For parents
Give your child a reason to learn — and a way to do it.
Whether your child learns at home or goes to school every day, Laarish gives the learning a direction, real experiences and a record — real tools in their hands, a book that keeps their thinking, a guide that keeps them moving, and you as the partner.
- Incubated at IISc D-CoE, Bengaluru
- Winner, Karnataka ELEVATE 2025 (Government of Karnataka)
- DPIIT-recognised start-up
What these words mean
Homeschooling
Your child learns outside a conventional school. You choose the curriculum, the pace and the method; when the time comes, families usually sit exams through open-schooling routes. Freedom is the point. Structure is the work — and today most parents build it alone from scattered books, apps, classes and boxes.
Conventional schooling
Your child stays in school, and Laarish runs alongside it. It is not tuition and not coaching. School teaches the syllabus; Laarish gives it direction, purpose and experience: one purposeful experience a month, built on the topics the school is about to teach, with a mentor and a record.
Why families come to us
Not toys. Not textbooks. Nor another screen.
More than a quarter of Indian students already pay for learning outside school (MoSPI 2025) — the question is what that hour teaches. Most of it is more of the same: more chapters, more tests, more screen. Children do not need more content. They need a reason to learn and a way to do it: a question that is theirs, a thing to build, someone to explain it to, and a record that shows how far they have come. That is true whether the child learns at a kitchen table or in a classroom of forty.
How we differ
| What families usually assemble | What it gives | What it cannot give | What Laarish adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition and coaching | More practice on the syllabus | A reason to learn it | Direction through Vision Discovery; experiences built on the syllabus, not drills |
| Online schools and apps | Classes and exam pathways | Hands in real materials, real-world projects | Physical-first: real tools, a book the child writes in, a screen that guides the parent more than the child |
| Activity and STEM boxes | One activity per box | Continuity, a journey, a record | A stage-by-stage journey from first play to first venture, with every page kept |
| Hobby classes | One skill | A link to what the child is studying and who they are becoming | Profession tracks that connect what the child loves to what they learn |
How it works
It starts with Vision Discovery — a short, focused counselling experience with a Laarish mentor (and parents where it helps) that turns a child’s strengths and interests into a five-layer roadmap: Vision → Mission → Goals → Milestones → Tasks, printed as a roadmap frame for the child’s room.
- Vision
- Mission
- Goals
- Milestones
- Tasks
Every experience after that follows the same loop:
Inspire
A story or a question
Explore
Build, grow, measure with real tools
Record
Write it in the memory book; the page is scanned into the child’s record
Reflect
Explain it, answer a fresh question, name what is still uncertain
After every module the family gets a short update: participation, understanding, evidence, next step.
Two ways to learn with Laarish
Homeschooling
Freedom exists. Structure does not — until now.
Why
Homeschooling parents carry the whole school in their heads — curriculum, materials, projects, mentors, progress — and the hardest question is not “what today?” but “where is all this going?” Laarish answers that question first, then gives you the system to follow it.
What runs
A complete experiential curriculum for children learning at home, stage by stage — Toddlers, Dreamers, Makers, Inventors — built around who your child is.
Vision Discovery finds the strengths; the profession tracks (I’m an Agriculturist, I’m an Architect, I’m a Robotic Engineer, I’m an Electronics Engineer, I’m an Entrepreneur) let the child become the professional for a few weeks at a time, with real tools, a book that keeps their thinking, lessons and a guide in the app, and a mentor who reviews what they made.
The journey is shaped and reshaped around the child, not around a timetable: a child who loves growing things goes deeper into living systems; a child who takes everything apart builds.
For families
A stage bundle of physical tools, books and the app on a family plan, with the mentor and Vision Discovery included.
For organisations
Homeschool collectives, learning pods, micro-schools and alternative learning centres run the same curriculum for their children, with the tools, the books, the app and facilitator training from Laarish.
What your child leaves with
A roadmap they can see, a shelf of things they made, a record of every page they wrote, and a clearer sense of who they are becoming.
Conventional Schooling
School teaches the syllabus. Laarish gives it direction, purpose and experience.
