I love this program! Our family has been using it for 5 years with 3 kids and we (including me) have learned so much. The books are usually Christian based, you are told when they are not. It gives great hands on projects to go with the time in history or science you are covering. They also give you plans to create timelines and history and science notebooks to review with the children. This program includes music, art, reading books and Bible lessons that, again go with the history or science you are doing at that time. The teacher lesson plans are are a great resource without too much prep work, it is mostly all done for you. I cannot say enough good things about this program and because it is not "text book" based you really feel like you are "homeschooling"- not "schooling at home". You have a lot of interaction with your children and everyone is learning about the same subject.