LIFEPAC (Alpha Omega Publications)

LIFEPAC is a print Christian curriculum for grades K-12 from Alpha Omega Publications (AOP). AOP describes it as self-paced workbook learning built on unit-based consumable workbooks and teacher's guides. AOP's 2008 history page says the company started in 1977 with a single product, LIFEPAC, and a 2024 AOP blog post calls it AOP's first curriculum.

Last updated: 2026-10-08 · Every Homeschool Editorial Team

At a glance

Method	Self-paced, mastery-based workbook learning, as the LIFEPAC page describes it; Every Homeschool classifies the method as traditional
Worldview	Christian; the LIFEPAC page calls LIFEPAC Christian curriculum, and AOP's About page carries a six-item Statement of Faith that names no denomination. The worldview label in the directory is Every Homeschool's classification
Grades	K-12: Language Arts and Math list grades K-12, History & Geography, Science and Bible list grades 1-12, and electives list grades 4-12. The Kindergarten Complete Grade Set covers Language Arts and Math
Formats	Print consumable workbooks and teacher's guides (LIFEPAC page); the grade 5 set page lists a Science Experiments DVD as recommended and not included
Cost tier	Standard (Every Homeschool classification). The Grade 5 Math Box Set is $108.00 and the grade 5 Complete Grade Set is $468.00, retrieved October 2026
Parent intensity	3 (Every Homeschool rating)
ESA-common	AOP says it is an approved vendor in many states, and its ClassWallet page lists LIFEPAC among the products that homeschool families in states using ClassWallet to manage ESA funds can buy, both retrieved October 2026; see the ESA section below
Accredited	No; the LIFEPAC page says LIFEPAC is a homeschool curriculum and is not accredited, and points families who want an accredited program to Ignite Christian Academy
Established	AOP's About page says Alpha Omega Publications was founded in 1977, and its 2008 history page says the company started in 1977 with LIFEPAC
Website	aop.com/pages/lifepac

Our scoreboard (1-5)

Criterion	Score	One-line reason
Academic rigor	3	Every Homeschool rating. AOP describes mastery learning in which students show comprehension through self-tests and unit tests before moving on
Ease of teaching	3	Every Homeschool rating. AOP says in early grades parents provide more direct instruction and older students work more independently; parents grade with the provided answer keys and oversee recordkeeping
Content quality	3	Every Homeschool rating. The LIFEPAC page describes 10 worktexts per core subject per year, each with instruction, activities, and assessments, plus electives for grades 4-12
Flexibility	4	Every Homeschool rating. AOP says families can select a different grade level for each subject and adjust the pace; the curriculum is sold as grade sets, subject sets, and individual unit student books
Value for money	3	Every Homeschool rating. Complete Grade Set $468.00 for each of grades 2-12 and Subject Box Set $108.00 for the Grade 5 Math example, retrieved October 2026; AOP describes the workbooks as consumable
Worldview scope	2	Every Homeschool rating. AOP describes LIFEPAC as Christian curriculum and says its History & Geography course teaches history from the Christian worldview
Visual/design	4	Every Homeschool rating, based on AOP's free sample pages for grades K-2, 3-5, and 6-12, which AOP offers "to assist you in selecting the right curriculum". The sample pages use color-coded subject headers, illustrations, diagrams, and boxed examples; we did not see a full workbook
Support resources	3	Every Homeschool rating. AOP lists customer service by phone, Monday to Friday 7am-5pm CT, free placement tests in Bible, History & Geography, Language Arts, Math, and Science, and teacher's guides with grading sections, student record books, and cumulative files

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. AOP's 2008 history page says that in 1977 the company started with a single product, LIFEPAC. The footer of AOP's About page lists four current brands: Ignite Christian Academy, Monarch, LIFEPAC, and Horizons.

AOP's privacy policy states that Alpha Omega Publications and Ignite Christian Academy are owned by Imagine Learning LLC, and its terms of service call Imagine Learning LLC the owner of AOP. The Contact page gives the mailing address of AOP's Homeschool Division as Rock Rapids, Iowa.

