Your homeschool away from home.
Bright rooms where your child works through the curriculum you already chose, with friends at the table and grown-ups who know their name. Three days a week, or five.
The first 20 founding families lock their rate for two years. We’ll announce our opening date as soon as it’s set.
- K–5all ages welcome
- 8:30 startto 12:30 or 2:30
- 12 to 1never more
- Artsevery week
- Storiesand speaking
- Two guidesevery day
Homeschooling works. Doing it alone is the hard part.
You picked the curriculum. You know it’s the right one for your kid. What’s missing isn’t the lesson plan, it’s somewhere to do it.
Somewhere your child sits down at 8:30 and starts without a negotiation. Somewhere there’s a table of other kids their age doing the same thing. Somewhere you get to stop being the teacher, the principal and the lunch lady all before 10am.
That’s what we built.
What changes the day your child has somewhere to go.
Roots isn’t a different education. It’s the same one your family already chose, with the lonely part taken out.
They stop learning alone
Your child sits down beside other kids doing the very same thing. Work stops being a negotiation and starts being simply what everyone here does at 8:30.
You get your day back
You stop being the teacher, the principal and the lunch lady before 10am. The rest of the day is still yours, and you get to spend it being a parent instead of a school.
The curriculum stays yours
You chose it, you keep it, you set the pace. We don’t replace what’s already working. We give it a place, a rhythm, and people who care how it’s going.
They make real friends
The same faces every single day, all year long. Not a co-op that meets twice a month. The kind of friendship that only happens with repetition.
The rest of the day stays yours. Co-op, sports, faith classes, travel, a slow lunch at home. Whatever you built this life for.
The guide is the whole thing.
A room full of children and screens is a computer lab. What makes Roots work is the guide walking between the tables.
Our guides don’t lecture, and they don’t replace the curriculum you chose. They notice. They see the child who has been stuck on the same problem for eleven minutes, the one racing ahead and getting careless, and the one who needs someone to pull up a chair before they’ll try again.
Your child should never be the only person in the room trying to work out what comes next.
- They notice before your child asksMost kids won’t raise a hand. A guide who knows them can tell the difference between thinking and stuck.
- Twelve children to a guide, at mostA limit, not an average. Small enough that nobody sits stranded for half the day.
- Two of them, every single dayNever one guide alone with a room. No exceptions, no gaps, no covering for each other.
- Background checked before they meet your childEvery guide, every time, without you having to ask how it was handled.
- They can tell you about your child’s weekNot a grade printout. What they actually saw, and what they’d do next.
Three steps. That’s the whole thing.
Bring your curriculum
Your child keeps the online program you already trust. You stay in control of what they learn and how fast. Haven’t chosen one yet? We’ll walk you through the options that work well in our rooms.
Pick your days
Three days a week, or five. Explorer runs 8:30 to 12:30, Pioneer 8:30 to 2:30. Change plans between semesters if your family’s rhythm changes.
Show up
We handle the rooms, the routine, the rhythm and the enrichment. You handle pickup.
Small on purpose.
Everything here is sized so your child is known, not managed.
Never a crowd
Two guides are in every room, every day, and no guide ever carries more than twelve children.
Two schedules
Explorer runs 8:30 to 12:30 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Pioneer runs 8:30 to 2:30, Monday to Friday, with lunch together as a group.
Rooms to choose from
More than one room and more than one class, so children settle where they work best. Mixed ages mean younger kids stretch toward what they see, and older kids get better by explaining.
When it’s full, it’s full
We’re capping enrollment at the number our rooms can actually hold well. We would rather turn families away than crowd the ones who are here.
The part of school that usually gets cut first.
Every day ends with an Enrichment Circle. They rotate weekly and they’re included in both plans, not sold back to you as an extra.
Arts
Hands in paint, clay, paper and thread. Making something that didn’t exist at 8:30.
Storytelling and Public Speaking
Standing up, being heard, holding a room. The skill that shows up in every job your child will ever have.
Movement
Bodies out of chairs. Games, coordination, working out the wiggles that four hours of screen time puts in.
Add what fits your family. Skip what doesn’t.
Roots is open to every family in Fort Bend County. Add-ons are always opt-in, and nothing in the core day is held back for them.
Field Trips
A handful per year. Optional every time, priced per trip, announced early enough to plan around.
Two plans. No surprises.
Billed in 10 monthly payments, August through May.
Also due
Enrollment fee $250/year · Materials $150/year
The enrollment fee is only charged after acceptance. Applying is free.
Included in both plans
- Enrichment Circles
- Guide support in every session
- Opening Circle and reflection
- Progress check-ins with your family
Not included
- Your curriculum subscription (you buy that directly, and you keep it if you leave)
- Field trips
The first 20 families set the tone.
We’re taking 20 founding families for our opening year. It’s not a marketing tier, it’s the group that shapes what this place actually becomes.
Apply for a Founding Family spot- Your rate is locked for two full years, whatever tuition does after that
- First choice of days and session times
- Priority enrollment for younger siblings when they age in
- A standing seat at the family meetings where we set the calendar
When the 20 are filled, they’re filled. Everyone after joins at standard rates.
The things families ask first.
Something we didn’t cover? Ask it in your application and we’ll answer you directly.
Roots is a learning center for children who are educated at home. Your child stays enrolled in whatever curriculum program you’ve chosen. We’re the place they do it, with guides and friends.
No. You do. That’s the point. We’ll happily talk through what works well here if you’re still deciding, but the choice and the account stay yours.
Then they work at their level. Nobody at Roots is waiting for the rest of a class to catch up or being dragged along behind one. That’s the single biggest advantage of this model.
Kindergarten through 5th grade.
A device, headphones, a water bottle and a snack. We’ll send a short list before the first day.
They’re the guides who run our rooms: background checked before they ever meet your child, trained in how this model works, and never fewer than two in a room. They don’t lecture and they don’t replace your curriculum. They notice how your child’s day is actually going.
Yes, and we’d rather you did than guess from a website. Apply or join the interest list and we’ll set up a conversation. Founding families will be the first ones invited in once the space is ready.
We read every application, then invite you and your child in for a visit and a conversation. If it’s a fit both ways, we send an enrollment agreement. The whole thing usually takes about two weeks.
Twenty founding families. A new place to learn in Richmond.
If your child is learning at home and you’ve been wishing for somewhere to take that, this is it. The application takes about ten minutes and costs nothing.
Start your applicationNot ready to apply? Join the interest list.
Leave your email and we’ll send opening updates, news as the rooms come together, and a reminder before founding spots close. No newsletter, no noise.