Learning to learn from 10 to 18, for every subject
Study less long, remember more, and find the core.
Kern shows how to plan, what to highlight, how to summarise and how to really remember. Plain words, honest explanations and what research found again and again, without tricks.
No account neededNo ads, no tracking, no account needed. The learning path, the planner and the first three topics are free.
Three new cards every day, the same for everyone. Do today's starter
See it
Try it: drag your study blocks back from the day of your exam
How a topic works
First the question, then the picture, then the explanation, and tomorrow you do it.
Every topic has the same blocks, always in this order. That way you know where you are.
Why
A question from your school week. Why have you forgotten it all, when you read it three times yesterday?
See it
A picture to play with: plan backwards from your exam, highlight the core of a text, turn the dials of a forgetting curve.
Get it
The explanation in plain words, then what to remember, and an example worked out step by step.
Do it
Exercises checked on the spot: planning with real dates, picking the core sentence, ordering steps, finding the method that fits.
Then one small habit to try tomorrow, the typical pitfalls, where you meet it, a bit of history and a question for the table.
Four domains
From your diary to your exam.
Planning
5 topics
Why planning works, a weekly plan, splitting big tasks, planning backwards from your exam, and putting things off.
Processing
4 topics
Active reading, smart highlighting, summaries and diagrams, and taking notes in class.
Remembering
5 topics
How your memory works, quizzing yourself, spacing and mixing, focus, and sleep and movement.
Tests and exams
4 topics
Preparing for a test, staying calm in the exam, learning from your mistakes and asking for help.
Who it is for
For those who learn, help and teach.
For pupils
Start where it pinches: planning, remembering or the stress before an exam. Try one thing and see what it does. A bad week says nothing about who you are.
Start practisingFor parents
Every topic explains what works and why, with a question to talk about together at the table. Help without taking over.
Choose a topicFor teachers
Show a picture in class, let pupils practise at their level and print a worksheet with the solutions. Fits every subject.
Make a worksheet
For schools
For schools and teachers.
Kern works in any lesson without fuss: nothing to install, no pupil accounts, and a worksheet is ready in a minute. Handy for form tutors, pupil support and every subject teacher who wants pupils to study smarter.
Worksheets with solutions
Choose a topic, a level and the number of exercises. Print it, the solutions are on a separate sheet.
Free for teachers
Through Kaft you use Kern for free as a teacher, on the digital board too.
No pupil accounts
Pupils practise and plan without logging in. What they can do and plan stays on their own device.
Pictures for the board
Every topic has a picture to play with: the forgetting curve, the backwards planner, the focus timer. Big enough to discuss together.
Kern and Kaft
A fair price, and a family of apps.
Kern is part of Kaft, the book cover with an app for every subject. Kern is the app that goes with all the others. No ads and no tracking, so you pay with money, not with your data.
What does Kern cost?
The learning path, the planner and the first 3 topics are free. For all of Kern you choose one of these plans:
- All of Kern€4 a month · €36 a year
- Kaft bundle, all apps€8 a month · €69 a year
There is also a family plan, a school plan and a free social rate.
You pay on Kaft. With Kaft Plus every topic of Kern opens.
All prices on KaftThe Kaft family
Every app has its own subject and its own face, with the same way of working: understanding over cramming, calm and without ads. Kern helps you in all those subjects.
Choose a topic and try it tomorrow.
Start with your plan, with smart highlighting or with the question of why you forget so fast.