Secular video-based homeschool curricula, compared
3 programs, listed alphabetically, each with its grades, method, format and cost a year as the publisher’s own site showed them on October 29, 2026. Open a card for the strengths, the watch-outs and who it fits.
What this list holds
We label a program secular when the publisher's own pages call it secular, or describe the program and the publisher without any faith terms.
Video-based programs have a teacher on video doing the main teaching, often with a workbook beside it.
At a glance
- All 3 show a price on the publisher's site. For one child and one year of the main package they run from $199 to $1,188.
- How the child works: 3 video lessons.
- Grades: all reach pre-K or kindergarten, all reach the elementary grades, 2 reach middle school and 1 reaches high school.
| Program | Subjects | Grades | Method | Format | Cost a year | Faith label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Generation GeniusGeneration Genius (part of Newsela) | Science, Math | K–8 | Traditional | Video lessons | $250 | Secular |
| Mystery ScienceMystery.org (part of Discovery Education) | Science | K–5 | Traditional | Video lessons | $199 | Secular |
| Power HomeschoolPower Homeschool LLC (Acellus courses) | All subjects | Pre-K–12 | Mastery | Video lessons | $1,188 | Secular |
Each program in a line
- Generation Genius: A family that wants ready-made, video-led science or math lessons with hands-on activities for the elementary and middle school years.
- Mystery Science: A family with children in kindergarten to 5th grade who wants short, ready-made science lessons with a video to start and a hands-on activity to follow.
- Power Homeschool: A family that wants video teaching in every subject with grading and records done for them, and a child who can work on a screen while a parent checks in.
Before you buy
That label is the only thing these pages say about religion. If it matters to you, read the publisher's own pages.
Check the length of the videos, whether they stream or come on disc, and how long access lasts.
Most publishers post samples and a placement test; each card links the placement test where the publisher has one.
Side by side
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- Secular print homeschool curricula 19
- Secular homeschool curricula for high school 14
- Secular traditional homeschool curricula 14
- Secular homeschool math curricula 10
- Secular homeschool curricula under $100 a year 9
- Secular mastery-based homeschool curricula 9
- Secular homeschool all-in-one curricula 8
- Secular homeschool language arts programs 7
- Secular literature-based homeschool curricula 6
- Every program, with a filter for any combination
How we label
Every fact on a card was read on the publisher's own website on the date shown, and the page it came from is linked. A fact we could not confirm there is left out. Costs are for one child and one year of the main package, as the publisher's page showed them that day; prices and sales change. Method and format are the publisher's own description where it gives one. The only thing we say about religion is one label, secular or faith-based, given by the rule above; where the publisher's pages don't settle it, the card has no label.
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