The Genesis Curriculum
Find samples pages and course descriptions on our site, genesiscurriculum.com.
Coming June 1st 2015 – The first edition will be The Book of Genesis.
This is our offline curriculum covering science, social studies, language arts, Bible and learning biblical Hebrew or Greek. All lessons for a school year are based off of a book of the Bible.
This is intended to be used as a “one-room schoolhouse” approach with everyone gathering around and learning together with mom (or other homeschool teacher) guiding the completely prepared lesson. This will be accompanied by one workbook for each child that will have all of their work for the year. There’s no daily busywork, but there are grammar, vocabulary, and spelling activities as well as science and social studies reviews/assessments that will be completed in their workbook.
Daily lessons include reading a portion of Scripture from the book of the Bible you are studying, practicing a weekly memory verse, doing a dictation for handwriting if desired, writing spelling words from the day’s verses, learning a vocabulary word from the day’s Scripture, learning a Hebrew or Greek word or practicing a verse in the original biblical language, covering a science and then social studies topic inspired by the reading, talking over the discussion question and finally writing. Grammar lessons are part of vocabulary and writing.
It was created to be used for 145 to 180 days, so you can decide on how to run your school year (for instance, a 4-day week) without missing any lessons. I’m doing these lessons now with kids ages 6-13. I didn’t create this for high school, but I have included “Explore More” ideas for each topic that a high school student (or anyone with a particular interest in that area) could use to go deeper.
While there are no interactive online games, there are interactive family games. Since it’s made to be used together as a group (of at least two, which can include mom), I am including such games as basketball and Pictionary for review and Hide & Seek and Battleship for spelling. Just because you’re offline, doesn’t mean it has to be all worksheets. And for those who want the paperwork, students have a whole workbook with spelling, vocabulary, grammar, writing, Hebrew, science and social studies worksheets that they will complete throughout the year.
I have also made copywork and tracing books that match the curriculum. You can learn more on our site.
It’s very different from EP, but at the same time, similar in many ways. It’s all laid out and ready for you to just pick it up and go. It’s easy, complete, and interactive. It’s different in that everything is related to the Bible and everything can be done together as a family; also topics are wide ranging, not segregated, so you’ll get lessons in physics, chemistry, biology and earth science all in one year. In social studies we also touch on each main subject as we hit ancient, modern, American and geography/cultures all in one year.
The first year of the curriculum is based on the book of Genesis with learning Hebrew. What’s next? The initial plan is to another Old Testament book which will be a continuation of learning in all areas including Hebrew, and then probably Matthew and Acts with learning Biblical Greek.
Here’s a worksheet my family did after a lesson on genetics found in the Genesis Curriculum. With all those genealogies in Genesis, there are lots of opportunities to explore DNA and genetics. You can click on the image to enlarge.
- Here’s a wheel and axle experiment. You can click on the image to enlarge.
Quotes from the families testing out the curriculum:
“We really love this curriculum. It is so easy to use and my kids get really engaged and I enjoy our discussions. I like how it encourages them to think for themselves. ”
“The curriculum is wonderful…. These topics inspired great conversations.”
“We love this curriculum…. My sister has been in and out of the hospital the entire month of December and I was helping with her kids, but when we started back they remembered everything we already covered and was excited to get started again! I love this approach to learning, it’s easy for me and they get really interested in what we talk about because it’s not boring like the text books that we had been using.”
“We are loving TGC. My son is really enjoying the program and layout. I like that you have once again laid it all out for me to follow. I love learning with the Bible as the main book.”
“I am loving this curriculum. I also want to add that we are LDS, but the religious doctrine used in the Genesis Curriculum is broad enough for us to use with no problems. I really love that.”
“It’s going great! We are taking our time sometimes taking 2 days to get through 1 day of work. But my oldest student using the curriculum is 7. We are really enjoying our study. It has sparked great supper time discussions and is so easy to share what we are learning with my husband. Now, we save some of our learning for the evenings and he is enjoying being a part of it. He loves The Genesis Curriculum! ”
“I love it. It peaked their interests, lead to discussions and I loved how they actually responded to it!”
“This is great!”
