Alpha Omega Homeschool Curriculum Review and Alpha Omega Publications

Alpha Omega Publications is the company that provides multiple curricula that includes LIFEPAC, Horizons, Switched-On Schoolhouse, Weaver, and Power-Glide.

They began at the rise of the modern homeschooling movement (1977) and are celebrating their 30th anniversary of providing Christian curriculum, products, and services to schools and families.

"AOP understands the importance of raising godly children. Developing affordable and easy-to-use resources has been the passion of this company for 30 years." - Alpha Omega Publications

Alpha Omega Publications is a conservative Christian organization and the focus on the bible can be found throughout their curricula.

Their goal is to is to help parents, Christian schools, and bookstores educate children.

Opinion: A+ The look and feel of the website is professional, polished and user-friendly. The live chat feature is very useful. I have chatted or spoken over the phone several times with Alpha Omega Publications and have always had a better-than-expected experience. They show a high level of dedication to their curricula and to customer support.

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LIFEPAC is Alpha Omega Publications' only K-12 homeschool curriculum. This award-winning Christian curriculum teaches 5 core subjects (Bible, Language Arts, Math, Science, and History & Geography) plus 16 electives. It uses a mastery learning approach, which allows students to work with a concept until they are comfortable with it and then move on to something new.

LIFEPAC uses full-color workbooks/textbooks and there are ten LIFEPACs per year, per subject. This program basically divides one hard bound book into ten smaller books making it simple for little hands to work with. Children receive a new workbook every three to four weeks (general length of unit).

To build "spiritual maturity and reinforce the biblical worldview," LIFEPAC incorporates Bible truths into the content.

The content of each worktext includes lessons, activities, review questions, and written tests. LIFEPAC has built-in tools such as diagnostic tests, self-tests, and teacher checkpoints, to help parents/teachers keep students on track with their learning.

It is recommended that a student spend 45 minutes per subject per day with this curriculum.

LIFEPAC Language Arts incorporates grammar, spelling, and writing in one easy-to-follow format. It includes cursive handwriting and teaches the Ball and Stick method of printing.

A boxed set includes a Teacher's Guide, ten LIFEPACs, and any required readers needed to complete one year of a subject. It is possible to purchase a complete LIFEPAC set that contains Teacher's Guides, LIFEPACS, and required reading for each of the core subjects. LIFEPACs may be purchased on an individual basis as well.

Opinion: A LIFEPAC is a fantastic homeschooling curriculum that is consistent from Kindergarten to 12th grade. The mastery learning approach is easy for almost all children. The electives offered will help mold intelligent, successful, well-rounded adults. The tracking and support that is offered to both the students and the parents is quite possibly the best available on the homeschool market.

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Horizons is an Alpha Omega Homeschool Curriculum that can be used for grades K-6 and builds the fundamentals of Mathematics and Language Arts. This curriculum uses a spiral learning approach. Children are taught through a process of introduction, review, and reinforcement.

Horizons is a workbook-based curriculum and the lessons are brightly illustrated to extend the child's attention span. Hands-on learning is included in every lesson through the use of manipulatives suggested in the teacher's guide.

Horizons is a fairly fast-paced curriculum and is extremely popular with all of the parents I spoke with. It is ideal for the child who can multitask.

Parents at all levels in this curriculum have told me that this learning method is so smooth and so well-designed that students learn difficult concepts more quickly than they did with other programs.

Horizons subjects come in two large workbooks and offers the following courses: Phonics and Reading (grades K-2), Spelling and Vocabulary (grades 1-2), Penmanship (grades 1-5), and Math (grades K-6).

Opinion: B+ Horizons is great for children who enjoy hands-on learning and who learn easier when concepts are consistently reinforced. I feel that Horizons does an excellent job teaching the subjects that it covers, but I would have liked to see more subjects offered. Horizons must be supplemented by LIFEPAC, Weaver, or another curriculum to get the Science, History/Geography, and Bible.

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Alpha Omega Publications' NEW curriculum starting Fall of 2007 is called Horizons Preschool.

This curriculum introduces preschoolers to social studies, language arts, math, phonics, and science. You can also get additional topics such as health and safety, arts and crafts, music, and physical education.

Biblically-based lessons (5 per week) and hands-on learning activities.

AOP states that "this flexible, colorful, preschool program complements and builds an introduction to other best-selling Horizons products. With Horizons Preschool, young students will develop fundamental skills to promote early success preparing them for kindergarten."

