Oct
3
Build a Toolbox
Ages 8–12 · 10:00–12:00
Skills: measuring, sawing, fastening, assembly, finishing. Every student takes home a toolbox they built themselves.
$49
KTA Homeschool · Ages 6–17
Real skills belong in your homeschool.
Hands-on trades, engineering and practical life skills for North Texas homeschool families. Real workshops. Real tools. Real projects. Kids Trades Academy gives homeschool students something difficult to recreate around the kitchen table: a professional workshop, experienced instructors, structured skill progression and projects they can take home and use.
Why KTA Homeschool
Real tools. Real projects. Real confidence.
Kids Trades Academy gives homeschool students something difficult to recreate around the kitchen table: a professional workshop, experienced instructors, structured skill progression and projects they can take home and use.
A real workshop
Professional benches, real power tools under supervision and a space built for making — not a kitchen table.
Real tools, real skills
Measuring, cutting, wiring, plumbing and repair — taught with the same tools the trades use.
Structured progression
The KTA Skill Passport tracks skills from KNOW to MASTER across every program — parents see real evidence of learning.
Projects that go home
Every unit ends with something built, tested and taken home to actually use.
The full curriculum
One framework. Eight modules. 32 weeks.
Explore the complete KTA Homeschool Passport curriculum across all four age tracks — every week, skill, project and badge.
Three ways in
Families, co-ops, and schools.
Kids Trades Academy is the specialized hands-on provider — the part co-ops and hybrid schools don't want to build themselves.
For Families
Daytime KTA labs
Join hands-on homeschool labs during the school day — trades, engineering and practical life skills, two labs a month plus a monthly project build.
Find a programFor Co-Ops & Homeschool Groups
Bring KTA to your community
KTA instructors, tools, materials and curriculum delivered inside your existing co-op schedule — from one-day workshops to semester residencies.
See co-op programsFor Hybrid Schools & Microschools
Add a trades program, not a trades shop
Offer professional hands-on trades and technical education from day one without hiring a shop teacher, buying equipment or writing curriculum.
Start a partnershipProgram Finder
Six ways into the workshop.
Filter by age, format, skill tree, day and location — every program runs on the same KTA Passport progression system.
Age
Format
Skill tree
Day
Location
Ages 6–8Open for registrationWeekly · 90 minutes weekly
Homeschool Discovery Lab
A first introduction to building, fixing and understanding how everyday things work through age-appropriate tools and hands-on projects. Students develop confidence using hand tools, measuring, assembling, designing and solving simple real-world problems.
- Tool Safety I
- Measure It
- Fasteners I
- Builder Basics
- Schedule
- Weekday mornings
- Starting
- $449
- Availability
- 12 seats per cohort
Ages 9–11Open for registrationWeekly · 2 hours weekly
Homeschool Build Lab
A weekly hands-on workshop where students learn woodworking, construction, electricity, mechanical systems and practical problem solving by building real projects, working through structured trades modules as the semester goes on.
- Tool Safety II
- Precision Measuring
- Carpentry I
- Electrical I
- Schedule
- Weekday mornings
- Starting
- $599
- Availability
- 14 seats per cohort
Ages 12–14Open for registrationWeekly · 2–2.5 hours weekly
Trades Explorer
Students rotate through the major trade and technical disciplines before choosing an advanced skill pathway, then finish with a capstone that pulls skills from several modules together.
- Blueprint Basics
- Wiring & Controls
- Pipe & Fittings
- Vehicle Systems Intro
- Schedule
- Weekday afternoons
- Starting
- $799
- Availability
- 14 seats per cohort
Ages 15–17Open for registrationWeekly · 3 hours weekly
Career Trades Academy
Teens work through KTA Core Trades Foundations, then choose a technical pathway and build toward a Master Build capstone — hands-on projects, workplace skills and deeper specialty tracks.
- Jobsite Safety
- Blueprint Reading
- Estimating
- Quality Control
- Schedule
- Weekday afternoons & evenings
- Starting
- $999
- Availability
- 12 seats per cohort
Ages 6–17Open for registrationOne-Day · 2–3 hours
Homeschool Build Days
Standalone homeschool workshops — drop in for a single hands-on build, leave with a finished project and a new Passport skill. No semester commitment required.
