Learning Adventures

What Learning Adventures does

Learning Adventures is a home-based publishing company founded by Dorian Holt that produces and sells unit study curriculum guides for homeschooling families. The product line consists of three chronological history-based volumes — A World of Adventure, A New World of Adventure, and Westward and Onward — each containing 180 days of fully written daily lesson plans for grades 4–8 that integrate Bible, language arts, social studies, science, and fine arts (excluding math) through a living-books approach with experiments, recipes, hands-on activities, and projects. The curriculum is delivered as prepunched loose-leaf pages designed for binders, supplemented by student workbooks, the Worlds of Adventure learning game with over 3,300 reinforcement questions, Little Adventurers supplements for K–grade 3 siblings, and audio CDs of the founder's conference talks. The company makes money entirely through one-time direct-to-consumer purchases via its own website (PayPal shopping cart) and mail order, with no resellers, distributors, subscriptions, or third-party retail channels. Operations are run by just the two founders from a home office in Seymour, Indiana, with the founder-author as the principal convention speaker and the founder's husband managing printing, publishing, and business administration.

Name

Learning Adventures

Legal name

Learning Adventures

Website

https://learning-adventures.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Learning Adventures is a home-based publishing company that sells unit study homeschool curriculum guides — three chronological history-based volumes of pre-written daily lesson plans for grades 4–8 — directly to homeschooling families via its website and mail order.

Ownership category

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Product category

Homeschool Curriculum Publishing

NAICS

Educational Support Services (6117)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Teacher Editions, Lesson Plans & Classroom Resources (EDAGAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Teacher Guides, Lesson Plans & Scope-and-Sequence Resources (EDACAJAF)

Keywords

• Homeschool curriculum guides
• Unit study curriculum
• Living books education
• Chronological history curriculum
• Preplanned lesson plans

Headquarters

HQ city

Seymour

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Curriculum Guide Sales (One-Time License): One-time purchase of curriculum guides and student pages in physical loose-leaf format. Each volume is a standalone purchase. No recurring subscription.
2. Learning Game Sales: One-time purchase of the Worlds of Adventure learning game, which includes game boards, question booklets, and playing pieces with over 3,300 multiple-choice reinforcement questions.
3. Conference Talk Audio CDs: One-time sale of audio CDs containing conference talks on unit study methods, cooking in education, literature, behavior management, and games in homeschooling.
4. Supplement Sales (Little Adventurers): One-time purchase of supplements for younger children (K-grade 3) to use alongside the main curriculum volumes, covering Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, and Middle Ages.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Learning Adventures publishes and sells unit study curriculum guides for homeschooling families. The core offering consists of three volumes, each containing 180 days of fully written daily lesson plans for grades 4–8 that integrate Bible, language arts, social studies, science, and fine arts within a chronological history framework. Products are delivered as prepunched loose-leaf pages in physical format, with supplementary student pages, a learning game, younger-child supplements, and conference talk audio CDs sold as add-ons.

