Discover the Scriptures

Discover the Scriptures is a Latter-day Saint scripture-study curriculum for grades 1 through 7, built by a curriculum development specialist to give LDS homeschool and Family Home Evening settings a structured, workbook-based alternative to the loose study aids that dominate the market.

Last updated: 2026-04-24 · Every Homeschool Editorial Team

At a glance

Method	Literature-based / scripture-spine workbook study
Worldview	LDS
Grades	1-7 (grade 1-3 and grade 4-7 editions)
Formats	Digital download, print-on-demand workbook
Cost tier	Budget
Parent intensity	3
ESA-common	Varies by state; generally not approved where religious curricula are restricted
Accredited	No
Established	2018 per publisher materials
Website	discoverthescriptures.com

Our scoreboard (1-5)

Criterion	Score	One-line reason
Academic rigor	3	Age-appropriate scripture study; more structured than most LDS homeschool aids
Ease of teaching	3	Parent reads alongside, facilitates discussion, and oversees workbook pages
Content quality	4	Written by a curriculum specialist; structured where most LDS study materials are loose
Flexibility	4	Self-paced, can be used daily, weekly, or on FHE cadence
Value for money	4	Digital units at $19.99-$29.99 cover substantial ground
Worldview scope	1	Narrow by design: written specifically for LDS families
Visual/design	3	Clean workbook layout; printable-friendly rather than glossy
Support resources	2	Thin; no video instruction, no cohort, no teacher training beyond the workbook

Who the publisher is

Discover the Scriptures was developed by a PhD curriculum development specialist to enhance children's intellectual learning and development through the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. The publisher markets the program as a structured curriculum rather than a Sunday School supplement or a loose study aid, a distinction that matters in the LDS home education market, where many families assemble scripture study from talks, magazines, and church-published manuals rather than from a purpose-built workbook series.

The company is small and direct-to-parent. Products are sold through the publisher's own website as digital downloads and print-on-demand workbooks, with no major distributor presence and no convention-circuit marketing. The catalog centers on three-year arcs: a Book of Mormon curriculum, an Old Testament curriculum, and a New Testament curriculum, each published in two editions, grades 1-3 and grades 4-7, so families with children in both bands can use a coordinated pair of workbooks studying the same scripture in parallel.

Discover the Scriptures is LDS in worldview and authorship. It teaches scripture from the position of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, engages with the Book of Mormon as scripture alongside the Old and New Testaments, and draws explicitly on the Pearl of Great Price in paired readings with Genesis. Per Every Homeschool's worldview taxonomy, LDS curricula are classified as lds rather than as a subset of Christian categories, reflecting the substantive theological distinctions Latter-day Saints and mainline Christian traditions each recognize. Families considering the program should do so on that basis.

The core pedagogy

The house method is workbook-driven scripture study organized around a child-centered, parent-supported rhythm. Each unit walks the child through assigned scripture passages with a structured set of activities: direct scripture reading, thought questions, puzzles, coloring or illustration pages for the younger band, analytical prompts for the older band, and occasional memorization exercises. The parent reads with the child or reviews their workbook pages, facilitates discussion, and ties the scripture to family practice.

Signature mechanics: (1) Multi-perspective scripture pairing. Stories are presented from multiple scriptural perspectives, for example, Genesis paired with the Pearl of Great Price, allowing the student to read parallel accounts side by side. This is a distinctive LDS-specific feature the program uses to introduce children to the comparative scripture practice common in LDS religious education. (2) Two-band grade structure. A family with a second-grader and a fifth-grader can use the grade 1-3 and grade 4-7 editions of the same scripture, for example, the Book of Mormon, concurrently, keeping both children on the same passages at age-appropriate depths. (3) Notebooking workbook format. Students complete written responses on workbook pages that then function as a scripture journal. The finished book is a keepsake record of the child's study year. (4) FHE-compatible rhythm. Units can be broken into daily lessons or condensed into weekly Family Home Evening sessions, giving families flexibility for how they integrate scripture study into existing family practice.

The curriculum is designed to complement, not replace, church-published resources like Come, Follow Me, the weekly LDS scripture-study program used in wards and families globally. Families typically run Discover the Scriptures alongside Come, Follow Me rather than in place of it.

A day in the life

A family with a second-grader and a fifth-grader using the Book of Mormon curriculum spends approximately twenty to thirty minutes per day on Discover the Scriptures at the start or end of the homeschool block. The parent reads the assigned passage aloud from the Book of Mormon while both children follow along in their scriptures. The younger child then works the grade 1-3 workbook page, a combination of a coloring element, a short fill-in, and a thought question the parent discusses verbally. The older child works the grade 4-7 workbook page, which adds analytical prompts and a short written response. The parent reviews both workbook pages, asks follow-up questions, and closes with a short related activity or family discussion.

Families using the program on a Family Home Evening cadence rather than daily condense several lessons into a longer Monday-evening session, completing two to three workbook pages across both children in approximately forty-five minutes. The program's structure supports either rhythm without penalty.

What they do exceptionally well

Structured where LDS materials usually aren't. Latter-day Saint families have had access to excellent church-published scripture resources for decades, but those resources are typically designed for weekly study cadence across a ward, not for daily homeschool integration with workbook pages and parent-facilitated analytical questions. Discover the Scriptures fills that gap with actual curriculum architecture, units, lessons, progression, and assessment-style prompts.