- Tool Safety
- Measuring
- Fastening
- Assembly
- Schedule
- Saturdays & school breaks
- Starting
- $49
- Availability
- New builds added monthly
Ages 7–17Info sessions openOn-Site · 2 hours – full semester
Mobile KTA
Mobile workshops delivered to schools, homeschool co-ops, churches, community centers, private schools, corporate family events and youth organizations.
- Tool Safety
- Building
- Teamwork
- Problem Solving
- Schedule
- By appointment, weekdays & weekends
- Starting
- $595
- Availability
- 12–40 students per visit
Homeschool Build Days
One day. One build. One new skill.
Not ready for a full semester? Drop into a hands-on workshop and leave with a new skill — and something you actually built. Build Days also earn a first Passport badge.
Oct
10
Electricity Lab
Ages 9–13 · 10:00–12:00
Skills: circuits, switches, wiring, safety. Students wire a working circuit and take it home.
$49
Oct
17
Build a Working Lamp
Ages 10–14 · 10:00–12:30
Skills: measuring, drilling, wiring, finishing. Students build and wire a lamp that actually works.
$69
Oct
24
How a House Works
Ages 8–13 · 10:00–12:00
Skills: framing concepts, plumbing, electrical, home systems. A tour through the systems behind the walls.
$49
Nov
7
Automotive Basics
Ages 12–17 · 10:00–12:30
Skills: vehicle systems, fluids, maintenance, diagnostics. Hands-on under the hood with real components.
$69
Nov
14
Home Repair 101
Ages 12–17 · 10:00–13:00
Skills: drywall, fasteners, patching, fixtures, tool use. The repairs every household eventually faces.
$79
Nov
21
Parent + Kid Build
Ages 7–17 · 10:00–13:00
Skills: measuring, assembly, finishing, teamwork. Build side by side — one project per pair.
$99
KTA Mobile Trades Lab
We bring the workshop to you.
Hands-on KTA programming delivered to homeschool co-ops, microschools, hybrid schools, churches, community organizations and learning pods. KTA provides the trailer, tools, instructors, materials, curriculum and safety system — you provide the students, location and schedule.
| Package | Length | Students | Starting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trades Discovery Day | 2 hrs | 12–20 | $595 |
| Half-Day Build Lab | 3 hrs | 12–20 | $895 |
| Full-Day KTA Experience | 5–6 hrs | 20–40 | $1,495 |
| 6-Week Residency | Weekly | 12–20 | $3,900+ |
| 12-Week Residency | Weekly | 12–20 | $7,200+ |
KTA Homeschool Passport
A full year of building.
The complete KTA homeschool trades experience — one annual commitment, everything included, and a child who finishes the year with skills, projects and proof of work.
$1,995/ year
Start with a $49 Build Day. Grow into a Lab. Commit to a year.
- 32 weekly KTA labs
- 8 major builds
- 4 Build Days
- All project materials
- KTA Skill Passport
- Digital portfolio
- Skills and badges
- Quarterly parent reports
- Career discovery
- Capstone build
- Annual student showcase
Join the Passport
Founding families get priority scheduling and first access to semester cohorts.
For Homeschool Co-Ops
You bring the community. We'll bring the workshop.
Add professional hands-on trades education to your homeschool community without buying tools, developing curriculum or building a workshop. KTA provides the instructors, equipment, materials, structured curriculum and student progression system.
Bring KTA to Your Co-OpHybrid & Microschool Partners
Add a trades program without building a trades program.
KTA delivers a complete shop program — you get to advertise Hands-On Trades & Technical Education on day one.
- Curriculum
- Instructors
- Tools
- Consumables
- Safety procedures
- Projects
- Assessment
- Student Passports
- Reporting
Texas Education Freedom Accounts
Planning for TEFA, honestly.
Texas Education Freedom Accounts can award eligible students up to $2,000 annually, and approved education-related expenses include certain educational services, courses, materials, tutoring and programs that train for approved industry credentials. KTA designs every homeschool program with those requirements in mind.
Until KTA and a specific offering are actually approved, we won't imply that any program is TEFA-covered. Where you see a "TEFA Accepted" marker on a registration card, that program has been confirmed by us — and only that program.
See how Education Freedom Accounts could work at KTA →
Founding Families · Limited Launch
Give them something real to finish.
Founding families get early access to class registration, camps, special events and opening offers — before we open the doors to everyone else.
143/ 200 families joined