Comparison

How Faith Schooling compares with other Christian homeschool curricula

Abeka, BJU Press, Alpha Omega, Easy Peasy, The Good and the Beautiful, and Christian Light are good at what they set out to do. Faith Schooling is a different kind of product, and the fairest thing we can do is say exactly how — including where one of them may fit your family better.

The short version

Faith Schooling is a K–5 curriculum publisher. The parent teaches from scripted lesson guides that can be read in full before joining; the books are printed at home; children move by mastery rather than by the calendar; one household membership covers every grade and every child. It is complete for reading and language arts, with structured phonics and cursive alongside, publishes a sequenced K–5 math series that is still growing, and teaches Bible directly through the Apostolic Academy. It does not publish science or history, does not enroll students, and is not a school.

The publishers below mostly sell per-grade, all-subject packages — several with video teachers, several attached to an accredited academy that enrolls students and issues transcripts. That is a different job, and for some families it is the right one.

Side by side

Facts observed on each publisher’s own website on August 26, 2026. Prices and packages change; check the publisher before deciding.

Faith Schooling This site

Grades
K–5
Format
Print-at-home student books and teaching guides, plus browser tools and games; no video lessons
Who teaches
The parent, from scripted lesson guides
Subjects
Reading and language arts (complete), structured phonics, cursive, math (sequenced series, growing), Bible and discipleship; no science or history
Placement
HARVEST — free, adaptive, browser-based reading placement
Scope & sequence
Week-by-week scope and sequence on every reading grade page
What you can see before paying
Complete teaching guides and complete first workbooks readable before joining; three open sheets in every practice set
Accreditation
None — a publisher, not a school
Price (observed August 26, 2026)
$39/month or $299 founding first year (then $349/year) — every grade K–5, every child in the household

Abeka

Grades
Preschool–12
Format
Printed kits, with optional streaming or DVD video lessons (Abeka Academy)
Who teaches
Parent with the lesson plans, or video teachers
Subjects
Bible, language arts, arithmetic, history and geography, science and health — a full-grade package
Placement
None found; sells standardized achievement tests
Scope & sequence
Free scope-and-sequence PDF per grade
What you can see before paying
Sample videos and enrichment downloads; no free full-lesson PDF found
Accreditation
Abeka Academy (the school) is accredited; the books are not
Price (observed August 26, 2026)
One child, one grade. Grade 1 child kit $473.85, plus a parent kit: $390.60 Essential (about $864) or the Complete kit (about $1,215 all in). K5 child + parent kit $722.55

BJU Press Homeschool

Grades
K4–12
Format
Printed kits, with Homeschool Hub video streaming or DVDs
Who teaches
Parent, or video teachers
Subjects
Full-grade kits across all core subjects
Placement
None found; sells Iowa and Stanford achievement tests
Scope & sequence
Scope-and-sequence PDF; free per-course Lesson Plan Overviews listing every lesson
What you can see before paying
Lesson Plan Overviews and sample pages
Accreditation
Academy of Home Education (the school); the books are not
Price (observed August 26, 2026)
K5 complete kit $454.20; Grade 1 $1,073.05

Alpha Omega (Horizons, LIFEPAC, Monarch)

Grades
Horizons PreK–8 and LIFEPAC K–12 in print; Monarch online for grades 3–12 only
Format
Printed workbooks, or the Monarch online platform from grade 3
Who teaches
Parent (print); largely automated online (Monarch)
Subjects
Horizons sets cover math, phonics and reading, spelling, penmanship, and health; Bible, history, and science are separate
Placement
Free LIFEPAC placement tests (grades 1–12) and Horizons math readiness evaluations
Scope & sequence
Sold as a printed product
What you can see before paying
Sample lessons; Monarch 30-day trial
Accreditation
Ignite Christian Academy (the school). AOP itself states that only an institution can be accredited, never a curriculum
Price (observed August 26, 2026)
Horizons complete grade set: K $375.25; Grade 1 $424.50