“It’s ALL Bible!”
“It is all I have wanted in a curriculum.”
Will the Genesis Curriculum also be free of charge?
No. It’s books that you will have to buy. I can’t print them for free, but I’m thinking about ways to make it more accessible.
you could just make it an online course…learning to research the meaning of words to get a deeper meaning of what Gods word is speaking has been hard for me to teach to my 14 year old but this course could be what opens the door for my child to grasp on a deeper level the awesomeness of God’s love!
We can’t wait!! This has been our first year homeschooling and we are hooked! No more school dress code, no more questionable teaching methods. We LOVE Easy Peasy!!
Is this used for getting ready one. Is the book available on Amazon.
This is a curriculum for elementary and middle school. Preschoolers can tag along with the lessons, but it’s not made for them. And no, it’s not available on Amazon.
will the genesis curric be avail to purchase through this website? how much is it going to cost? does it replace the complete grade levels ep currics?
There will be a way to get it through the EP website. They will likely be available through Amazon.com as well. I don’t have a price yet. Of course, I want it to be affordable. It replaces everything except reading, math and the extras (music, art, logic, computer, PE/health). If you used the EP Readers, then you would be able to switch back and forth between the Genesis Curriculum and EP as life makes one or the other a better choice for a season.
Is EP going to go away? or are you going to have both available? EP for free and Genesis for a price?
Easy Peasy is going no where and the plan is to always keep it free online. The books are optional.
You have been such a blessing to our family. Thank you soooo much for providing such a complete and well put together curriculum. Thank you for all the time you have spent planning and preparing and for keeping the curriculum free for those of us who depend on it.
Will there be different workbooks for younger or older students? Also, how early this summer do you estimate this would be ready for purchase?
The main workbook is for everyone. You’ll have to decide if your child can do it. There are map activities, crossword puzzles, word searches, multiple choice quizzes, fill in the blanks,…I don’t have my newly-turned 7 year old do it on his own. I do have younger versions though that are set up differently. The youngest version has the spelling words in dotted line format for tracing. Then the back of the page has the day’s vocabulary word with definition and some example sentences and a space to draw an illustration of it. For the review weeks, they have their own simple activities. The second version has the day’s handwriting verse at the top of the page for copywork and then the vocabulary word on the back like the other workbook. It also has its own simplified version of language arts review such as making the first letter of a sentence capital.
Oh do we really have to wait til the summer?! This curriculum sounds amazing.
It’s ready! http://genesiscurriculum.com
One per child on the copywork workbook?
What will I do for each child’s Math, English?
Will the History be in Genesis times? We are using year one right now, but this sounds so exciting we may have to backtrack. 🙂
It touches all four “years” of history and science, if you are familiar with all those on EP. They will certainly hit a couple of the same topics, but it’s not a unit study like EP. The topics change from day to day. I don’t think it will feel like you are doing the same thing.
I am so excited about this curriculum. Thank you so much for all you do! I was on the fence about homeschooling, and your website and the ease of use helped get me off the fence and on board with homeschooling. God bless!
Your curriculum has been an answer to prayer. I am looking forward to this Genesis approach!
It’s here! http://genesiscurriculum.com
Thank you so much for this wonderful curriculum,and especially for making it available free! I have 10, (soon to be 11), children 7 of whom are homeschooling now, and your program is exactly what I’ve been looking for in every way.
I’m so excited to see what’s next! God bless you!
Cant wait to start this. We have done EP for 3 years now. We are loving it. MY boys are 10 and they do it all by themselves now. They love easy peasy. I really want to do this with all 4 of my kids, can’t wait till it comes out.
This will be ready this summer? God Bless you for all that you do!
My goal is June 1st.
I have an 11 and 9 year old.
After doing the Genesis program, will each child break apart and do their other subjects that are not in the Genesis program, like Math?
It’s here! http://genesiscurriculum.com
Yes, EP of course is available for that. They could also do the one daily extra course like art and music. The only other course would be reading. If you use the EP Readers, they would be able to switch into EP at any time if that ever became preferable. I would like to create reading books based off of what they read in EP but without the daily assignment to make it more free reading, but I don’t know when that will happen.