Ignite Christian Academy, which the privacy policy says was formerly named Alpha Omega Academy, is a school rather than a curriculum product. AOP's accreditation FAQ says LIFEPAC, Monarch, and Horizons are not schools and cannot be accredited, and describes Ignite Christian Academy as a fully accredited online school. The LIFEPAC page says parents of a graduating student provide the high school diploma, which may be purchased on AOP's website; AOP sells a 12th Grade diploma at $25.00, retrieved October 2026.

The LIFEPAC page lists Language Arts (grades K-12), Math (K-12), History & Geography (1-12), Science (1-12), Bible (1-12), and electives (4-12). Its FAQ says LIFEPAC consists of 10 worktexts per subject per year, each including instruction, activities, and assessments. The page names American or British Literature, Spanish I and II, Astronomy, Geology, Consumer Math, and Family & Consumer Science among the electives; full-year electives have 10 student books and a teacher's guide, and one-semester electives have 5 student books and a teacher's guide. Each core subject in the grade 5 Complete Grade Set comes with 10 student workbooks and a teacher's guide.

On faith, AOP's Statement of Faith has six items. It says the Old and New Testaments are the inspired Word of God and reveal the three Persons of the Godhead; affirms the incarnation and virgin birth of Jesus Christ; says man was created in God's image but is separated from God by sin; says man is redeemed by grace through faith in Christ's atonement; says eternal life is available to all and that those who receive Christ by faith are regenerated by the Holy Spirit; and affirms the bodily resurrection of Christ, his imminent return, and the resurrection of his people. It names no denomination. The LIFEPAC page says LIFEPAC History & Geography teaches history from the Christian worldview and describes LIFEPAC Science as an exploration of God's creation, and the Grade 10 Biology Box Set page says the course focuses on the study of God's creation.

The core pedagogy

AOP describes LIFEPAC as self-paced, mastery-based workbook learning. Each core subject has 10 worktexts per year, and each worktext includes instruction, activities, and assessments designed for independent student learning. AOP's LIFEPAC FAQ says a typical schedule is one worktext per subject each month, about 3-4 pages a day, and that families can adjust the pace. AOP's scheduling guidance says a single LIFEPAC is designed to be about 3-4 weeks of study.

Mastery works through testing. AOP's FAQ says students demonstrate comprehension through self-tests and unit tests before moving on. On the Old Testament Survey Unit 1 student book page, AOP says self tests follow each section of the student books and a unit test completes the student book. The same page lists multiple choice questions, vocabulary crossword puzzles, fill-in-the-blank responses, and Bible verses among the activities.

AOP's FAQ says parental involvement varies by grade level: in early grades parents provide more direct instruction, older students work more independently, and parents grade assignments and tests using the provided answer keys and guides. The Grade 5 Math Teacher's Guide contains answer keys for student book questions, self tests, and unit tests, along with lists of required and optional materials and suggestions for extended learning activities. For recordkeeping, AOP's FAQ names teacher's guides with grading sections, student record books, and cumulative files. AOP also says LIFEPAC works with multiple children, each with individual student workbooks and each working at their own pace.

Pacing and schedule, as AOP describes it

AOP's scheduling guidance, which attributes its guidance to its Parent's Guide to Mastering LIFEPAC, says an average of 45 minutes should be devoted to each subject each day, and stresses that this is only an average: a student may spend 15 minutes on a subject one day and 90 minutes the next. It also says a student should average 3 pages a day per subject to finish all 10 units in 180 days.

Within a unit, AOP's Old Testament Survey Unit 1 student book page says self tests follow each section of the student books and a unit test completes the student book, and AOP's LIFEPAC page says parents grade assignments and tests using the provided answer keys and guides. In early grades the LIFEPAC page says parents provide more direct instruction, and older students work more independently.

What they do exceptionally well

Print format and K-12 scope. In our assessment, LIFEPAC's main draw is its format. AOP offers it as print curriculum for grades K-12, with five core subjects from grade 1 and electives from grade 4, all from one publisher.

Finishable units. AOP structures each year as ten worktexts per subject, each designed for about 3-4 weeks of study. In our assessment, that gives a student a clear marker of progress, because each completed worktext is a finished unit.

Placement and sample tools. AOP offers free LIFEPAC placement tests in Bible, History & Geography, Language Arts, Math, and Science, free sample pages by grade band, and says families can select a different grade level for each subject.

