Are school newsletters, assignments, and teacher emails overwhelming? You’re not alone. Supporting your child can be tricky when directions are confusing and materials are scattered.
This 30-minute Parent Knowledge Booster shows you how to use NotebookLM, a free Google tool that turns your child’s schoolwork into summaries, explanations, and study tools like flashcards and checklists.
By the end, you’ll have a time-saving system to streamline school information, organize assignments, and help your child complete homework confidently and accurately.
➕ Part 1: Understanding School Materials
Learn how to upload newsletters, assignments, emails, and reading passages into NotebookLM so you can get instant, clear summaries. You’ll identify key points quickly, so you know exactly what your child needs to focus on.
Hands-On: Upload a sample homework assignment or newsletter and create a quick summary to see exactly what your child needs to tackle.
➕ Part 2: Homework Help and Study Tools
NotebookLM can transform confusing assignments into simple explanations, flashcards, and checklists. You’ll learn how to guide your child using these tools, ensuring they understand the work and complete it efficiently.
Hands-On: Create a study guide or flashcard set from a reading passage or research assignment. Practice using checklists to stay on top of multiple tasks.
➕ Part 3: Staying Organized and Confident
In this final session, we’ll show you how to use NotebookLM to keep all your child’s materials in one place and make learning less stressful. You’ll also see how to double-check accuracy since NotebookLM only uses the documents you provide.
Hands-On: Organize a week’s worth of assignments and create a system for checking work and keeping track of progress.
🧩 What You Will Gain:
- Understand school papers faster with instant summaries of newsletters, emails, and forms
- Help with homework by creating study guides, flashcards, and simple explanations
- Get accurate answers because NotebookLM uses only your documents—it doesn’t make things up or search the internet
- Stay organized with automatic checklists from assignments
- Boost your child’s confidence with clear, age-appropriate explanations
- Save time by letting NotebookLM read and organize information for you
💡Who This Is For
Parents and guardians of K–12 students who want to stay involved and help their child succeed. Perfect if you feel overwhelmed by school communications, want to help with homework but aren’t sure what assignments are asking, or want free, easy-to-use tools that support learning at home.
💡What You Need
- A free Google account (Gmail works!) and internet access.
- School documents to upload into NotebookLM.
- No experience needed—just a willingness to try!