I love EP, but where I live the internet isn’t fast enough to play the games, at times. Gets very frustrating to watch a video that needs to buffer, so having the books wood be great!
It’s here! http://genesiscurriculum.com
Which EP Reader should I purchase, I noticed that there are several.
We are doing EP online and we are contemplating the possibility to switch to books, since some times internet is not available and also because I think it is great that children get to work with books. My oldest son loves to read and enjoys what is asked for him to read every day. When he heard about switching to books he asked me if the same things that he read are going to be in the readers or if we would have to get the books in the library. We live out of the US and going to the library for those books would not be possible. I am thinking to do the readers with the Genesis curriculum. Can you help me with this question? Thank you so much for your help to all of us.
I live overseas too, so I never expect anyone to get books from the library! The EP Readers have all of the reading right in there with the assignments. The EP Readers are the entire online reading course for the level packed into the book.
I thank God for EP and you Lee. Thank you so much for sharing with us. I am looking forward to using TGC next year. God bless you and your family.
It’s here! http://genesiscurriculum.com
We finally started the genesis curriculum and I love it. It peaked their interests, lead to discussions and I loved how they actually responded to it!
Thank you so much, EP is a blessing and answered prayer!
Fantastic resource for homeschooling thanks for all your hard work
Dave
Thank you so much for all that you do! EP has been a blessing to our family. I pulled my 12 year old out of school in January. He has special needs and was having a very difficult time with the middle school transition. We tried another program but they expected too much of him (he is currently on K level and we are going through GR 1 & 2 now and using Year1- Level L, I have been able to find several free online resources and using movies from Netflix/youtube to make it more interesting for him. his little brothers 1&3 have enjoyed learning too and can’t wait to start their ‘schoolwork’ in the mornings. I plan to begin homeschooling 2 more this summer as they are also having trouble in school (K & 2nd). My older kids are in high school(1)/ or graduated (2) or graduating(1) and are happy where they are right now but occasionally they get stuck and we are able to look on the site and get a little help. I wish I had done this for them but I thought it would be impossible. Thank you so very much! This new curriculum sounds interesting and I look forward to being able to check it out and hopefully use it in our new school year!
Will the GC have the same rigor as EP? I have noticed EP being above your typical grade level on many things. Will this stay the same?
Reading, math, and extras (art, music, computer, PE/health, thinking) would still be done on EP, although I’m making alternative readers using EP books but in a different form to match the Genesis Curriculum better. The Genesis Curriculum is made to be done all together, not directed to any individual grade level. Science and history on EP are not directed to one grade level, so it’s not much different. I have written it with the intention that kids would be able to switch into EP at any time life made that more practical.
i am so excited about this curriculum do you know when you will have a price point available?
Once I see exactly how long everything is, I’ll see how much it costs to print. I’m considering making all of the consumable parts available also for free download. The goal is definitely to make it affordable. I certainly think you’ll be able to get all of the pieces (curriculum, workbook, answer book, map book) for under $100.
It’s here! http://genesiscurriculum.com
will the biblical holy days be discussed/studied in great length in this course?
They are not. This year of the curriculum goes through the book of Genesis and those aren’t brought up at all.
Can’t wait to buy this!! Thank you so much for all the time you have invested into this for us!
It’s here! http://genesiscurriculum.com
Anxiously awaiting! I can’t say I have been this excited about curriculum since I started this journey with my girls. From the first time I read about your Genesis Curriculum, I have had one goal….PURCHASE! Thank you for all you do!
It’s here! http://genesiscurriculum.com
We just started online EP and are really happy with it. We prefer online, but would love to integrate the Hebrew into our daily work. Will the Hebrew be available online or only in the Genesis curriculum?
You can find the Hebrew we do by using Hebrew4Christians.com for the alphabet and Mango Languages for Genesis 1:1-5. That’s what we learn the first year in the book of Genesis curriculum.
I am SO excited about this curriculum and it is an answer to prayer! I will definitely be on board when it’s available. We use EP for math and it has been such a blessing! Thank you for the gift of your ministry and may God bless the work of your hands and heart that is such a blessing to the homeschool community looking to keep our teachings grounded in the Word!
