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May 26, 2025

Homework Help (That Actually Understands Your Child)

Homework time. For some families, it’s a peaceful half hour. For most, it’s a negotiation, a guessing game, and sometimes a full-blown meltdown. You sit beside your child, read the instructions, and ask the dreaded question: “Do you understand this?” Only to be met with a shrug.

The truth is, helping with homework isn’t just about knowing the content. It’s about knowing how your child learns best — and that’s where most support systems fall short.

Simplify is changing that. It’s not just an AI assistant — it’s an assistant that understands your child’s learning style and gives homework help tailored to how their brain works.

Not every child learns the same way

Some children are visual learners — they need to see it. Others are auditory — they remember what they hear. Some are strong readers and writers, while others are kinaesthetic and need to move or touch to learn.

If you’re giving verbal instructions to a visual learner, or asking a kinaesthetic child to sit still and write for 30 minutes, it’s no wonder they struggle. It’s not a lack of intelligence. It’s a mismatch in method.

How Simplify helps with homework

With Simplify, you can send a photo of the worksheet or a voice note with the homework task, and it responds with suggestions based on:

  • The learning style from your child’s Unify assessment
  • The format of the homework
  • The subject matter

The suggestions are designed to fit how your child processes information — not just generic advice.

Real-life examples

You send: A photo of a science worksheet about the water cycle.
🧠 Your child is a visual learner
Simplify replies:
“Try drawing the cycle as a comic strip or labelling a diagram together. Colour-coded arrows help visual learners retain process-based information.”

You send: A voice note saying, “Sasha has to write a paragraph about her weekend.”
🧠 Sasha is a kinaesthetic learner
Simplify replies:
“Before writing, ask Sasha to act it out or walk through her weekend with gestures. Then have her record a voice note before turning it into text.”

You send: A photo of a reading comprehension task.
🧠 Your child is an auditory learner
Simplify replies:
“Read the passage aloud together. Then ask them to retell the story in their own words. Auditory learners often grasp more when they hear it.”

Why it works

When children learn in a way that makes sense to them, they feel less frustrated, more confident, and more engaged. You stop second-guessing your help, and they stop thinking homework is a punishment.

Instead of turning every assignment into a test of patience, it becomes a chance to build independence — because the strategies suit their style.

No more guessing, no more Googling

You don’t need to understand phonics, fractions, or fronted adverbials. You just need to know how to present the homework in a way that makes sense to your child — and that’s what Simplify helps you do.

Final Thought

Homework shouldn’t feel like a battle. It should be a window into how your child thinks and learns. With a bit of insight and a tool that adapts to your child’s style, you can make support feel less stressful — and a lot more effective.

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