Sprout
Lesson generator for homeschoolers and teachers
Interactive lessons
built around your child
Describe a topic and what your child loves, and Sprout Lessons builds a curriculum-aligned lesson with worked examples and self-marking practice they can do on their own. Interactive on screen or printable on paper, ready in seconds.
Meet Sprout Tutor
A guided tutor that walks your child through maths, english and science one small step at a time: a short explanation, a question, instant feedback, then the next step. No marking for you, no getting stuck for them.
Every correct answer earns XP, and XP unlocks new colours and accessories for their own little Sprout, from a first flower all the way to the crown.
Browse our free gallery of curriculum-aligned example lessons, no sign-up needed. Explore the lesson gallery →
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Real lessons made by teachers and parents, in all three formats: an interactive page, a slide deck, and a printable pack you can put in front of a child with a pencil. Open one and try it yourself.
Not every lesson should happen on a screen
A printable pack is a complete lesson on paper: two or three teaching sections with worked examples and key terms, three to five activities that practise them, and a parent-only answer sheet on the back. Same description, same curriculum and same interests as the interactive formats, but every task works with a pencil and the whole pack prints on A4. Pick the format when you create the lesson, so the same topic can be a screen lesson one day and a page in the folder the next.
It teaches, then it practises
Not a worksheet of bare questions. Each pack opens with worked examples, key terms and tips, then the activities that practise them, so a child can start without a lesson from you first.
The answer sheet is for you
The last page is a parent-only key, printed after a page break. Marking takes a minute, and you can hand over the front pages without giving the answers away.
Prints to A4, saves as PDF
Real print CSS, not a screenshot. Print it for the table, or keep the PDF for the record folder and the portfolio.
Still built around your child
Same topic, year level, curriculum and interests as the on-screen formats. The similes and metaphors pack shown here is themed around footy, because that is what the child who asked for it likes.
Grounded in your curriculum, in three countries
Pick your framework before you generate. Sprout grounds the lesson in the matching outcomes and records the references in the lesson footer, so the context flexes to the student while the learning goal stays on standard.
Australia
Three frameworks, so every state and territory is covered by the one it actually uses.
Australian Curriculum v9
QLD, SA, TAS, NT and the ACT (F–10) - and the closest fit for WA
Victorian Curriculum F–10 (v2.0)
Victoria
NSW Syllabuses (K–10)
New South Wales
United States
The shared standards most states use directly or closely mirror, K–12.
Common Core - Mathematics
Kindergarten to Grade 12
Common Core - English Language Arts
Kindergarten to Grade 12
NGSS - Science
Kindergarten to high school
Canada
No national curriculum in Canada, so we built the three biggest provinces properly.
Ontario Curriculum
Ontario (Grades 1–12)
British Columbia Curriculum
British Columbia (K–12)
Alberta Programs of Study
Alberta (K–12)
A lesson your student actually wants to do, in about a minute
Whether you’re planning for thirty students or teaching one at the kitchen table, you describe the lesson and who it’s for, and Sprout builds the rest.
Describe it
Type the topic and what your student's into: soccer, Minecraft, horses, K-pop. Plain sentences, no templates.
Sprout builds it
In seconds you get an interactive, Curriculum-aligned lesson with worked examples and self-checking practice.
Open & share
Play it on screen, print it for the kitchen table, assign it, or send the link.
Lesson Title
Survival of the fittest: the soccer edition
Describe the lesson
Year 6 science: adaptation and natural selection. My son is soccer-obsessed, so frame it around how players and teams “adapt”: positions, tactics, and the traits that help a side survive a long season. Include a short worked example, an interactive sort for inherited vs learned traits, and three practice questions that build from easy to challenging.
The recipe: concept + year level + what they love. That’s the whole prompt.
Try: “Year 3 maths: telling time to the minute, themed around Minecraft day/night cycles, with a draggable clock.”
How Sprout Lessons is different from lesson plan generators
AI lesson plan generators write a plan: a document for the adult, which you still have to turn into an actual lesson and teach yourself. Sprout Lessons skips the document and builds the lesson itself: an interactive page, a slide deck, or a printable pack you put on the table, personalised to their interests, aligned to your curriculum, with practice that marks itself on screen or comes with its own answer sheet on paper. You describe the topic; your child does the lesson.
A lesson plan generator gives you
- A document you read and adapt
- Activities you still have to build
- Work you mark yourself
- One generic version for every child
Sprout Lessons gives your child
- A live lesson on screen, or a pack to print
- Examples built from their interests
- Practice that marks itself, or an answer key done for you
- Something they can do independently
What’s in every Sprout lesson
Same learning goal, made for the student in front of you, whether that’s a full class or one curious kid at home.
Built around their world
Every example uses the interests your student already cares about, so the concept lands faster.
Made to be done, not read
On screen: live widgets, drag-and-drop tasks and self-checking practice. On paper: activities to write, draw and solve with a pencil. Either way your child is working, not reading a plan.
Curriculum-aligned
Aligned to the Australian Curriculum v9, the Victorian Curriculum F–10 or the NSW syllabuses - pick yours, and personalised never means off-track.
Ready in seconds
Type a sentence, get a finished lesson, fast enough for a Sunday-night plan or a same-day swap.
Start free, upgrade when you need more
Every plan is a pool of monthly credits, and a lesson costs a flat number of them. No per-seat pricing, no lock-in, and a lesson costs well under a dollar.