Product overview

Learning Adventures is a home-based publishing company that provides unit study curriculum guides and accessories for homeschooling families. The product line consists of three main curriculum volumes (A World of Adventure, A New World of Adventure, and Westward and Onward), each containing 180 days of daily lesson plans for grades 4-8. These are chronological history-based studies covering all subjects except math, using a 'living books' approach. Supporting products include student pages for each volume, the Worlds of Adventure learning game, Little Adventurers supplements for younger children (K-grade 3), and conference talk audio CDs. The curriculum is delivered as prepunched loose-leaf pages designed to be placed in binders, with literature-based learning incorporating experiments, recipes, hands-on activities, and projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• A World of Adventure Volume One of the Learning Adventures unit study curriculum, containing 180 days of fully written daily lesson plans for grades 4–8. A chronological history-based study covering Ancient Egypt through the Age of Exploration, integrating Bible, language arts, social studies, science, and fine arts (but not math). Delivered as 790 prepunched loose-leaf pages designed for a three-ring binder.
• A New World of Adventure Volume Two of the Learning Adventures unit study curriculum, containing 180 days of fully written daily lesson plans for grades 4–8. Covers early American colonial history including Into a New Land, Life in the Colonies, and Revolution and Beyond. Delivered as 1,485 prepunched loose-leaf pages.
• Westward and Onward Volume Three of the Learning Adventures unit study curriculum, containing 180 days of fully written daily lesson plans for grades 4–8. Covers American history from exploration through the Civil War era in ten history-based units. Delivered as 1,525 prepunched loose-leaf pages.
• Worlds of Adventure Learning Game A learning game for A World of Adventure including more than 3,300 multiple-choice reinforcement and review questions based on skills and concepts covered in the curriculum. Game box includes question and answer booklets, game boards, rules, and playing pieces.
• Little Adventurers Supplements Supplements for Little Adventurers (K–grade 3) to use with A World of Adventure. Available for Ancient Egypt (101 pages), Ancient Greece (104 pages), Ancient Rome (101 pages), and Middle Ages (140 pages). Each is prepunched loose-leaf format.
• Conference Talks Audio CDs Set of six audio CDs containing conference talks: Unit Study - What's It All About?, Food For Thought, A World Of Adventure, Prose And Poetry Parfait, Who's The Boss?, and Let The Games Begin!

Quantifiable outcome

• Children scoring in the 99th percentile for language arts on high school placement tests after using the curriculum
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Feature1 record

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Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Timberdoodle: Homeschool curriculum kit company that curates and bundles hands-on, literature-rich, multi-subject curricula — including unit-study-style kits — for K–12 homeschool families. Comparable to Learning Adventures on integrated unit-study philosophy but distributed as third-party kits rather than original IP.

Direct peers

• Classical Academic Press: Publisher of classical Christian homeschool curriculum and instructional materials across subjects and grade levels. Comparable to Learning Adventures on the integrated, parent-led homeschool curriculum category, though broader in subject and grade scope.
• Tapestry of Grace: Classical Christian unit-study curriculum organized chronologically through history, covering all subjects except math and targeting multi-grade homeschool families. Direct overlap with Learning Adventures on chronological unit-study pedagogy and homeschool parent demographic.
• KONOS Curriculum: Long-running character-based unit-study homeschool curriculum that integrates multiple subjects around thematic units for multi-grade classrooms. Closely comparable to Learning Adventures in unit-study approach, integrated-subjects scope, and homeschool parent buyer.
• Sonlight Curriculum: Literature-based homeschool curriculum built around 'living books' and multi-grade unit studies organized chronologically through history. Closest direct peer to Learning Adventures in pedagogical philosophy, target customer (Christian homeschool families), and book-driven unit-study format.
• My Father's World: Christian homeschool publisher combining Charlotte Mason, classical, and unit-study methods with chronological history scope-and-sequence for grades K–12. Directly comparable to Learning Adventures on integrated all-subjects (except math), multi-grade classroom, and Christian worldview.
• Beautiful Feet Books: Literature-based history curriculum for homeschool families built around curated 'living books' rather than textbooks. Comparable to Learning Adventures on living-books philosophy, history-driven scope-and-sequence, and Christian homeschool target market.

Broad incumbents

• Abeka: Large-scale Christian K–12 textbook and video curriculum publisher serving both homeschool and private school markets. Much broader and more resourced than Learning Adventures, but competes for the same Christian homeschool curriculum dollar across grade levels.
• BJU Press: Major Christian K–12 textbook publisher offering full subject coverage including math, with both homeschool and Christian school channels. Competes with Learning Adventures for homeschool curriculum budgets but at significantly larger scale and with a more traditional textbook approach.
• Alpha Omega Publications: Christian homeschool publisher offering Monarch (online), LIFEPAC (worktext), Horizons, and Switched-On-Schoolhouse curricula across K–12. Overlaps with Learning Adventures in the homeschool buyer but offers broader subject coverage, including math, and a digital-first product line.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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