It’s here! http://genesiscurriculum.com
This seems very exciting: Maybe you should include a High School Edition to complement this. What are the Books of the bible this will be covering? I saw OT, but does that include all OT over a year or just segments. Please explain further. 🙂 Also, I would be willing to pay a reasonable price for a Serious Bible Curriculum to lay out foundations for my children. Thanks
This isn’t a Bible curriculum. It’s school with the Bible as your base book. This year is only the book of Genesis and I had to squeeze it in to finish the book in a school year. I will do another book of the OT next, which will continue on from where we leave off after the Book of Genesis year.
We can’t wait! You are such a blessing to so many! I hope you will be sening out emails to notify everyone when it is available! Blessings to you (:
I will do my best to let everyone know. The release date is June 1st, so you can be watching for it.
Has the cost been determined yet? I will be purchasing for 3 children.
I think it will be about $35 for the curriculum book. You will also need a map book. That’s separate so that it can be printed in color. The workbooks will be priced so that I don’t think it would be cheaper to print them yourselves. I don’t want people printing hundreds of pages in order to save money. I want to make this easy for you! While not free, it is low cost.
It’s here! http://genesiscurriculum.com
My children and I are so excited about this!
I’m glad! I’ve been using it all year with my kids. It’s all done, but editing well over 1000 pages of content (600+ is the curriculum book) is a big job!
It’s here! http://genesiscurriculum.com
This looks amazing! I am super excited about using this in the very near future. Thanks for all you do to make homeschooling our children on a dime possible!
It’s here! http://genesiscurriculum.com
Just wanting to say my family CAN’T WAIT for this! (well it is mostly me).
It’s here! http://genesiscurriculum.com
So I just found this and its an answer to my prayers!!! Thank you sooo much! I really want the Genesis curriculum. How much and how do I get it? We do worship time in the morning with our own routine of bible curriculum but Id like to switch it up just a bit due to our new schedule. and I think this will help us to stay on task…. Getting bible in many subjects! We do two weeks on two weeks off during the summer so this is a perfect time for our family to start!
As the blog states this will be available in June. We will not know the actual cost until it is ready for sale. There will be an announcement on the all-in-one-homeschool.com site when it is ready with a link for purchase.
It’s here! http://genesiscurriculum.com
I will definitely be saving up to make this purchase! I am beyond excited!
It’s here! http://genesiscurriculum.com
Is it June yet??? I can’t wait for this to be released. We have 6 daughters and I think this is going to fit our family well. I keep checking to see if has been released early. So excited!
It’s all done, but I have about 1600 pages to make sure are edited and ready to go! I’m also building our website. It’s coming. I’m glad you are excited. I hope it will be a great fit for your family.
Pretending to be patiently waiting for it! 😉
So excited about this. I have already showed it to a bunch of prospect homeschoolers!
Thanks for sharing. I hope you like it! It’s almost ready…
It’s here! http://genesiscurriculum.com
Hi There! I’m relatively new to the site, but I am wondering if you will create an offline book for Math or add that into future printed curriculums? That would be a wonderful addition. Thank you for providing quality materials with payment “options”.
I am sorry but there is no plans for printed math courses at this time.
I am seriously in tears right now just thinking of all the work you have done for people like me. My husband and I are contemplating homeschooling our children and I was unsure, until now. Just knowing all you have invested reminds me of the love Christ has for his children. I love our precious gifts that the Lord has given us so much, And I believe that only someone who truly knows the love of God could do all you have done for so many parents and children you don’t know. I am so grateful! In amazement right now…… Never would have thought researching about whether to homeschool or not would have made me feel so loved. You Are Amazing!! Thank You God Bless You In JESUS Name ~Holly
Thanks for sharing that. I feel like I just got a hug. 🙂
you are truly a blessing I can not wait to try the new curriculum.
It’s here! http://genesiscurriculum.com
I am very very new to the homeschooling scene, so my question may seem naive. 🙂 But, I was just wondering, as you create new curriculum and workbooks over the years, will the ones from previous years still be available? My daughter is turning 4 and we are contemplating starting homeschooling (full force) when she will be going into Kindergarten, but that won’t be until the 2016/2017 school year. Will I still be able to start with the Genesis curriculum before going on the the next one you have created?
