Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool Curriculum: What It Is and Who It's For

You've heard the name in every homeschool Facebook group: Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool. It's free, it's Christian, and parents swear by it. So why isn't everyone using it?

Because "free" doesn't always mean "right fit." Easy Peasy works beautifully for some families and falls completely flat for others — and knowing which category you're in before you commit to a school year matters more than the price tag.

What Is Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool?

Easy Peasy (EP) is a completely free, online, Christian homeschool curriculum created by Lee Giles, a homeschooling mom. It covers kindergarten through high school and integrates all core subjects — reading, math, science, history, writing, and Bible — into a single website with daily lesson links.

The model is simple: you open the website each morning, click the day's lesson, and follow the links for each subject. There are no textbooks to buy, no workbooks to ship, no subscriptions to manage. Every resource is hosted online or links to free external sites like Khan Academy, Starfall, and YouTube.

The curriculum follows a Christian worldview throughout. Science is taught from a young-earth creationist perspective in the early grades, though it becomes more academically conventional in the upper high school years. History follows a classical-ish timeline approach, starting with ancient history and cycling through again in later grades.

The Strengths Parents Cite

Zero cost. For families on a tight budget, this is the deciding factor. A full curriculum year at Abeka or Sonlight can run $500–$1,000 or more. Easy Peasy costs nothing. You can print worksheets at home or work entirely on-screen.

Low decision fatigue. Everything is pre-sequenced for you. You don't have to research math programs, language arts programs, and science programs separately and try to piece them together. That decision paralysis — the "drowning in open tabs" feeling — disappears because the choices have already been made.

Open-and-go structure. Each day's lessons are laid out with links. There's minimal teacher prep. For a burned-out parent or a family new to homeschooling, this is significant.

Works across multiple children. Because the curriculum cycles through subjects on a loose timeline, families with multiple children in different grades can often work together on history and science units while doing grade-specific math and reading separately.

Where Easy Peasy Struggles

Screen dependency. The entire curriculum lives online. If you have children who need movement, hands-on materials, or who struggle with screen-based focus (common with ADHD), sitting at a computer for every subject creates real problems. There are printable versions available, but the formatting is basic.

Math is widely considered weak. This is the most consistent criticism across homeschool communities. EP's math uses Khan Academy and other free resources, but many parents find the progression too slow, too repetitive, or not rigorous enough for grade level — particularly in upper elementary and middle school. Families who use Easy Peasy often supplement with a dedicated math program like Math-U-See, Teaching Textbooks, or Singapore Math.

No physical books or manipulatives. Tactile learners who need to touch a page, write in a workbook, or manipulate blocks struggle with an entirely digital format. The absence of physical materials isn't a problem for every child, but it's a significant one for kinesthetic learners.

Academic rigor in high school. For families planning college prep, Easy Peasy's upper grades generate mixed reviews. Some transcripts from EP high school are accepted without issue; others hit friction with dual enrollment or college admissions that expect specific course documentation. If college is on the horizon, supplement or switch.

Worldview specificity. The Christian content is embedded throughout — not as an add-on, but woven into readings and assignments. Secular families and families from non-Christian faith traditions won't find this a neutral option.

Who Easy Peasy Is a Good Match For

• New homeschoolers who need an all-in-one starting point while they figure out what their child actually needs
• Budget-constrained families for whom any cost is a barrier
• Families with a Charlotte Mason sensibility who don't mind the Christian content and appreciate the literature-linked approach in early grades
• Multi-child households who need a single spine to keep things manageable
• Elementary-age children (grades K–5) — this is where EP is strongest

Who Should Look Elsewhere

• Families who need strong math rigor (supplement with a dedicated program at minimum)
• Children with ADHD, dyslexia, or other learning differences who need structured multisensory instruction — EP's online format doesn't accommodate this well
• High schoolers preparing for selective college admissions
• Families who prefer physical textbooks and workbooks over screens
• Secular or non-Christian families

The Supplement Question

Most experienced Easy Peasy users don't use it as a complete standalone. The most common configuration:

• EP for history, science, reading/literature, writing, and Bible
• A separate dedicated math program (Math-U-See, Saxon, or Teaching Textbooks)
• Optionally, a phonics program for early readers (All About Reading is the most popular pairing)

This hybrid approach keeps costs low while shoring up the areas where EP is weakest.

Making the Right Call Before You Commit

The hardest part of starting homeschool isn't finding free resources — it's knowing whether a given curriculum actually fits your child's learning style, your teaching style, and your family's worldview before you've spent a semester on it.

Easy Peasy's free price tag makes it low-risk to try for a few weeks. But if it's not clicking, the cost isn't money — it's time. Months of a poor fit set back both parent and child.

Comparing Easy Peasy against paid options like The Good and the Beautiful, Abeka, or a subject-specific approach requires looking at more than price. Learning style compatibility, worldview alignment, teacher prep time, and true annual cost (when you account for supplements) all change the picture significantly.

The US Curriculum Matching Matrix lays out 40+ curricula side-by-side — including Easy Peasy — with ratings for worldview, learning style fit, teacher prep time, and true cost (including supplements and consumables). It's built specifically for the "I don't know what will work for my kid" moment that every new homeschooler hits.

Easy Peasy may be exactly what you need. Or it may be the first step before you find something that fits better. Either way, knowing the full comparison before you start saves a lot of backtracking.