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Two all-in-one homeschool curricula, compared on what actually decides the fit: subjects and math included, faith content, teaching style and how much you'll teach.
Updated September 2026 · based on parent reviews and publisher information
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Compare for my child| The Good and the Beautiful | Miacademy | |
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| Grades | PreK–8th | K–12th |
| Subjects | Language arts, math, history (with US Constitution add-on), science, art and geography woven in | Math, language arts, science, social studies, electives (art, music, life skills, coding, foreign languages); optional Christian/Jewish Bible elective |
| Math | Included | Included |
| Faith | Christian worldview throughout | Light or optional Christian content |
| Approach | Christian, literature-based: story-driven history/science plus scripted language arts and math | Online curriculum: short teaching videos, interactive practice, and assessments per subject |
| Who teaches | The parent teaches | The program does the teaching |
| Parent prep | Low–moderate (open-and-go daily lessons, but parent leads and preps read-alouds) | Low (independent video/practice lessons; parent sets grade levels and reviews reports) |
| Screen time | A mix of screen and paper | Online |
| Video lessons | Available: app-based audio/video supports some courses but isn't required for every subject | Included: video is the core teaching format for every lesson |
| Cost | $345: Grade 3 estimate — Math 3, Language Arts 3, History Year 1 set, and ~4 science units bought as separate courses | $480: $480 a year or $48 a month, every subject |
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Reviewers consistently praise the artwork, engaging readers, and unusually thoughtful grammar and spelling design that avoids needless repetition. The most common complaint is a growing dependence on the companion app for core lessons in the upper levels, plus a lot of home printing if you skip the printed books. Because there's no single grade-level box, families assemble the year from several separate course purchases rather than one checkout.
Parents like Miacademy's engaging video lessons, the ability to set each subject to its own grade level, and responsive customer support, calling it an easy, low-prep option for K-8. The most common complaints are technical glitches and occasional site outages that disrupt lessons, plus science and social studies courses that Cathy Duffy's review calls incomplete and uneven, often finishing in well under a semester. A few reviewers also note basic math lessons that repeat overly simple concepts.
Neither is better for every child. The Good and the Beautiful is the stronger fit for christian worldview; literature-based read-alouds; charlotte mason. Miacademy is the stronger fit for traditional textbooks and workbooks; one child at a time; online.
The Good and the Beautiful: included. Miacademy: included.
The Good and the Beautiful: $345: Grade 3 estimate — Math 3, Language Arts 3, History Year 1 set, and ~4 science units bought as separate courses. Miacademy: $480: $480 a year or $48 a month, every subject.
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