By the way, we have already started with the Getting Ready 1 work and she is enjoying it. 🙂 Thank you so much for all the work you have put into it.
You are able to start the curriculum anytime. When new years come out, you can just start at the beginning with the Book of Genesis.
I keep checking back every week or so, I’m just too excited to see this 🙂
Almost there!
I was up seriously all night looking for a curriculum for next year that I could use with my going to be 3rd,2nd,and pre-k daughters. There is not a lot of curriculums out there that allow you to teach multiple ages at once and have it be hands-on and based around the Bible. So here I am looking again and discovered the genesis curriculum. I’m so excited because it is in book form which I prefer and covers all the subjects I have a hard time covering. Thanks so much for your hard work and the curriculum that truly answers my prayers.
I’m glad you found us. It’s being looked over one last time and will be released on June 1st. My four year old played school along with us. I didn’t require him to really do anything but he enjoyed trying to answer questions along with his brothers. 🙂
It’s here! http://genesiscurriculum.com
We are so excited! Do you have any idea what the price will be? We want to be ready to afford it when the curriculum becomes available!
You can go check it out in our store. I’m finishing up with our new website, http://genesiscurriculum.com/. It’s meant to be affordable!
Thank you so much for doing this! I have been anxiously awaiting and already making my list and budget since you put the prices live!
I do have a question are the rainbow readers identical to the level readers. Like is the RED series the same thing as the First Reader? Not sure if i am missing something here.
Thank you!
It’s the same books, but in a different format. I didn’t want my kids doing the EP 180 days of reading assignments. For instance, there are book reports and vocabulary activities, but in GC there is already vocabulary and writing, so I didn’t want that in both places. I also wanted to have a family reading time for school, and so I wanted them to be able to read the whole time, not have a short day with a couple of poems and be done quickly. It was just my idea for how I wanted school to work for my family this year.
There are no assignments in the Rainbow Readers. It’s not divided by Day. They are just the books. There is a unique dictionary in each Rainbow Reader. I used any vocabulary used with the book in EP as well as other words. The words in the dictionary are underlined in the text of the book. They were also edited to have American spelling (colour-color). You can use whatever would work for your family.
Awesome! Thanks for clarifying!
So if it doesn’t replace reading and math will I still need my child to do the online math?
If you want to use EP for math, yes. THere are plenty of offline math options, but I don’t have any to offer.
Love love love GC!!! One question, what age/level would you equate the “older kids”? My oldest is just 6 and I am wondering if I should wait until she has siblings that can really follow along a bit better? From previewing some of the workbook pages it appears it may be a little over her head?? I am just excited to use it! We may just stick with EP for now, but I can’t wait to use this with my family!
It is meant to be done together (more than one kid) but we did have test families use it with one child and enjoyed it that way. We had one family with four kids using it, but the oldest was 7! They took it slowly and did one lesson over two days. Personally, I do think it would be good for you to wait. At that age you could really just be doing reading, math and writing.
Thanks for your advice! I like the “one lesson over 2 days” approach for younger kiddos as well. Looking forward to using it in the future! Thank you for your ministry!
Is there a place to sign up now for it. Like pre-order?
Just a little over a week left! I can’t take preorders because you aren’t ordering them from me but from the publisher. It won’t be available until I hit the button. I’m still finalizing the editing. I have over 1400 pages to go through! We’re almost there. I will remind everyone when it’s available. 🙂 June 1st is the date.
It’s here! http://genesiscurriculum.com
Wow this is amazing, Lee! I wish it had been around when my children were younger, but this is an amazing option for homeschooler who do not have reliable fast internet.
Thanks, Jenn. You can help by letting people know about it. It’s also good for anyone who wants their kids off the computer but still want the easy and interactive fun of EP. It also, of course, offers complete content control which I can’t offer through EP.
Please clarify for me… I have an upcoming 3rd grader and 10th grader. You said that a high schooler could use the the “explore more” to go deeper. Therefore i would need 2 workbooks, but my question is would there be 2 different ones or buy 2 of the same book?
