML, and thousands of AI startups are all headquartered here. The parents building those systems, and the employers who will hire your child in 10–15 years, are in your state. Understanding how AI works — not just using AI tools, but understanding the math behind classification, probability, data, and learning algorithms — is genuinely career-relevant for California students in a way that it may not be yet for kids in other states.
Do I need to be a math expert to teach this?+
No. Every lesson is self-contained. Your child reads, works through activities, and progresses independently. You don't need to explain gradient descent or neural networks. The curriculum does that — clearly and without jargon. Your role is to set the time and space for learning, not to be the subject-matter expert.
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Give your California homeschooler a real AI + math foundation.

All 182 skills across Grades 1–8 and AI Foundations for $189/year. Works with your PSA, charter school, or independent study program.

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