Multi-perspective pairing. The pairing of Genesis with the Pearl of Great Price (and similar pairings elsewhere) introduces children to a distinctive feature of LDS scripture study in a structured way. For families who want their children to encounter that practice through a guided progression rather than on their own, the curriculum does meaningful work.

Age-band coordination. The parallel grade 1-3 and grade 4-7 editions of the same scripture curriculum is a smart design choice for multi-child families. Many scripture-study resources assume either a single student or a wide age range handled ad hoc; Discover the Scriptures's two-band structure keeps siblings on the same passages at appropriate depth.

Price point. Digital units at $19.99-$29.99 represent a year of scripture study for a family, which is inexpensive for a purpose-built curriculum. Print workbooks cost somewhat more, but the digital-print-at-home workflow keeps per-child cost low for multi-child families.

What they do poorly

Thin instructional scaffolding for parents. The program assumes the parent can facilitate scripture-based discussion and knows how to engage a child with theological content. This is usually true of committed LDS parents, but the curriculum itself provides little in the way of teacher notes, discussion frameworks, or video walk-throughs. Parents less comfortable with theological conversation will work the program at a more procedural level, reading the passage, having the child complete the page, checking the answers, which is a legitimate use of the material but not what the workbook format rewards most richly. The best outcomes come when a parent is comfortable extending the written prompts into lived conversation.

Limited scope of subjects. Discover the Scriptures is a scripture-study curriculum, not a Bible-based-Bible-plus-history-plus-language-arts program of the My Father's World or Sonlight type. LDS families wanting scripture integrated across their full academic day still need a separate core curriculum for other subjects, which is a fit-and-purpose observation rather than a criticism.

No non-workbook modality. The program exists as workbooks, paper or digital. Families who prefer audio, video, or app-based delivery will not find those options here. For a scripture-study resource built in 2018 and later, the workbook-only modality is a deliberate choice that keeps the focus on written engagement but limits the format.

Small-publisher support footprint. Unlike larger homeschool publishers with customer service departments, convention booths, and regional representatives, Discover the Scriptures is a direct-to-parent operation. Support is email-based; community around the program comes from informal LDS homeschool networks rather than a publisher-managed forum.

Who it fits / who it doesn't

• Pick Discover the Scriptures if: you are an LDS family homeschooling or running a structured FHE program; you want a purpose-built workbook curriculum rather than another weekly scripture-study guide; you have children across multiple age bands and want coordinated materials; you want to introduce your children to LDS scripture-pairing practice in a guided way; you want a budget-tier scripture spine at a modest per-unit price.

• Skip Discover the Scriptures if: you are not LDS and are looking for a Christian scripture-study curriculum, for which other publishers are designed (see alternatives); you prefer video-driven or app-based scripture resources; you want a full homeschool core curriculum rather than a dedicated scripture-study program; you find workbook formats uncongenial to your family's study rhythm.

Cost honest assessment

Digital units list at $19.99 to $29.99 each through the publisher's site as of April 2026, with print workbook pricing somewhat higher. A family purchasing the Book of Mormon grades 1-3 and grades 4-7 editions digitally spends approximately $50-$60 for a year of scripture study covering two age bands. Adding a second year (Old Testament or New Testament) brings the three-year complete-sequence cost to approximately $150-$180 for two age bands.

Compared to Come, Follow Me (free from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), Discover the Scriptures is a paid structured supplement rather than a replacement. Compared to secular Christian homeschool scripture programs running $200-$500 per year for Bible-integrated learning, Discover the Scriptures is dramatically lower-cost because its scope is narrower, scripture study only, not scripture integrated across reading and history.

ESA eligibility notes

Discover the Scriptures is explicitly religious and therefore generally ineligible on ESA programs that restrict religious materials. Several state ESA programs (notably the universal-eligibility programs in Arizona, Utah, West Virginia, and Iowa) permit religious curriculum, but scripture-study curriculum specifically is a narrower category than general Christian-worldview curriculum and is approved less uniformly. Because the publisher does not operate a dedicated ESA ordering workflow, families using ESA funds typically process receipts through their state's reimbursement channel. LDS families in ESA states should verify approval within their specific state portal before purchasing; approval history for scripture-study curricula is inconsistent across jurisdictions.

Alternatives

• Come, Follow Me (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), a family would choose Come, Follow Me over Discover the Scriptures for free church-published scripture-study material that coordinates with ward and seminary study schedules, trading structured curriculum architecture for institutional alignment.
• The Red Headed Hostess, a family would choose The Red Headed Hostess over Discover the Scriptures for a broader catalog of LDS study aids, printables, and seminary resources aimed at older youth and families, though with less purpose-built curriculum structure.
• Foundations in Sounds (as a supplement) or a comparable LDS-aligned homeschool publisher, families seeking a fuller LDS-integrated academic spine across multiple subjects rather than a scripture-study workbook.

How we verified this

Our editorial team reviewed Discover the Scriptures's catalog, product descriptions, sample pages, and pricing at discoverthescriptures.com in April 2026. We cross-referenced LDS scripture-study context against church-published materials at churchofjesuschrist.org and independent LDS homeschool community discussion. Prices and program details verified April 2026.