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Traditional homeschool all-in-one curricula, compared

7 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

Traditional programs look much like school courses: a lesson, practice in a workbook or on screen, review and tests. Most textbook and online programs that name no particular method fall here.

An all-in-one curriculum sells a year as one plan: the subjects, the schedule and the books or lessons that go with them. It saves the work of matching separate programs, and it means one publisher's choices across the board.

At a glance

  • All 7 show a price on the publisher's site. For one child and one year of the main package they run from free to $1,094.05, and 1 is free.
  • How the child works: 4 books and workbooks, 3 on screen.
  • 3 of the 7 have a placement test or level guide on the publisher's site, linked on each card.
  • Grades: all reach pre-K or kindergarten, all reach the elementary grades, all reach middle school and 6 reach high school.
Alphabetical. We never rank programs, and none pays to appear.
ProgramSubjectsGradesMethodFormatCost a yearFaith label
AbekaAbekaAll subjectsPre-K–12TraditionalBooks and workbooks$1,094.05Faith-based
BJU Press HomeschoolBJU PressAll subjectsPre-K–12TraditionalBooks and workbooks$1,037.10Faith-based
Easy Peasy All-in-One HomeschoolEasy Peasy All-in-One HomeschoolAll subjectsPre-K–12TraditionalOn screenFreeFaith-based
MiacademyMiaplaza Inc.All subjectsK–8TraditionalOn screen$480Secular
SchoolhouseTeachers.comThe Old SchoolhouseAll subjectsPre-K–12TraditionalBooks and workbooks$389Faith-based
Timberdoodle Curriculum KitsTimberdoodle Co.All subjectsPre-K–12TraditionalBooks and workbooks$1,017Faith-based
Time4LearningTime4Learning (Cambium Learning Group)All subjectsPre-K–12TraditionalOn screen$335.52Secular

Each program in a line

  • Abeka: A parent who wants a complete, school-style year in one order, with the lesson plans written out and the option of video teachers later.
  • BJU Press Homeschool: A parent who wants a full, textbook-based year with detailed teacher editions, and the option to hand some or all subjects to video teachers.
  • Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool: A family that needs a complete, free plan with daily assignments a child can follow on a computer with little parent planning.
  • Miacademy: A family that wants the child to work through all subjects on screen at their own pace, with grading and attendance reports kept for them.
  • SchoolhouseTeachers.com: A family with several children who wants one yearly price for every subject and grade, with a parent who is happy to print lessons and lead the teaching.
  • Timberdoodle Curriculum Kits: A family that wants a full year of books, workbooks, games and hands-on kits chosen for them, with the freedom to swap pieces and set each subject at its own level.
  • Time4Learning: A family that wants the child to learn mostly on screen at their own pace, with grading and progress reports handled by the program.

Before you buy

Look at how much of each day is worksheets or screen work, and whether the teacher's guide is scripted. Traditional programs are easy to record for a portfolio because the work is all written down.

Check which subjects are really in the package for your child's grade. Several full curricula leave math or language arts out and expect you to add your own, and science is sometimes a separate purchase.

Most publishers post samples and a placement test; each card links the placement test where the publisher has one.

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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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