Easy Peasy All-in-One

Grades
PreK–8, with a separate high-school site
Format
Free web pages linking to online readings, videos, and activities; optional printed workbooks
Who teaches
Parent-monitored; the child works through the day’s links
Subjects
All subjects
Placement
Free placement guides
Scope & sequence
An overview page; no formal document
What you can see before paying
The entire curriculum is free
Accreditation
None — “a curriculum, not a school”
Price (observed August 26, 2026)
Free

The Good and the Beautiful

Grades
Preschool–8 (high school in progress)
Format
Printed course sets; K–8 language arts and math also free as PDFs
Who teaches
Parent
Subjects
Language arts, math, science, history, handwriting, electives, sold by course
Placement
Free placement tests for language arts, reading, spelling, and math
Scope & sequence
None found for the full curriculum
What you can see before paying
Full K–8 language arts and math courses as free PDFs
Accreditation
None — a publisher
Price (observed August 26, 2026)
K basic bundle (language arts, handwriting, math) $132.94; Level 1 $144.94

Christian Light

Grades
K–12
Format
Printed consumable LightUnit workbooks, sold by subject
Who teaches
Parent with the teacher’s guides
Subjects
All core subjects, each purchased separately
Placement
Free diagnostic tests (language arts and math)
Scope & sequence
Printed scope-and-sequence booklet
What you can see before paying
A free LightUnit mailed on request
Accreditation
Christian Light Academy (the school)
Price (observed August 26, 2026)
Grade 1 math LightUnit set $55.50 plus teacher’s guide $31.90

Where Faith Schooling is deliberately different

You teach, from a script. Every reading lesson is scripted for the adult, minute by minute, with a preceptor guide every week. There are no video teachers to schedule around, and no screen the child has to sit in front of to learn.
Print first, browser tools second. Student books and workbooks are printed at home; the browser carries the placement assessment, the teaching guides, the games, and the Member Workspace. A child’s work happens on paper.
Mastery, not the calendar. Daily exit tickets, weekly mastery checks with parallel forms, and a 90%-across-five-sessions rule decide when a child moves on. Per-grade kits assume week twelve is week twelve.
You can read everything before you pay. Complete teaching guides for every reading grade and every phonics level, the complete first workbook of every level, real interior pages of every book, and three open sheets in every practice set. Most publishers show sample pages.
One price for the household. Per-grade kits price each child in each grade. All Access is one membership for every grade K–5 and every child at home.
K–5 only, on purpose. Depth in the years that decide whether a child reads well, rather than breadth across K–12.
Faith woven through, and stated plainly. Every reading week is built around a Bible hero, a virtue, and a Scripture; the Apostolic Academy says what we believe rather than keeping it vague.

Where another publisher may fit your family better

You want one box with every subject, including science and history. Abeka, BJU Press, and The Good and the Beautiful sell full-grade packages; Faith Schooling covers reading, language arts, phonics, cursive, math, and Bible, and leaves science and history to you.

You need an accredited school to enroll your child and issue transcripts. That is a school service (Abeka Academy, BJU’s Academy of Home Education, AOP’s Ignite Christian Academy), not something any curriculum — ours included — can provide.

You want video teachers or a program that grades itself. Abeka and BJU Press offer video lessons; Monarch automates much of the grading from grade 3. Faith Schooling is parent-taught by design.

Your budget is zero. Easy Peasy is free and complete; The Good and the Beautiful gives away its K–8 language arts and math. Faith Schooling’s Open Access is generous — placement, guides, samples, games, the Academy — but the complete programs are part of a paid membership.

You are teaching grades 6–12. Faith Schooling stops at Grade 5.

Compare one at a time, in detail

Each page covers teaching style, real costs with the date they were checked, pacing, screen load and worldview treatment — and says plainly where that publisher may suit your family better.

See the programs, or start with placement and decide from a real report.

See the K–5 curriculum   Take HARVEST placement