陈家书院Chen Academy
A Christian homeschool family
We homeschool. And somewhere along the way, we started writing the school software ourselves.
Who we are
We are a Christian family that homeschools our children. The academy is small: the students are ours, the teachers are ours, and the principal and the cook happen to be the same person.
Around here, Scripture reading, handwriting, arithmetic, and writing code all count as schoolwork.
Why we build our own software
Every homeschool family knows the moment: “if only there were a tool for this.” Searched the whole App Store and it doesn't exist? Fine — we'll write it ourselves.
That's how we ended up with a media player for lessons in the car, a Chinese handwriting worksheet generator, a Bible-verse sticky-note printer… whatever the kids need, we build.
And we gladly share what we build with like-minded homeschool families — may these tools save you some technical elbow grease, so your time goes to your children.
Come take a look
The academy has a software workshop — and the workshop's proudest work deserves a look of its own.
Software Workshop
Everything our family has built, on one shelf: a media player, worksheet makers, a sticky-note printer… all handmade, with love and occasional bugs.
Visit the workshop →CarSchool
An iPhone app that turns car rides into class time. Traffic jams are no longer wasted time — they're study hall.
About CarSchool →