It’s the same workbook. They will be writing in it, so they each need one.
Is the GC only for one year? I have just started using EP with my kids and they absolutely love the online, it gives them so much freedom. I am wondering if EP is the better fit or if I should get the GC and check it out and if it doesn’t seem to be what I’m looking for I can return it, is that possible through the publishing site store. My kids are entering 7th grade and 4th grade and I love the fact that we can school together in all subjects. I don’t mind purchasing it all as long as there is a return policy. Thank you for putting this all together it looks awesome!!
There is one year made, but I have already started on making the next year of it. There are four years planned. If you are loving working online, then maybe that’s the best fit for for you. With EP, you can do the history and science together if you like. The publisher doesn’t allow returns unless there’s something physically wrong with the book. If you are interested, I can send you a sample lesson. You can also see the entire workbook now. It’s on our site on the Online Support page.
lee
I would love to see the sample lessons so I can gauge the amount of time for planning and teaching since I will be introducing my third child to getting started preschool. I may just purchase the readers and workbooks and see how they do with a half online and half workbook approach this year. Thanks so much for helping answer my questions I love EP so much it was aour third change in curriculum this year alone and I wish I would have found out about it years ago when I started the home school journey. Such hard work and a true blessing you’ve provided for so many families. Keep up the great work.
This has been a HUGE Blessing!! I decided to home school after 3 months into 1st grade with my oldest..and never looked back. A few years ago tragedy struck. I lost my husband. I was determined to continue homeschooling no matter what but as that summer slowly slipped passed me I became less and less hopeful. I prayed and prayed and kept getting the same answer…home school.. HOW?? I couldn’t see how I could financially do it. 1 week before I was going to go registrar kids for public school a friend called and led me here!! Have been using ep ever since.. Now with 1 hs, 1 ms, and 2 5th graders I am so blessed that not only am I continuing the plans my husband and I had for our kids, I am following God’s plan for them as well. I was able to be a single, stay and work at home, homeschooling mama!! Thanks EP for playing a huge role in my ability to do this!
I’m sorry for your loss, but so happy your kids didn’t have to lose their precious time at home with you.
I’ve been so excited waiting for this curriculum! Just ordered for our family! We’ll have 7th grade, 3rd grade, and kindergarten boys this fall, along with 3 younger siblings. I’m sure it varies by family, but can you give an estimate on the time it takes to complete each day’s lessons?
Thanks so much for all you do! We’ve been using Easy Peasy for 2 years and it’s been a life saver!
You can read through the lessons in an hour. Then beyond that you’ll need time for writing/handwriting.
Thanks!
Is there any way to see more of a sample than what is here? I am very interested in The Genesis Curriculum but with money being tight for everyone it would be nice to be able to see a better sample before purchasing.
I will email you a sample.
I use Amazon Prime. Will Genesis Curriculum be available through Amazon.com like your EP and Readers books, or will it stay CreateSpace only?
The books for Genesis Curriculum will only be sold on CreateSpace.
Hello! I am planning to use the Genesis Curriculum with my sons who are ages 4 and 7 (turns 8 half way through school year). I plan on using the Copy work and the Tracing books for the older one instead of the Workbook. Am I understanding this correctly? Thank you so much for all of your hard work!!!! May you be richly blessed!
You need at least one workbook because that’s part of the curriculum. The lessons will direct you to complete certain pages. You can do those all together in your case. The handwriting books are just optional extras, especially for little kids who may not be ready to do the workbook pages on their own. I had one son do the handwriting book and then just participate orally with most of the workbook pages. I did include a few favorite workbook activities into the handwriting books, so everyone could do them.
Thank you so much for your help!!!
Is there something set up that people can donate to or pay for the books for families that want to use it and cant afford it?
I read on the easy peasy site that she donates to those in need with the money she receives from nooks bought. That was for the workbooks for easy peasy. I didn’t see anything on the Genesis curriculum.
If you want to contact me about it, I can help hook you up with a family that’s struggling.
Does this curriculum replace the online curriculum?
It’s a whole separate curriculum, not an offline version of EP, but it would replace history, science, and language arts.