FREE K–8 CHRIST-CENTERED CURRICULUM
Mathematics, language arts, science and history — print it and teach it at no cost. Then the app makes it stick: a teacher who walks through each lesson, practice built on that exact page, drills that build fluency, and educational games children actually want to play.
WHY WE BUILT OUR OWN
We started writing our own curriculum because we could not find what we wanted to hand our own children: a classical, distinctively Christian course that teaches arithmetic like it has answers, holds language arts to the Trivium rather than worksheets, and treats Scripture as the ground the whole subject stands on rather than a unit bolted to the end.
Somewhere along the way, showing your work turned into choosing among a dozen strategies. We teach one clear method, to mastery, and then build on it — spiral review that returns to earlier skills on purpose, pencil on the page, K through 8.
What is genuinely new is the help around the page — a teacher who walks through the lesson, practice on that exact skill, drills for fluency, educational games. Technology serving the book, not replacing it.
Enter the lesson code printed in the workbook corner.
A walkthrough of the method the page is teaching, so you are not the one improvising it.
Guided practice first, then drills until recall is automatic.
Stars bank as you go, then buy in the Star Store.
INSIDE THE HIS PODS APP
The curriculum is free forever. These four — plus stars, the Star Store and PathFinder placement — live in the HIS Pods app: free for 7 days, then $6.50/month for one student or $12.50/month for up to five at founding-family rates. Cancel any time.
Instruction that shows how the skill on the page is actually worked, so a parent who is unsure of the method never has to be the expert.
Extra problems on the exact skill in that lesson, with hints that cost a star rather than give the answer.
Fluency across math facts, phonics blending, Latin paradigms, and grammar — short, repeatable, tracked.
Educational games built on the same skills, so the reward for finishing the work is more of the work in disguise.
Stars are earned per problem, scaled to difficulty, with bonuses at skill mastery and every level-up. They bank in three tracks: a lifetime total that never falls, a spendable wallet, and milestone unlocks that cannot be bought at any price.
Grade-graduation levels pay +100 . Hints halve the award rather than blocking it.
Optional, and useful. PathFinder tells you which page of the printed curriculum to open first, and which specific lessons close the gaps it finds — so you are not guessing at a starting point or re-teaching what your student already knows. Schools use the same assessment to track progress across a year.
The test stays free and anonymous — the printable report costs an email.
Sent — check your inbox for the full placement report.
Lane A · Adaptive
PathFinder finds their Cadet Level in about twenty minutes. From there the app builds the pathway and keeps adjusting as mastery grows — strong students are not held back, students who need another pass get one.
Best for: families who do not know where their student actually is, or who want the app to lead.
Lane B · Companion
Type the lesson code printed on the workbook page you are open to. You get that lesson’s teacher video, its practice set, its drills, and the educational games built on the same skill.
Best for: families already running the printed curriculum on their own schedule, and anyone using the free downloads.
Switch lanes any time. Stars, Cadet Level, and progress follow the student, not the mode.
HIS Pods, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) whose flagship campus sits in Jaco, Costa Rica. Giving funds Christian teachers, scholarships for families who cannot pay, and the next campus. It is also why the curriculum above is free.
EIN 93-2394421 · Contributions deductible under IRC §170(c)(2)
There is no catch — HIS Pods, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and giving is what funds the mission, so the complete course books really are free to download, print, and teach. The paid things are named plainly: the companion app, printed-and-bound workbook sets, and the school platform. The free curriculum stays free whether or not you ever buy any of them.
Every account starts with a free 7-day trial — no card required to begin. After that, founding-family pricing is $6.50/month for a single student or $12.50/month for a family of up to five (50% off the standard $12.99 and $24.99), locked in for as long as your subscription stays active. Annual plans are $65/year and $125/year — two months free.
Integrated from the inside, not bolted on. In the Grade 3 lesson on what division means, students end at Matthew 14:19 — when Jesus fed the five thousand, the bread was broken and shared equally, so division becomes the math of fair sharing. Word problems across the curriculum draw on biblical settings alongside everyday life.
Kindergarten through eighth grade, with each student placed by actual readiness rather than birth year. It is a full course of study, not a math supplement: mathematics, language arts, science, and history — language arts on the classical Trivium, with grammar recitation, Latin, spelling, vocabulary, reading, and composition, and sentence diagramming from Grade 4. Every subject is included in one subscription; new courses are added at no extra cost as they ship.
Less than you might think, because the book leads and the app serves the book. A typical day is the teacher video for the exact page your student is on, guided practice, and a short drill — then the screen closes and the pencil work continues. It is a companion to paper, not a replacement for it.
Yes — families, co-ops, and churches may print the free curriculum for their own students, in as many copies as your group needs. The one line we draw is commercial resale: the materials may not be sold.
HIS Pods runs in the browser, so it works on what you already have — a laptop, Chromebook, tablet, or phone. There is nothing to install and nothing to update: sign in and the day’s page is waiting.
PathFinder is a three-tier assessment that places your student at a precise Cadet Level from 0 to 99 in a single sitting — typically about twenty minutes — a starting point measured by readiness, not birthday. You can retest each term, turning that first baseline into a growth curve you can actually show someone. Take the placement to see where your student stands.
