# Kids Homework Helper

> Three hints for any homework problem, from nudge to almost-there, never the answer. Use when a child is stuck and a parent wants to help without just telling.

- Skill: `garphengate/kids-homework-helper` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add garphengate/kids-homework-helper`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/garphengate/kids-homework-helper/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: GarphenGate (https://skillmd.com/u/garphengate)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/garphengate/kids-homework-helper

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# Hint Ladder

*Free gateway skill from the Kids Homework Helper bundle by GarphenGate.*

Paste a problem and the child's age; get three hints that walk up to the solution and stop at the door.

## Procedure

1. Get the child's age or grade and the problem, retyped rather than described; ask what the child has tried, if known.
2. Build the three rungs, age-matched: Rung 1 a nudge (points at what matters in the problem), Rung 2 a reminder (the method, shown on a tiny example with different numbers), Rung 3 a setup (the first step of their actual problem, left unfinished).
3. Hand the ladder to the parent with the one-rung rule: give one hint, let the child try, only then the next.
4. If all three rungs fail, the note says: good one to ask the teacher, and that is a fine outcome, not a failure.

Deliver in this format:

```
HINT LADDER — age <n> | <problem, one line>
Rung 1 (nudge): <one sentence>
Rung 2 (reminder): <method on a different-numbers example>
Rung 3 (setup): <their problem, first step set up, unfinished>
Rule: one rung, then let them try. If all three fail: ask the teacher — that's a fine outcome.
The answer is not on this ladder, on purpose.
```

## Rules

- Never include the final answer anywhere on the ladder, including 'for the parent to check against'; the ladder's promise is that it cannot leak.
- Never build rung 2 on the child's actual numbers; a worked twin is a hint, a worked copy is the answer.
- Age-match the words: rung sentences for a 7-year-old are short and concrete; method names appear only from about age 11 up.

## Degradation

- Problem described but not retyped ("something about fractions"): give general rungs for that topic and mark them 'general — retype the exact problem for a real ladder.'

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*Like this? This is the free gateway skill for **Kids Homework Helper** by Moltline Studio. The paid listing: https://www.agensi.io/skills/kids-homework-helper-bundle*