The subjects that matter, at the table that matters.
Bell & Flag teaches five subjects and teaches them well — from real books, on a planned schedule, with you at the head of the class. What your children believe stays where it belongs: with your family.
READING
phonics first, then stories older than Grandma
WRITING
real penmanship — two lines a day, every day
ARITHMETIC
facts to mastery, flash cards and all
SCIENCE
nature study, seasons, and the backyard lab
GOOD CITIZENSHIP
the Pledge, the founders, how a town works
Start this morning. We mean it literally.
every barrier between "we should homeschool" and the first bell — removed
Sign up over coffee
Two minutes: your email, your kids, your first day. No passwords, no sales call.
Print the Day One Packet
Week 1 runs on your printer and household things. The box of real books follows within the week.
Ring the first bell
Today's plan: every page number, every material, every word to say. You teach. We keep the bells.
A schoolhouse you can hold.
real books, real pencils, a real flag in the corner — photographed at a real kitchen table (ours)
Meet the principals.
ninety seconds with Josh & Ramsey Ford — we run the schoolhouse; the teacher is you
"The plan I wish I could hand every parent."
This is Emma & Jack's real Tuesday.
Emma is in kindergarten. Jack is in 2nd grade. Their mom teaches both — one morning, one plan, choreographed
TogetherOpening — the Pledge, a verse & a story
One flag, one verse, one story — both kids. Today's devotional: "Let us run with patience the race" — steady like the tortoise. Then The Tortoise and the Hare from the First Reader, with two questions printed under it. Choices, never quizzes.
Emma · KMath with you — Saxon Math K, the Meeting
Calendar, count the date, one two-minute counting game. Every word scripted.
MEANWHILE, JACK: copywork page on his own — the plan hands him independent work whenever you're teaching his sister.
Jack · Gr 2Swap — math with you: Saxon Math 2, Lesson 29
His lesson, teacher's script in your hand, exact pages named.
MEANWHILE, EMMA: colors the flag page from this afternoon's citizenship lesson. Five-year-old-proof.
Together☀️ Recess
Outside. Yes, it's on the schedule — this is a real school.
Emma · KPhonics with you — The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading, Lesson 2
Your book p. 8, her book p. 2. Every word you say is printed in gray — read it aloud. You cannot do this wrong.
MEANWHILE, JACK: silent reading, his pick. (It still counts. It especially counts.)
TogetherGood Citizenship — Our Flag
Taught once, to both — fifty stars, thirteen stripes, and which star is yours. Your talking points are written out; the fridge gets its first flag.
Together🔔 Closing
Ring the bell, narrate the win, check the boxes — two grades, one morning, and the attendance record keeps itself.
This is the part nobody tells you is possible: the plan interleaves your children automatically — who's with you, who's working alone, when to swap. You don't need experience. You need a plan.
Three promises.
the whole company, in one row of index cards
Values first.
Every morning opens with the Pledge and a short, grade-level devotional — one verse, one thought, one prayer. Faith and character, taught plainly, with you leading.
Core subjects, mastered.
Five subjects taught deeply beats twelve taught thin. Phonics, penmanship, math facts, real science, good citizenship — the foundation everything else stands on.
Start the same day.
Sign up this morning, print Week 1, teach this afternoon. The books arrive within the week — the plan bridges every day until they do.