I have to agree with them. This curriculum is impressive and easy to administer. It come with student books, teacher guides, resource packet and a recommended multimedia set.

It is particularly helpful that each student book has colorful perforated pages that the students can write on.

Opinion: A The New Horizons Preschool curriculum is engaging and easy for parents/teachers and children. The multimedia is fantastic and the whole curriculum is based on the Horizons, but extends further into other subjects.

Switched-On Schoolhouse 2007 is the most innovative Christian homeschool curriculum in the world.

Switched-On Schoolhouse (SOS) is a comprehensive, Biblically-based curriculum that offers computer-based learning for grades 3-12. SOS provides an interactive learning environment with 3-D animation, video clips, and other fascinating multimedia.

SOS includes automatic grading, record keeping, and lesson planning with the click of a mouse, allowing teachers more time with their students.

Switched-On Schoolhouse is written on the principle of "mastery learning." This means that students truly master the content and skills of one unit before progressing to the next. [SOS is based off of LIFEPAC and goes well beyond LIFEPAC curriculum in what it offers students and parents both educationally and administratively.]

Students finish lessons by completing various questions, activities, and quizzes, all through a CD-Rom program. One of the best features is that most (between 80-90%) of the grading is done automatically so teachers only have to grade subjective questions.

Switched-On Schoolhouse 2007 has approximately 130 lessons per subject. Five core subjects - Bible, Language Arts, Math, History & Geography, and Science - plus a number of electives are also available such as Health, Spanish, and Consumer Math.

Opinion: A+ The Next Generation of Homeschool Curriculum! Fun and engaging for the students, easy on the parents, Switched-On Schoolhouse is the heads and shoulders above the competition for Christian homeschool education. With the award-winning curriculum set in the modern approach of computer based learning (no textbooks necessary) and the highly skilled technical support team, I am not sure that there is a better homeschool curriculum out there.

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Searching for a Bible-based, "one-room schoolhouse" curriculum?

The Weaver Curriculum by Alpha Omega Publications is a unit-based, Biblically integrated curriculum for the whole family.

Bible lessons provide the theme for each chapter and make for a true Bible-based curriculum. Each theme can be taught to one child or several children of different ages at the same time with individual lesson assignments designed for each child's age and grade level.

All students in the family are studying the same main topic at the same time, with individual lesson assignments geared to each student's age and grade level. Lessons include experiments, maps, murals, timelines, models, collections, field trips, and more.

In grades K-6, the curriculum is divided into volumes equivalent to one year's study in the subjects of Bible, Language Arts, History/Geography, and Science. Supplements for grades 7-12 cover these same foundational subject areas but are made for older students.

There is a Preschool curriculum (Interlock Program, 1-2-3 Read! Program, 3-D Body Book and Early Reader Series) as well as specific studies for elementary, middle and high school students.

Opininion: A This is an excellent curriculum if you want ONE Biblical, hands-on curriculum that you can teach to more than one child at the same time and you enjoy creativity in your daily curriculum.

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Power-Glide is an award-winning foreign language curriculum from Alpha Omega Publications. Courses include Spanish, French, German, Latin, Japanese, and English for Spanish speakers.

Power-Glide offers age-relevant language courses for children, teens, and adults and is based on books and audio CDs. The courses thread an adventure story through each lesson to motivate the student to progress to the next lesson to see how the story will unfold.

No lesson planning or preparation time is required.

Opinion: A This curriculum comes already set up to use and you progress through it naturally and with purpose. It is designed for children, teens and adults, so the whole family can learn a language at the same time at their individual levels.

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I am a fan of Thomas Kinkade and his art. When I discovered that Alpha Omega Publications was using
Mr. Kinkade to teach children the basics of art I must
admit, I was impressed.

This LIFEPAC elective is for grades 3-8 and covers:
Line and Shape, Space and Proportion, Tone and Texture, and Art History.

This is a five-unit course and it includes a fun tutorial
DVD or Video, featuring Thomas Kinkade, and includes beginner and intermediate activities.

LIFEPAC Drawing Basics contains five worktexts and
a teacher's guide that may be purchased individually.

Opinion: A This curriculum is an asset for those parents who are not talented in art or who want to improve their skills at the same time as their child(ren). Thomas Kinkade is a fun and talented artist who shares his gift on these instructional videos...what a way to learn art!

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