Free
Up to 20 lessons a month
300 credits every month, refreshed on the 1st. No card needed.
A$10.00/mo
Up to 46 lessons a month
700 credits every month, at the cheapest per-credit rate we offer.
A$20.00/mo
Up to 96 lessons a month
1,443 credits every month, at the cheapest per-credit rate we offer.
A$30.00/mo
Up to 148 lessons a month
2,222 credits every month, at the cheapest per-credit rate we offer.
Lesson counts are an estimate at our cheapest lesson kind, slide decks and printable packs at 15 credits each. A full interactive lesson page is 20 credits and an in-depth one is 75, so a heavier month makes fewer. Monthly credits don’t roll over.
Need more than your plan in one month? Top up with a one-off credit pack that never expires, and it only gets spent once your monthly credits run out.
Questions parents and teachers ask
What is Sprout Lessons?
Sprout Lessons turns a short description and a student’s interests into an interactive, curriculum-aligned lesson in seconds. It is used by homeschooling families and classroom teachers to make any topic land faster. You get a lesson the student works through, not a lesson plan you still have to deliver.
Is Sprout Lessons free?
Yes, there is a free plan and it does not expire after a trial. Every account gets 300 credits a month, no card required, which is enough for around 20 lessons depending on the kind you make. Credits refresh at the start of each month and do not roll over. If you need more, you can subscribe for the cheapest per-lesson rate or buy a one-off credit pack that never expires. There is also a public gallery of finished example lessons you can open and play without an account at all.
How do I make a lesson?
You type a lesson title and a sentence or two describing the topic and what the student is into, then pick the year level, subject and curriculum. Sprout writes the lesson, builds the interactive parts and marks itself, which takes about a minute. You can play it on screen, print it, or share it by link.
How is this different from asking ChatGPT for a lesson?
ChatGPT gives you text you then have to turn into something a child can do: reformat it, build the practice, mark the answers. Sprout gives you the finished artefact instead, an interactive lesson with worked examples, self-marking practice and a printable version, already grounded in the specific curriculum outcome you picked rather than a generic description of the topic.
What types of lessons can Sprout create?
Three formats, and you pick which one when you create the lesson. A one-page interactive lesson is a scrolling deep-dive with widgets and self-checking practice. A slide deck is 10 bite-size slides with 3 interactive challenges and an XP bar the student fills as they learn. A printable pack is the whole lesson on paper, with teaching sections, pencil-and-paper activities and a parent-only answer sheet.
Can I print the lessons instead of using a screen?
Yes. The printable pack format is a complete lesson on paper: two or three teaching sections, activities the child does with a pencil, and a separate answer sheet only the adult sees. It is laid out for A4 and saves as a PDF, so it works for families keeping screen time down, for a workbook or portfolio, or for handing to a child in the car.
Are the lessons aligned to the curriculum?
Yes. You pick your curriculum before the lesson is written, and Sprout grounds it in the matching outcome or content descriptor, so the context flexes to suit the student while the learning goal stays on standard. In Australia that is the Australian Curriculum v9, the Victorian Curriculum F–10 (v2.0) or the NSW syllabuses (K–10); in the United States, Common Core and NGSS; in Canada, the Ontario, British Columbia or Alberta curriculum. Every lesson records what it aligned to in its footer.
Which countries does Sprout Lessons support?
Three: Australia (the Australian Curriculum v9 nationally, plus the Victorian Curriculum and the NSW syllabuses), the United States (Common Core for Mathematics and English Language Arts and NGSS for Science, used directly or closely mirrored by most states) and Canada (the Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta curricula).
What subjects and year levels does it cover?
Maths, science, English, humanities and more, from Foundation and Kindergarten through to Year 10 and its equivalents. You set the subject and year level when you create the lesson, and the reading level, vocabulary and difficulty of the practice all move with it.
Can I use Sprout for homeschooling?
Yes, and it is what most Sprout families use it for. Homeschooling parents build lessons around one child’s specific interests and pace, across any subject and year level, and use the recorded curriculum alignment on each lesson as evidence for registration or a learning plan. If you would rather not add screen time, the printable pack gives you the same lesson on paper.
Do I need to be a teacher to use it?
No. You describe the topic in ordinary language, the way you would explain it to a friend, and Sprout handles the pedagogy: the worked examples, the order concepts are introduced in, the difficulty of the practice and the marking. Parents with no teaching background make most of the lessons on Sprout.
Will it work for a reluctant learner?
That is the reason Sprout is built around interests. The same fractions outcome can be taught through Minecraft, netball or horses, and a child who stalls on a generic worksheet will often finish a lesson set in something they already care about. The lessons are short, interactive and mark themselves, so there is no waiting on an adult and no long block of reading before anything happens.
How long does a lesson take?
About a minute to make, and roughly 15 to 30 minutes for a student to work through, depending on the year level and format. The slide deck is the shortest, the one-page interactive lesson the longest, and the printable pack sits in between.
Is it safe for children, and what do you do with their data?
Children never get an account: Sprout is held by an adult, and there is no child login, no chat, no messaging, no social feed and no leaderboards. A lesson is generated because an adult asked for it, opens in front of that adult, and only reaches a child when the adult hands it over. We ask for a child’s interests, not their identity, and we never sell data or show ads.
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Make your next lesson the one they remember
Describe it, and Sprout builds an interactive, standards-aligned lesson in seconds. The free plan gives you credits every month, no card needed.