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Early Elementary Learning Pods

Learn with a group of friends, have fun, build community, develop relationships, and enjoy the social aspect of learning in addition to learning all content area from a biblical worldview!

Kindergarten - 3rd Grade:

A Focus on the Core:

LIVE:
✅ Weekly Calendar Meeting
✅ English
✅ Math
✅ Bible
✅ Spanish

PROJECT PACKETS:
✅ Science
✅ Social Studies

ADD-ON: 
✅ Discounted tutoring to fill learning gaps 

Daily Calendar Meeting: 

✅ Bible & Prayer
✅ Community
✅ Math Skills
✅ Learning Routines
✅ Calendar Practice (months, days, seasons, weather, counting, time vocabulary, etc.)
✅ Art
✅ Show and Tell
✅ Games

What is a Pod?

🫛 A bundle of live, online classes
🥰 K-12 learners go class to class with friends
💯 Core Academics & Electives
💪 Great for Busy Homeschool Families, Working Moms, or families with multiple kids
🏠 All learners have built-in homeroom / daily meetings
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The Core Outcomes

Students Make Rapid Progress in:
✅ developing foundational literacy skills
✅ learning to read so that they can read to learn
✅ mastering essential math concepts like number sense and basic operations
✅ building a foundation of learning in other content areas
✅ communicating appropriately with teachers and classmates
✅ understanding the core elements of the gospel
✅ building empathy and care for others through scripture reading, prayer, and More
✅ learning a foreign language

The Schedule

Kinder / 1st Grade Pod
(Emergent Readers)
Kinder / 1st Grade Pod

In this GREEN POD, learners are not yet reading. If you’re still not sure which pod to choose, contact us, and we can chat or meet.

 

1st/2nd Grade Pod
(Reading & Decoding)
1st / 2nd Grade Pod

In this YELLOW POD, students know letter sounds and are decoding three-letter words. If you’re still not sure which pod to choose, contact us, and we can chat or meet.

 

2nd/3rd Grade Pod
(Fluent Readers)
2nd / 3rd Grade Pod

In this BLUE POD, students are fluent with familiar texts. For more fluent 3rd graders who can read unfamiliar texts, we make sure they are properly challenged. If you’re still not sure which pod to choose, contact us, and we can chat or meet.

Click the calendar icon in the top right of the calendar to turn pod schedules on and off.  ⤵

The calendars to your own to see them in your timezone. Click “Add to Google” or the plus sign.

The Support You Need, Just in Case

Our Enhanced Academic Support program provides comprehensive academic assistance designed to help students reach their full potential. This personalized support system combines structured guidance with flexible strategies to address specific learning challenges while maintaining high academic expectations.

Program Features

  • Personalized Learning Strategy Session
  • Executive Function Support
  • 2 Supervised Study Halls Weekly
  • Special Education Teacher Consultation
  • Homework Completion Strategies
  • Weekly Progress Reports
  • Monthly Parent Meetings
  • Academic Accommodations Implementation
  • Parent Education and Support
  • Access to Steep Discounts in Weekly 1:1 Tutoring

Admission Criteria

Our standard academic program requires students to demonstrate grade-level proficiency in core subjects and the ability to complete assignments independently. Students who do not meet these criteria are strongly encouraged to enroll in our Enhanced Academic Support program to ensure they receive the necessary structure and assistance to succeed.

The Enhanced Academic Support program is for students who:

  • Are working more than one year below grade level in any core subject
  • Have a documented history of incomplete assignments
  • Demonstrate significant gaps in previous educational experiences
  • Require substantial accommodations to access grade-level content
  • Need intensive support with executive functioning and organization

Who Benefits From This Program

This program is especially beneficial for students who:

  • Experience challenges with completing assignments independently
  • Need additional structure and support for academic organization
  • Have identified learning differences that affect academic performance
  • Have gaps in previous education that require targeted support
  • Have a history of learning failure
  • Dislike learning
  • Would benefit from specialized guidance to develop effective learning strategies

Our Enhanced Academic Support program reflects our commitment to maintaining high expectations for all learners while providing the structure, accountability, and specialized support needed for success.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Yes! Yes! We are mission-minded organization and our love for the Lord and intense desire to glorify Him drive us to do what we do. We exist to see children come to a saving faith in Jesus Christ and then to grow in wisdom and knowledge so they can walk in a manner worthy of their calling. We want them to develop an authentic biblical worldview. Karen Lemons, the founder of Lemons-Aid, is fiercely protective of the mission and puts all teachers and staff through a rigorous application process. Our teachers have professional development in how to teach with from a biblical perspective.

