Custom printable worksheets for home education, on almost any topic
Worksheet sites give you a library and you hunt for something close enough. That works until you need fractions practice for a nine year old who is actually working at seven-year-old level, is bored by pizza slices, and cares about horses.
Different Drums generates the sheet you need instead of the nearest one that exists.
What you can generate
- Worksheets, tests and practice exercises for nearly any topic and subject.
- Set to a working level rather than an age, which matters for uneven profiles.
- Built around a child’s interests, so the context is something they care about.
- Short, when a page of twenty questions would be padding or punishment.
- Printable as PDFs, with answers, or worked through interactively on screen.
Why the maths is different here
Most AI-generated worksheets are produced on the spot by a language model, which predicts plausible text rather than calculating. That produces subtly wrong answers, stated confidently, in exactly the subjects where a parent is least able to catch them.
For arithmetic, maths, calculus, chemistry and physics, Different Drums draws from 200,000+ hand-verified questions instead. Every one has been read and checked by a person. If you cannot check it yourself, it has to be right.
That verified bank is the reason to use this for maths practice specifically. For a wrong answer to be learned as correct is the one failure a worksheet must not have.
When your child will not do worksheets at all
Worksheet refusal is usually information: too hard and the page proves it, too easy and it is pointless, the writing is the barrier rather than the maths, or being asked is itself the problem. Generating shorter sheets at the right level removes three of those four.
For the fourth, the tutor works conversationally, so a child who will not write can still demonstrate what they know, and it still gets recorded.
It goes into the record
Worksheets are saved per child with dates, so they build a portfolio without you filing anything. When you need to show evidence of what was covered, it is already gathered.
What it costs
Worksheet generation is included in Parent Only, from GBP 9.99 a month, and in Parent + Child. 14 days free, no credit card required, plus a guest mode with no sign-up.
Common questions
Can I print them?
Yes, as PDFs with answers included. They can also be worked through on screen if you would rather not print.
What subjects are covered?
Nearly any topic across 16 subject areas. Arithmetic, maths, calculus, chemistry and physics draw on the hand-verified bank. Other subjects are generated, and on very niche topics it is worth checking anything specific before a child relies on it.
Can I set the difficulty?
Yes, by working level rather than by age. That is deliberate: a child years ahead in one subject and behind in another should not be handed everything at their birthday’s level.
Learning that flexes around your child
Different Drums builds curricula, worksheets, tests and learning records around almost any topic, shaped to your child's pace, interests and your family's values. Core practice in maths and science comes from 200,000+ hand-verified questions. Ages 2-16+, used by families worldwide.
No credit card required. There is also a free guest mode with no sign-up.