What kind of co-op family are you?
Pick the card that sounds most like your Tuesday morning. We'll show you exactly how families like yours make it work.
The Juggler
Solo parent, big ambitions
You're brilliant at history and science, but math makes you sweat. You need someone to trade Tuesdays with.
The Kitchen Scientist
Hands-on learning family
Your kids learn best by doing. You want a co-op where every week has a project, not just a worksheet.
The Village Builder
Community-first co-op
You've got three families ready to go. You just need the structure — schedules, curriculum swaps, the works.
Or just keep scrolling — the stories will find you.
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One familycan'tteach everything.Three familiescan.That's thewholeidea.
Is this even possible?
We asked three co-op families the questions every new family actually asks. Here's what they said.
The Okafor–Rivera Co-op
Two families, a poetry swap, and Thursday math
Austin, TX · Since Fall 2022
4 hrs/week — Wed mornings only
Amara teaches language arts & poetry; Diego covers algebra & geometry
Science stays solo — each family does their own experiments at home
$0 cash, ~2 hrs of prep per parent per week
“We were terrified to let someone else teach our kids. Then Amara read a Pablo Neruda poem and my son cried. I haven't worried since.”
— Diego Rivera, dad of 3
The Maple Street Six
Full curriculum rotation, six families, no chaos
Portland, OR · Since Spring 2021
10–12 hrs/week — Mon, Wed, Fri rotations
Each family owns one subject area for the semester; rotates annually
High school math outsourced to Khan Academy + weekly group Q&A with a parent engineer
$25/month per family covers shared supplies; curriculum swapped free
“My daughter said, "Mom, I don't want Tuesday to end." That was the moment I knew we'd built something real.”
— Priya Nair, mom of 2, Portland OR
Keisha & The Wednesday Crew
Single mom, three neighborhood families, total curriculum control
Atlanta, GA · Since Jan 2023
6 hrs/week — Wednesday all-day + Friday reading circle
Keisha teaches writing & history; Tomás does STEM; Yuki handles music & art
Foreign language: they rotate a different parent's heritage language each month
$15/month per family; Keisha negotiated reduced share because she hosts
“I'm a single mom. I needed a village, but I was not giving up control of what my kids learn. This is the only model that gave me both.”
— Keisha Williams, mom of 2, Atlanta GA
The Family
How many hours per week?
Who teaches what?
What about the hard subjects?
What did it cost?
The Okafor–Rivera Co-op
Two families, a poetry swap, and Thursday math
Austin, TX
4 hrs/week — Wed mornings only
Amara teaches language arts & poetry; Diego covers algebra & geometry
Science stays solo — each family does their own experiments at home
$0 cash, ~2 hrs of prep per parent per week
The Maple Street Six
Full curriculum rotation, six families, no chaos
Portland, OR
10–12 hrs/week — Mon, Wed, Fri rotations
Each family owns one subject area for the semester; rotates annually
High school math outsourced to Khan Academy + weekly group Q&A with a parent engineer
$25/month per family covers shared supplies; curriculum swapped free
Keisha & The Wednesday Crew
Single mom, three neighborhood families, total curriculum control
Atlanta, GA
6 hrs/week — Wednesday all-day + Friday reading circle
Keisha teaches writing & history; Tomás does STEM; Yuki handles music & art
Foreign language: they rotate a different parent's heritage language each month
$15/month per family; Keisha negotiated reduced share because she hosts
Click any row to read the family's full story in their own words.
Download the
Co-op Starter Kit
Everything three families wish they'd had before their first Tuesday together: a curriculum swap template, a scheduling worksheet, a parent skills inventory, and a 12-week sample rotation calendar.
In their own words
Three parents. Three different co-ops. One recurring theme.
“The first Tuesday, my son sat down to do cursive with Mrs. Okafor and didn't look up for forty minutes. He'd never done that with me. That was the moment I stopped worrying about "giving up control."”
Marcus Chen
Dad of 2, Portland OR
Two-family co-op since 2022
“I thought co-ops were for families with more time than us. Then I realized — the co-op IS the time. I get three mornings back every week because Tomás takes the whole science block.”
Yuki Tanaka
Mom of 3, Atlanta GA
Maple Street Six member
“Someone asked me if I was worried about gaps in my kids' education. I said: I have a nurse teaching biology, an engineer teaching math, and a published poet teaching writing. What gaps?”
Amara Okafor
Mom of 2 & co-op founder, Austin TX
Running her co-op since Fall 2021
Free Curriculum
Swap Library
Every resource that helped real co-op families get started — ungated, downloadable, yours to keep. Come back whenever you need them.
Curriculum Swap Guide
How to trade subjects without losing coherence
Scheduling Templates
3 rotation models for 2, 4, and 6-family co-ops
Subject Pairing Matrix
Which subjects swap well together (and which don't)
The First Conversation
A script for the awkward "want to co-op?" ask
Read-Aloud Library
Chapter books that work for mixed-age groups
Science Experiments Pack
20 experiments that need zero special equipment
Your village is out there.
Start with one family. One subject. One Tuesday morning. The rest figures itself out — it always does.