What they do poorly

Parent grading and recordkeeping. AOP says parents are responsible for grading assignments and tests using answer keys and guides and oversee recordkeeping. In our assessment, that workload grows with each child using LIFEPAC. By comparison, AOP's April 2026 blog post says Monarch automatically grades most assignments.

Consumable cost across children. AOP describes the LIFEPAC workbooks as consumable and says each child works in individual student workbooks. A Student Grade Set of the ten student books without the teacher's guide is $102.00 for the grade 5 Math example, and a teacher's guide is $26.75, retrieved October 2026. In our assessment, the student-book cost repeats for each child.

Who it fits / who it doesn't

• Pick LIFEPAC if: you want a print, self-paced, mastery-based Christian curriculum for K-12, as AOP describes it; you are comfortable grading with the provided answer keys and overseeing recordkeeping; you want to place each subject at its own grade level, starting from AOP's free placement tests.

• Skip LIFEPAC if: you want automatic grading (AOP says Monarch grades most assignments automatically); you want an accredited school rather than a curriculum (AOP points families who want an accredited program to Ignite Christian Academy); you want curriculum without Christian content; you want a spiral, parent-led approach (the LIFEPAC FAQ describes Horizons that way).

Cost honest assessment

All prices in this section are AOP's current selling prices, retrieved October 2026.

• Complete Grade Set (five core subjects, each with 10 student workbooks and a teacher's guide): grades 2-12 are $468.00 each (for example the grade 5 set). Grade 1 is $552.00 and includes five required beginning-level readers. Kindergarten is $156.00 and covers Language Arts and Math. The grade 5 page says the Science Experiments DVD is recommended and not included.
• Subject Box Set (10 student books and a teacher's guide for one subject): $108.00 for the Grade 5 Math example and $108.00 for the Grade 10 Biology example.
• Student Grade Set (10 student books, no teacher's guide): $102.00 for the Grade 5 Math example.
• Teacher's guide: $26.75 for the Grade 5 Math example.
• Individual student book: $11.50 for Old Testament Survey Unit 1.
• Parent Starter Kit: $18.75, three soft-cover booklets: A Parent's Guide to Mastering LIFEPAC Management, a Scope & Sequence, and a sample student book.

For comparison within AOP's own lineup, Monarch Full Access is $439.95 per year per student for 100+ courses. AOP's financial assistance page lists a 20% discount on AOP curriculum and Ignite tuition for the U.S. Armed Forces, Department of Defense staff, veterans, and first responders, and for missionaries and pastors, redeemed by contacting AOP; the offer excludes Monarch monthly plans, science lab kits, and LIFEPAC Launch Packs. AOP also runs a rewards program.

ESA eligibility notes

AOP's State Education Funds and Homeschooling page, retrieved October 2026, says AOP and Ignite Christian Academy are approved vendors in many states. Its state table places a check in the AOP Homeschool column for 23 states: 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 page says state funding legislation and practices continually evolve and tells families to check their state department of education website for current rules.

AOP has a page or post for each of the four platforms its funding page lists (retrieved October 2026). Its ClassWallet page says homeschool families in states using ClassWallet to manage ESA funds can buy Monarch, LIFEPAC, and Horizons by Marketplace, by Direct Pay (call customer service with the order and request an invoice), or by Reimbursement. Its MyScholarShop page says Florida families using the EMA portal can purchase AOP curriculum through the MyScholarShop marketplace or by reimbursement. Its December 2024 Student First Technologies post calls Student First Technologies the state-designated ESA funding platform for West Virginia, says AOP is an approved homeschool vendor there, and says TheoPay can be used to purchase LIFEPAC and Horizons. Its Odyssey page says homeschool families in states using Odyssey to manage ESA funds can purchase AOP's Monarch, LIFEPAC, and Horizons curriculum. Verify eligibility with your state program before ordering.

Alternatives

• Monarch (AOP) is AOP's online option. AOP's Monarch page describes an online homeschool management system for grades 3-12, and its Full Access page lists the learning style as online, student-paced, mastery learning.
• Horizons (AOP) is the AOP print line that the LIFEPAC FAQ describes as using a spiral learning approach with parent-led instruction, primarily for grades PreK-8.
• Ignite Christian Academy is the accredited online school that AOP points families to when they want an accredited program.
• Other Christian programs in the Every Homeschool directory include Christian Light and A.C.E.; see their entries for each publisher's own description.