About
Horizons Preschool is the preschool part of the Horizons line from Alpha Omega Publications. AOP sells two curriculum sets. Preschool for 3s, which AOP calls an expansion of the Horizons Preschool program, has 40 weeks of lessons and includes a student workbook, a workbook companion, a teacher's guide, and a Bible story reader. The Preschool Curriculum Complete Grade Set has 180 lessons and includes two student workbooks, a two-part teacher's guide, and a resource packet. AOP describes both as Bible-based, and says the 180-lesson set covers social studies, language arts, math, phonics, and science, with arts and crafts, music, story times, and outdoor excursions. Music and videos are sold in multimedia sets, and a Curriculum & Multimedia Complete Grade Set bundles them with the 180-lesson curriculum.
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Horizons Preschool is the preschool part of Alpha Omega Publications' Horizons line. AOP sells a Preschool Curriculum Complete Grade Set with 180 lessons and, as an expansion of the Horizons Preschool program, Preschool for 3s with 40 weeks of lessons. AOP describes both as Bible-based, teacher-led, print workbook programs.
Last updated: 2026-10-08 · Every Homeschool Editorial Team
At a glance
| Method | Traditional workbook curriculum (Every Homeschool classification); AOP's product pages list a spiral learning format and a teacher-led curriculum |
| Worldview | Christian: AOP describes both sets as Bible-based and publishes a Statement of Faith |
| Grades | Preschool. AOP's Horizons samples page lists Preschool for ages 3-4, and its Preschool for 3s page describes that set as for three-year-olds |
| Formats | Print student workbooks, teacher's guides, and a resource packet; music and videos are sold in multimedia sets, alone or bundled with the curriculum |
| Cost tier | Standard (Every Homeschool banding); $180 for the Preschool Curriculum Complete Grade Set and $120 for Preschool for 3s, retrieved October 2026 |
| Parent intensity | 3 (AOP describes the line as teacher-led and says Horizons requires active parental involvement) |
| ESA-common | Yes: AOP's funding page lists 23 states with a check mark for AOP Homeschool |
| Accredited | No. AOP says Horizons is not a school and cannot be accredited; its online school is Ignite Christian Academy |
| Established | Alpha Omega Publications says it was founded in 1977; AOP does not state when Horizons Preschool began |
| Website | aop.com Preschool Curriculum Complete Grade Set |
Our scoreboard (1-5)
| Criterion | Score | One-line reason |
|---|---|---|
| Academic rigor | 3 | In our assessment, 180 lessons in two workbooks of 90 across social studies, language arts, math, phonics, and science is a substantial scope for this age band |
| Ease of teaching | 4 | AOP says the teacher's guides provide step-by-step lesson instructions, hands-on activities, weekly supply lists, reading lists, and field trip suggestions |
| Content quality | 3 | In our assessment, competent workbook and resource-packet production; AOP's resource packet holds reproducible worksheets, games, puzzles, memory verse cards, and flashcards |
| Flexibility | 3 | AOP sells the workbooks, teacher's guides, resource packet, and music CD separately; the workbook activities correlate with the teacher's guide lesson plans |
| Value for money | 3 | In our assessment, mid-range for a full-year set at $180; the multimedia sets cost more |
| Worldview scope | 2 | AOP describes the sets as Bible-based; its Lesson 1 sample, copyright 2007, includes a Bible lesson on Genesis 1:1 and an additional Bible lesson |
| Visual/design | 3 | AOP's product pages list colorful illustrations; the score is our assessment of the page design |
| Support resources | 4 | Customer service line, a Horizons email address, and a Horizons Facebook group, plus AOP advisors |
Who the publisher is
Alpha Omega Publications says on its About page that it was founded in 1977 and describes itself as a provider of PreK-12 Christian curriculum, educational resources, and services to Christian schools and homeschool families. The same page publishes a six-point Statement of Faith. AOP's home page lists four brands: Ignite Christian Academy, Monarch, LIFEPAC, and Horizons. Horizons Preschool sits in the Horizons brand, and AOP's Horizons page lists preschool for 3 and 4 among the Horizons offerings. AOP's kindergarten readiness page names Horizons Preschool and Preschool for Threes as its preschool print curricula.
