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Master Books publishes Christian course books that a parent teaches from. From us, your child starts each subject at their own level in lessons that explain each idea, with the work graded as it comes in.
A scheduled book course or a course written for your child
Master Books is a Christian publisher of homeschool curriculum and biblical apologetics books, with materials grouped by age from 3 to 18. Its courses come as books, workbooks, and course sets, and each course comes with a Course Guide, also called a Teacher Guide.
We teach each lesson one-on-one, in every subject.
Where your child starts
Master Books offers placement tests for language arts and math. Its levels follow skill rather than grade alone, so the family uses the results to choose the course books to begin with.
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
A Master Books day follows the daily schedule in the course guide. The parent leads each lesson from the books and workbooks, using that guide to plan what comes next.
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
Master Books provides a course guide for the parent teaching each lesson. A child's follow-up questions stay with that parent, who uses the guide and books to explain the idea further.
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
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
Master Books states that a biblical worldview is integral to all of its curriculum. Its materials are written from a biblical creation perspective.
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 Master Books 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 a child who is not reading yet use it?
- Yes. Kindergarten through Grade 2 is spoken, so your child listens to each lesson and answers out loud, with an adult nearby.
- Can my child retake placement in the middle of the year?
- Yes. Your child can retake placement in one subject while their other courses carry on, and completed work stays saved.
- 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 we use ESA funds?
- We are approved in Arizona, Alabama, New Hampshire, and Utah. Program rules apply.
Your child's curriculum. Your family's time.
Let your child work from their current subject level while you spend less time checking answer keys.
$149/month per child after the trial.