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Alpha Omega Publications offers Christian curriculum in print worktexts, parent-led workbooks, and an online program. For your child, we write and teach every subject starting at their level, and grade the work as it arrives.
Which line does the teaching
Alpha Omega Publications (AOP) is a Christian homeschool curriculum publisher with print and online lines. LIFEPAC is a Kindergarten through Grade 12 print worktext series, a full school year in a box, student-directed and mastery-based. Horizons is a parent-directed, spiral-based workbook series from preschool through Grade 12. Monarch is a self-paced online curriculum for Grades 3 through 12, mostly text with short videos.
Our courses teach your child one-on-one, with the explanations and help already inside the lesson.
Where your child starts
AOP has separate placement materials for its different lines. LIFEPAC tests cover Grades 1 through 12, while Horizons math readiness evaluations cover Grades 1 through 6, for parents choosing those starting books.
To start your child where they actually are, we write a placement test for each subject. It has 25 questions, or 12 for younger learners, and it adapts as your child answers.
From every answer, we estimate where your child is solid but not yet finished, and that's where they start. Each subject is placed on its own, so your child might begin in the middle of fourth-grade math and the beginning of fifth-grade reading. In grades 3 to 12, a child who prefers paper can print the free placement test, then upload a photo of the answer sheet for grading.
What a school day looks like
An AOP day depends on the line: a child works through LIFEPAC worktexts on their own, a parent leads Horizons lessons, or a child reads Monarch's online lessons with short videos.
Our Parent Dashboard lays out today's lessons by subject. You can build the week around your family's hours and print it for the fridge.
Interactive articles weave in your child's interests, with images and videos made for them. Reading checks confirm understanding, then your child applies the idea in a project, such as optimizing lap times for F1 or working out a rocket’s fuel load.
When your child gets stuck
With Horizons, a parent directs each lesson and is there for questions. LIFEPAC and Monarch are built for a child to work through on their own.
Our Always-On Mentor sits beside every reading and project, so help is there the moment your child needs it.
The mentor also steps in on its own when your child seems stuck, explains the idea another way, and can make it visual by drawing on its board. In a reading check or a project, it guides your child's thinking without giving the answer away.
Learning to keep a notebook
From Grade 3, our readings offer an optional Notebook guide to help your child organize their learning. It encourages lesson headings and unit labels, and the printable guide offers tips for taking notes in their own words rather than copying the article.
The guide encourages your child to note where they struggled and how they got past it. One tip is to star a useful takeaway, then gather those takeaways into a review page. When your child scans and uploads their notebook pages, we help them remember those ideas and shape practice problems around the places they struggled.
Who grades the work
LIFEPAC supplies answer keys for parents to mark the worktexts. Monarch handles about 85 percent of its work automatically, so the amount of marking depends on which AOP line the family uses.
We grade everything your child submits as soon as they submit it, so grading never lands on you. When your child gets something wrong, we help them work through it, and projects come back with feedback so they can revise them.
Records, state paperwork, and the transcript
At TheHomeschoolingCompany, your child's school record builds as they work: daily check-ins log attendance, and everything they finish is saved automatically. Attendance logs and learning summaries are ready to export, and we draft the documents your state asks for from that same record, including portfolios with real work samples.
Our high school transcript builds from completed work, with courses, letter grades, credits, and GPA calculated for you.
Keeping faith in your school day
AOP describes each of its lines as written from a Christian worldview. Monarch includes Bible as a course.
Our curriculum isn't a religious curriculum unless you want it to be. Add Bible study, Christianity, or any faith as a custom elective, and we build a course around it, graded and recorded like every other subject. You can also add faith as an interest, and we'll weave it into any or all subjects, so it doesn't have to be its own course.
Moving from Alpha Omega Publications to us
School in a Box includes up to 12 subjects, from the core to custom electives on anything your child is curious about. Single Subject covers one course, if you would rather start there.
Start the 14-day trial and choose School in a Box or Single Subject.
Pick your child's subjects, including any topics they have been asking to learn more about.
Your child takes a placement in each subject, and their whole curriculum is built around them.
Other questions
- Can my child read lessons on paper?
- Yes. Lessons, reading checks, and projects can be done on paper. Your child scans and uploads the finished pages for the same detailed feedback as online work.
- Can my child retake placement in one subject?
- Yes. Your child can retake placement in one subject while their other courses carry on, and completed work stays saved.
- Can we use ESA funds?
- Yes. We are an approved vendor in Arizona, Alabama, New Hampshire, and Utah. Your program decides which purchases it covers and how to pay through ClassWallet or Odyssey.
Your child's curriculum. Your family's time.
Spend less time managing separate workbook and online course routines for each subject.
$149/month per child after the trial.