AOP describes Horizons as parent-led and spiral-based. The Preschool for 3s page calls that set an expansion of the Horizons Preschool program and says it focuses on social, emotional, and spiritual development. The Preschool Curriculum page says the set supports early social, emotional, and spiritual development and is a Bible-based curriculum.
On faith content, the Preschool for 3s page says foundations for reading, writing, and math are built through gospel stories, alphabet and number games, worksheets, creative art, music, and new vocabulary. The Bible Story Reader holds 40 stories, 20 from the Old Testament and 20 from the New Testament, each with a prayer. The front matter of AOP's Preschool Book 1 sample, which carries a 2007 copyright, says Horizons Preschool uses the King James Version and the New International Version of the Bible.
The core pedagogy
The Preschool Curriculum Complete Grade Set includes two student workbooks, a two-part teacher's guide, and a resource packet. AOP says it has 180 lessons on social studies, language arts, math, phonics, and science, with arts and crafts, music, story times, outdoor excursions, and other activities, and that concepts are reinforced through games, songs, poems, and drama. Each workbook has 90 lessons (Workbook 1, Workbook 2). The Teacher's Guide Part 1 covers lessons 1-90, and Part 2 covers lessons 91-180.
Preschool for 3s has 40 weeks of lessons and includes a student workbook, a workbook companion, a teacher's guide, and a Bible story reader. AOP says children practice early language skills, number and letter recognition, colors and shapes, matching, and sequencing.
Signature mechanics, as AOP's pages state them:
- Two sets. Preschool for 3s (40 weeks) and the Preschool Curriculum (180 lessons).
- Teacher-led daily lessons. AOP's Teacher's Guide Part 1 page says each day is broken into objectives and activities across Bible, Social Studies, Language Arts, Phonics, Reading, Writing, Math, Physical Education, Arts & Crafts, Music, Story Time, Outside Activities, and Optional Activities, with a suggested half-day or all-day schedule, weekly supply lists, memory verse and multimedia schedules, and a reading list.
- A resource packet. AOP says the packet holds unbound, reproducible worksheets, games, puzzles, memory verse cards, colorful flashcards, and other manipulatives. The packet is not described as containing a music CD; the Sing Along Music CD is sold separately.
- Optional multimedia. The Multimedia Complete Grade Set is music and videos, and the Curriculum & Multimedia Complete Grade Set pairs the curriculum with sing-a-long music CDs and DVDs.
A day in the life
AOP does not publish session minutes for Horizons Preschool. Its free Lesson 1 sample (copyright 2007 per its front matter), linked from the Horizons samples page, shows how a lesson is laid out. The sample is headed Week 1, Day 1, and lists the activities in the lesson as Bible Lesson, Social Studies, Language Arts, Phonics, Reading, Writing, Math, Color, Story Time, Music, Arts & Crafts, Physical Education, Homework, and Additional Bible Lesson. In the Lesson 1 sample, the Bible reference is Genesis 1:1, the phonics lesson teaches the letter Aa, the math lesson teaches the number 1, the color lesson introduces red, green, and blue, the music includes the "ABC Song," physical education is "Self Space," and the homework is a "World" card taken home. The sample's teacher's text includes wording addressed to the students, "Prepare ahead" craft steps, and flashcards from the Resource Packet.
AOP's September 2026 blog post says Horizons features colorful, teacher-guided lessons that require minimal prep. AOP says the teacher's guides also include weekly supply lists.
What they do exceptionally well
A full year in one set. AOP says the Preschool Curriculum Complete Grade Set has everything needed for a full year of preschool learning, with 180 lessons across five listed subject areas plus arts and crafts, music, and story times. In our assessment, a family that wants a defined year of preschool from one purchase will find that here.
A structured daily plan. The teacher's guides give step-by-step lesson instructions and each day's objectives and activities. In our assessment, this suits a parent who wants a plan to follow rather than one to build.
Contact options. AOP lists a customer service line (800-622-3070, Monday through Friday, 7am to 5pm CT), a Horizons email address, and a Horizons Facebook group, and its curriculum page says AOP advisors help families choose.