Why
A child in school is not short of content. They are short of a reason, a hand on real materials, and someone who helps them see how today’s chapter connects to who they want to be. One purposeful experience a month does more for that than another hour of tuition.
What runs
It starts with Vision Discovery Counselling and the roadmap frame. Then, each month, Laarish picks a few concepts from your child’s upcoming school syllabus and builds one experience on them — Week 1 Inspire, Week 2 Explore with the tools, Week 3 Connect (a visit to a lab, a maker or an institution; where it fits, the IISc campus where Laarish is incubated), Week 4 Reflect.
The child keeps a memory book for every module; the pages are scanned into their record; you get an update after each one.
About four to five hours a month, after school, on weekends or in holidays. School comes first: modules pause or shorten during exams.
What your child leaves with
A chapter they can explain because they built it, a memory book per module, a roadmap on the wall, and subject and stream choices made from experience rather than hearsay.
What you get
Your child keeps
A roadmap frame, a memory book per module, the things they made, a record of every page
You get
A mentor, a family update after every module, a system you did not have to assemble, and a child who can tell you what they learnt and why it matters
How it starts
A conversation (20 minutes, on the phone or WhatsApp)
Vision Discovery with your child
The first stage bundle (homeschooling) or the first monthly module (conventional schooling)
Talk to us
Tell us about your child and we will suggest where to start. We write back within two working days.
Thank you.
We write back within two working days to suggest where to start — usually a short conversation, then Vision Discovery with your child.
If anything is urgent, write to laarish@laarish.com or message us on WhatsApp (opens in a new tab) at +91 78920 21431.
Frequently asked questions
Homeschooling
Is homeschooling allowed in India?
Families across India homeschool, and most sit exams later through open-schooling routes such as NIOS or as private candidates with international boards. We are not a legal or exam adviser, and we do not provide certification or board equivalence: Laarish provides the learning, the mentor and the record. We are happy to share what other families have chosen.
Do I need to be a teacher?
No. The lessons are in the app, the materials come with the stage, the book tells the child what to do, and the mentor reviews the work. You are the partner, not the teacher.
Will my child fall behind on the syllabus?
The curriculum is built on real subjects — science, maths, language, the world — learnt through professions and projects. Vision Discovery sets goals and milestones, and the record shows exactly what has been covered and understood.
How much time does it take each week?
A few focused sessions, set by the child’s stage and your roadmap. Most of the time is the child’s hands on real materials, not a screen.
What about friends and socialising?
Laarish families meet at build days, Market Days and visits, and we start with the Bengaluru homeschooling community so the first families grow together.
How do I show what my child has learnt to a future school or relatives?
Every page the child writes is scanned into their record, with the things they made and the mentor’s reviews — a portfolio, not a mark sheet.
We are a homeschool collective or learning centre. Can we run it?
Yes. Write to us; we provide the curriculum, the tools, the books, the app and facilitator training, and we start with a demo day for your facilitators.
Which ages?
From toddlers to teenagers; the stage decides the tools and the depth.
Conventional Schooling
Is this tuition or coaching?
No. School teaches the syllabus; Laarish gives it direction, purpose and experience. We do not prepare for exams or promise marks.
My child is already overloaded.
One purposeful experience a month, about four to five hours, built on topics the school is about to teach. During exams we pause.
What is Vision Discovery Counselling?
A short, focused experience with a Laarish mentor that turns your child’s strengths and interests into a roadmap — vision, mission, goals, milestones, tasks — printed as a frame for their room. It also guides subject and stream choices from experience rather than hearsay.
Which classes is it for?
School-going children from Grade 4 to Class 12; the roadmap can run through Class 12.
What does a month look like?
Week 1 a story or question that starts it. Week 2 the build or experiment with real tools. Week 3 a visit that connects it to the real world. Week 4 the child explains it and the memory book is completed. Then you get an update.
Is it on a screen?
Mostly not. The tools and the book are physical; the app carries the lesson and the record and guides you more than the child.
What does it cost?
It depends on the number of modules and the stage. The first step is a conversation, then Vision Discovery; after that we agree the year together.