Pennsylvania Homeschool Operating System

Write it down without slowing down.

Tools to document, organize, and feel good about your homeschool.

Curiosity is the curriculum.

Real learning is happening. This OS helps you prove it. Whether your days look like Waldorf, Montessori, unschooling, or something entirely your own โ€” Wellspring gives you the tools to capture it, document it, and feel good about it.

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Unschooling

Child-led freedom

Following John Holt's insight: curiosity is never idle, it grows from real concerns. Life is the curriculum. Cooking, building, questions, play โ€” all tracked as learning.

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Waldorf

Rhythm and imagination

Anchored in the 2026 WECAN conference theme: Remember, Observe, Shape the Future. Seasonal rhythms, main lessons, artistic work, and movement woven through the week.

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Montessori

Prepared environment

Work cycles, hands-on materials, and sensitive periods. Children aged 6โ€“9 are in the second plane of development โ€” building reason, community, and moral imagination.

Live it. Log it. Keep it.

Each entry you write becomes a dated, subject-tagged record. Over time, those entries build into a portfolio ready for your annual review.

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Check PA requirements

Know exactly what Pennsylvania requires for your grade level โ€” subjects, hours, evaluator criteria, and annual timelines โ€” all in one place.

Open Compliance โ†’
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Design your week

Not a lesson plan. Not a schedule. Just a rhythm you actually want to keep.

Build your week โ†’
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Log learning moments

Write a quick entry about what your child did today. Tag it to a subject, and it becomes a dated, searchable record โ€” building your portfolio one moment at a time.

Open learning log โ†’
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Build the portfolio

Collect work samples, reading lists, and project notes in one organized place. When evaluation season arrives, your portfolio is already waiting.

Build portfolio โ†’
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New: $20K/year tax-free for homeschool expenses

As of January 1, 2026, you can withdraw up to $20,000/year from 529 accounts tax-free for curriculum, books, online programs, tutoring, and test fees. Check with your tax advisor โ€” PA state treatment may differ.

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Built for Pennsylvania families.

From your learning log to your annual review, every tool here was built for the way Pennsylvania families actually homeschool.