What they do poorly
A teacher-led workbook format. AOP's product pages list print workbooks and a teacher-led curriculum. In our assessment, families who prefer a literature-based or play-based approach for this age will find the program more structured than they want.
Several sets to choose among. AOP sells the preschool line as separate components, as the $180 Preschool Curriculum Complete Grade Set, as the $276 Multimedia Complete Grade Set, as the $396 Curriculum & Multimedia Complete Grade Set, and as Preschool for 3s at $120 (retrieved October 2026).
Music is not in the base set. The Preschool Curriculum Complete Grade Set includes two workbooks, a two-part teacher's guide, and a resource packet. The Sing Along Music CD (17 songs) is $12.50 separately (retrieved October 2026), and music and videos are in the multimedia sets.
Faith content is part of the lessons. AOP describes the sets as Bible-based, and its Lesson 1 sample, copyright 2007, includes a Bible lesson and an additional Bible lesson. In our assessment, a family that wants a preschool program without Bible lessons would want a different program.
Who it fits / who it doesn't
Pick Horizons Preschool if: you want a Bible-based, teacher-led preschool program with print workbooks and a teacher's guide that gives daily objectives and activities; you want a defined year of 180 lessons (or 40 weeks of lessons for a three-year-old with Preschool for 3s); you plan to continue into AOP's Horizons workbooks, which AOP says are primarily for grades PreK-8.
Skip Horizons Preschool if: you prefer a literature-based or play-based preschool; you want a program without Bible lessons; you want music and videos included in the base Preschool Curriculum Complete Grade Set, since AOP sells them in its multimedia sets (the $396 Curriculum & Multimedia Complete Grade Set bundles them with the curriculum, retrieved October 2026).
Cost honest assessment
AOP prices as listed on aop.com, retrieved October 2026. None showed a sale price.
| Product | Price |
|---|---|
| Preschool Curriculum Complete Grade Set (two workbooks, two-part teacher's guide, resource packet) | $180.00 |
| Preschool Student Workbook 1 or 2 (90 lessons each) | $40.00 each |
| Teacher's Guide Part 1 or Part 2 | $33.75 each |
| Preschool Resource Packet | $40.00 |
| Sing Along Music CD | $12.50 |
| Preschool Multimedia Complete Grade Set | $276.00 |
| Preschool Curriculum & Multimedia Complete Grade Set | $396.00 |
| Preschool for 3s Complete Grade Set (workbook, workbook companion, teacher's guide, Bible story reader) | $120.00 |
| Preschool for 3s components: Student Workbook, Workbook Companion, Bible Story Reader, Teacher's Guide | $56.25, $31.25, $23.75, and $26.25 |
Prices change, so confirm the current price on AOP's product page before ordering.
ESA eligibility notes
AOP's state education funding page says AOP and Ignite Christian Academy are approved vendors in many states. Its chart lists 23 states with a check mark for AOP Homeschool: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming. The chart does not list Iowa or Texas, and its "School Choice Option" column names tax credits and deductions as well as education savings accounts (for example the Idaho Parental Choice Tax Credit and the Indiana Private School/Homeschool Deduction). AOP's ClassWallet page says families using ClassWallet can buy Horizons through the marketplace, through Direct Pay (call customer service with the order and request an invoice to submit to ClassWallet), or by reimbursement, and its MyScholarShop page covers Florida families using the EMA portal. AOP says state funding legislation and practices continually evolve and tells families to check their state's department of education website for current information, so confirm with your program that the purchase is allowed before ordering.
Alternatives
- The Good and the Beautiful PreK, a family would choose it over Horizons Preschool for a program the publisher describes as a gentle, open-and-go preschool curriculum rather than AOP's teacher-led workbook format.
- Blossom & Root Early Years, a family would choose it over Horizons Preschool for a curriculum the publisher's About page calls secular; the publisher lists Early Years Vol. 1 for ages 2 to 4 and Vol. 2 for ages 4 to 5.
Signature products
- Preschool for 3s
- Preschool Curriculum Complete Grade Set
- Preschool Multimedia Complete Grade Set
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