Everyday Moment Activities
Simple, fun activities that fit into daily routines — no screens required. Teachers choose from a pre-populated library of activities built for real family moments: the car ride, the dinner table, the walk to school.
Academic Improvement
Academics at Home
One tool. Three ways to reinforce learning.
Each way is aligned directly to your district's curriculum, so families are always reinforcing exactly what's being taught that week.
Turn Everyday Moments into Learning Opportunities
Academics at Home makes it simple and scalable for teachers to extend learning at home by sharing curriculum-aligned reinforcement activities with families in seconds instead of hours.
Activities are designed for real family routines — short, engaging moments that take less than 10 minutes and fit naturally into everyday life.
This isn't extra content or a parallel program. It's activities aligned to your district's scope and sequence — the right reinforcement at the right time.
Set it and forget it — or stay hands-on. Districts, schools, or teachers can automate weekly sends so activities go out on a set day and time all year, paced to the curriculum.
Prefer more control? Activities can just as easily be selected and sent week to week. Either way, there's no extra prep required.
By connecting classroom instruction to meaningful at-home reinforcement, districts strengthen the conditions for academic success.
What Sets TalkingPoints Academics at Home Apart
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Direct curriculum alignment: Activities align directly to your district's scope, sequence, and High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) to reinforce the exact literacy* and math skills students are learning that week.
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Personalized skill-building with Decodables: Easily create a decodable story with a child's name, or choose one from a ready-to-use library — both aligned to the exact skill they're practicing, at a fraction of the cost of standalone decodable programs.
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Flexible automation: Automate weekly sends so reinforcement happens like clockwork, or choose activities yourself each week — districts, schools, and teachers can all send, with no extra prep either way.
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Designed for busy families: Short activities with simple, clear, translated guidance designed for busy routines and delivered through text messages.
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Easy for teachers, at any level: Available at the teacher, school, or district level, so admins can roll out and manage Academics at Home at the scale that makes sense for them, without adding prep time for staff.
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Accessible for all families: Automatic two-way translation and clear instructions ensure every family can participate.
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Participation visibility: A dedicated district dashboard shows family engagement and home reinforcement patterns, so leaders can identify areas for improvement and celebrate what's working.
* Literacy activities are aligned to the Science of Reading
Why TalkingPoints
Academics at Home is built on the trusted foundation of the TalkingPoints platform - used by 1 in 4 districts across the country.
Utilizing the TalkingPoints platform that families know and trust you can:
- Reach every family through text-first communication
- Communicate clearly with industry-leading translation
- Build meaningful two-way engagement with families
- Turn partnerships into measurable improvements in student outcomes
When families and schools work together, student success accelerates.
Ready to Strengthen Literacy and Math Outcomes?
See how TalkingPoints Academics at Home can help your district extend learning beyond the classroom and improve student academic results.
TalkingPoints is proud to work with Illustrative Mathematics (IM) as an IM Certified® partner expanding support for families of students learning with IM® Math in K-12 classrooms. The partnership strengthens connections between classroom instruction and learning at home by helping families better understand, access, and reinforce key math concepts and skills.
TalkingPoints tools have undergone a formal review process led by Illustrative Mathematics to ensure they align with the IM instructional model and support implementation of IM Math as designed.
IM Certified® is a registered trademark of Illustrative Mathematics. Used with permission.
HOW TALKINGPOINTS WORKS
Four Steps to Improve Academics by Engaging Families
REACH
SMS text-first model
Reach 99% of families
<1% opt-out
COMMUNICATE
Industry-leading K12 translations
150+ languages
Clear activity explanations of what to do and why it matters
ENGAGE
Two-way engagement
Connect classroom instruction to everyday family routines
Reinforces key skills at the right time
IMPROVE
Academic outcomes
Build family confidence and at home learning habits
Identify opportunities for additional outreach or support
You can’t get to step 4 without steps 1–3
More Reinforcement. Stronger Results.
With TalkingPoints Academics at Home, districts can:
- Support more students in reaching grade-level literacy and math goals
- Increase consistency in skill development across classrooms and communities
- Protect and amplify investments in curriculum and instructional materials
- Turn family-school partnerships into measurable academic impact
Ready to build a culture where every student shows up and thrives?
See how our classroom and school-level tools support daily connection with families, and how our attendance solution uses timely, two-way messaging to reduce chronic absenteeism.
Ready to build a culture where every student shows up and thrives?
See how our classroom and school-level tools support daily connection with families, and how our attendance solution uses timely, two-way messaging to reduce chronic absenteeism.