Yes! All of our teachers have gone through background checks, identification verification, and have training on how to keep learners safe while teaching online. We teach our learners to keep their own personal identifying information private while online. All communication between teachers and students is copied or accessible to parents. We follow COPPA policies to protect young learners while on line. Classes are recorded for transparency with parents.  

We have capped Kindergarten and 1st grade at 9 learners. Second and 3rd grade are capped at 12 learners. Our teachers have experience individualizing learning, building relationships with each learner, and making them feel special and loved. 

To make it easy for parents, we include the cost of materials in your tuition and will send you everything you need. 

Teachers offer helpful and frequent feedback to learners both on the work they do in class and for homework. This is done verbally, through video recordings, messages, and comments on Google docs. Our elementary learners do not receive traditional grades, but parents receive feedback on their progress and mastery of critical literacy and math skills.

All classes are recorded and enrolled learners will have access to view those recordings. Refunds or credits are not provided.

School starts the Monday after Labor Day. We take one week off for Thanksgiving, two weeks at Christmas, and one week after Easter for spring break. View the academic calendars

We develop our own custom-designed curriculum created by our expert educators. This original approach allows us to craft comprehensive, engaging, and effective learning experiences tailored to our students’ needs. While we supplement our core materials with carefully selected high-quality resources from trusted sources, our primary focus is on our proprietary educational content that we’ve developed specifically for our learners.

For our early elementary students, we strictly adhere to the Science of Reading principles, implementing proven, research-based methods for teaching reading. These evidence-based approaches ensure our youngest learners develop strong foundational literacy skills from the start.

For our oldest learners, our curriculum is designed to prepare them for the academic rigor of college across all content areas. We place special emphasis on developing advanced reading comprehension and writing skills that meet college-level expectations, ensuring a smooth transition to higher education.

This custom approach allows us to adapt to different learning styles, incorporate the latest educational research, and ensure all our students receive the most relevant and impactful instruction possible at every stage of their academic journey.

Yes! Our Enhanced Academic Support program provides comprehensive academic assistance designed to help students reach their full potential. This personalized support system combines structured guidance with flexible strategies to address specific learning challenges while maintaining high academic expectations. READ MORE.

The enrollment process is quick and easy. You will follow the process below for each of your learners. 

Your learner will be enrolled in each course and you will receive an email welcome with instructions for accessing your classes on our learning platform called The Grove. Your materials will be mailed to you before classes begin (if applicable)!

If you would like to pay for the entire year, you can do so at a discount. This is offered to you during the enrollment process.

If you live in a state that offers families ESA dollars (Education Savings Accounts), we are an approved vendor in multiple states. View our tuition help page for more information.

If you need help getting your charter school to pay for classes, contact us for support. 

You can contact us with more questions. We are happy to chat via email, text, or phone call. We can also pop onto a Zoom call to meet you and a group of friends. 

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Grade Level

Come Pod With Us...

Classes begin Sept 8, 2025 and end May 16, 2026.
Holidays: 

  • Columbus Day
  • 1 week at Thanksgiving
  • 2 weeks at Christmas
  • MLK Jr Day
  • President’s Day
  • 1 week after Easter

Kinder / 1st Grade Pod

9 Monthly Payments
$ 235 Per month
  • $11.75 per live class
  • Live, Interactive Classes
  • Expert Literacy Teachers
  • Literacy (Reading & Writing)
  • Math
  • Bible
  • Homeroom
  • Spanish
  • All Materials Included
  • Parent Book Club

1st / 2nd Grade Pod

9 Monthly Payments
$ 235 Per Month
  • $11.75 per live class
  • Live, Interactive Classes
  • Expert Literacy Teachers
  • Literacy (Reading & Writing)
  • Math
  • Bible
  • Homeroom
  • Spanish
  • All Materials Included
  • Parent Book Club

2nd / 3rd Grade Pod

9 Monthly Payments
$ 245 Per Month
  • $11.48 per live class
  • Live, Interactive Classes
  • Expert Literacy Teachers
  • Literacy (Reading & Writing)
  • Math
  • Bible
  • Homeroom
  • Spanish
  • Ukulele (instrument included)
  • All Materials Included
  • Parent Book Club
Lemonade

The Sweet Not Sour Guarantee

If things go sour, we will do everything we can to turn lemons into lemonade. We’ll make it right. But if you still aren’t happy, we will refund your unused tuition if you withdraw in the first three weeks.

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Excellent Teachers. Excellent Curriculum. Highly Rated.

We have been in the top 100 of all educators on the Outschool platform since 2001. We like parents and love our learners. They like us too.
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