Thrive: Health and Physical Education for Homeschoolers

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  • Earn a high-school P.E. & health credit
  • 36 weeks of independent study lessons
  • Teens discover movement they actually enjoy
  • Teaches teens how to choose nourishing food
  • No athletic skills or team sports required
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Help Your Teen Care for the Body God Gave Them

Thrive helps your teen understand how God designed their body and how to care for it. This 36-week health and PE course begins with Scripture and connects that biblical foundation to how the body works. Activities give them opportunities to put that learning into practice, from reading food labels to planning healthy meals.

Your teen works through three short lessons each week independently and adds in regular exercise. They explore a variety of activities from weightlifting to frisbee throwing to find movement they enjoy with plenty of options that can be done at home without equipment. The Get Moving Journal in the back of the book provides a place to record their physical activity. Written and physical assessments at the beginning and end of the course help them compare their results, and assessment answers are included in the book.

Suggested grade level: 9-12

With Thrive, your child will:

Explain how God designed their body to function

Understand how nutrition, hydration, and sleep support health

Practice different exercises and find activities they enjoy

Monitor their physical activity and daily health habits

Compare assessment results to evaluate their learning and fitness

Understand from Scripture why caring for their body matters

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Explain how God designed their body to function

Understand how nutrition, hydration, and sleep support health

Practice different exercises and find activities they enjoy

Monitor their physical activity and daily health habits

Compare assessment results to evaluate their learning and fitness

Understand from Scripture why caring for their body matters

A Health and PE Course Built for Real Life

Each lesson is written directly to your teen, followed by an activity to help them use what they’ve learned. They then choose ten minutes of movement and record it in the back of the journal. There are no tryouts, no practice schedule, and no season taking over your fall.


The course begins with a pre-assessment. Then your teen studies Genesis and Psalm 139 to understand that their body is a good gift from God.

Why You’ll Love It 

  • Open-and-go lessons your teen completes independently
  • Three short lessons a week fit your homeschool schedule
  • At-home exercise options require no equipment
  • Scripture and science connect understanding with daily choices
  • Activity journal, assessments, and answer key included

More Details

Health and PE for High School

It Starts With Scripture

Thrive teaches your teen why before it teaches them how. They study what it means to be fearfully and wonderfully made, walk through the Hebrew behind those words, and learn why Scripture calls their body a temple.

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Three Short Lessons a Week

Each lesson is about a page: a short, conversational teaching written straight to your teen, followed by an activity. One day they're labeling a diagram of the heart. Another day they're measuring the actual sugar in a can of soda into a glass. Your teen schedules the three lessons on whatever days work for your family.

Get Moving, Every Lesson

Every lesson ends with the same assignment: spend at least ten minutes moving, and log it in the Get Moving Journal in the back of the book. The book supplies full menus of activities that need zero equipment, so "I don't have anything to work out with" never becomes the reason to skip a day.

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How this Curriculum Works

Fulfilling high school P.E. requirements can be difficult when your teen isn't "sporty" or simply doesn't have time for a rigorous sports schedule. A school year involving nightly practices, weekend soccer games, or early morning swim meets isn't the only way to get that physical education credit.

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Why Not Consumed Homeschool

In this video, Kimberly Sorgius Jones shares the heart behind Not Consumed and walks you through the core values that shape everything we create for homeschooling families.

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FAQs

  • Are there prerequisites?

    Thrive is designed to be completed in grades 9-12. No prerequisites required.

  • Is there a teacher’s manual for Thrive?

    Thrive is independent learning-based and does not require a teacher’s manual. The answers to the assessments for Thrive are in the back of the student book.

  • Can Thrive count as a health credit if students already have a PE credit?

    Thrive can count for one full credit, or two ½ credits. This can be divided into a ½ credit for Health and ½ credit for Physical Education. Other elective titles could be Nutrition or Wellness. Consult your state guidelines for specific requirements.

  • How many pages does Thrive have?

    Thrive has 137 pages, covers 36 weeks of instruction, and includes a Get Moving Journal.

  • How many times per week should we do lessons for Thrive?

    Thrive lessons are designed to be completed three days per week. However, physical activity is encouraged five days per week to build healthy habits.

  • Are there tests and quizzes for Thrive?

    There is a pre-assessment and post-assessment included in the book.

  • Can Thrive be used for middle school as well?

    Thrive was specifically designed for 9-12th grades. It could potentially be used in 8th grade if your student is earning high school credits.

  • Can Thrive be used in a classroom setting?

    This course would be an excellent choice for a homeschool co-op since it is designed as a homeschool course to be completed three days per week.

  • What guidelines determined the nutrition, food, and exercise segments?

    Thrive defines health and nutrition vocabulary and explains how these fit together for well-balanced health. Some data from the course is pulled from the American Heart Association. Thrive does not suggest or recommend any specific nutrition or exercise plan. We recommend consulting with a nutritionist, a dietician, or a healthcare professional with specific questions and concerns. Students are required to research amounts of vitamins, calories, and nutrients in certain foods and compare them to draw their own conclusions. Students are also encouraged to have regular physical activity.

  • What are the credentials of the Not Consumed team?

    The Not Consumed team exists for one purpose: to help your family grow in faith so you can live #NotConsumed. We are homeschool parents with over 220 years of combined homeschooling experience, advanced degrees in education and curriculum design, and a deep love for serving families well.  Everything we create is anchored in Scripture. We keep it practical, clear, and easy to use because we know your days are already full. We believe the best learning happens when families gather around God’s Word together. That’s why we create resources for different ages and stages, so everyone can take part.

  • What do you believe?

    We are Bible-believing evangelical Christians. It's our mission to create products that handle the Word of God accurately and literally. We aim to get families into the Word for themselves and challenge them to read and think about it carefully rather than relying on the words and ideas of others. We believe all families should be asking about the theology of the resources they use, as nothing is neutral and everything has a worldview. Here is what we believe:

    The Bible is God's Word and the final authority for everything we believe and how we live. It is completely true and trustworthy in all that it says, given to us by God down to its very words. There is one God who has always existed as three Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. God created all things, including human beings, by His own direct act. Salvation is a free and forever-secure gift, received by grace through faith in the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus came in human flesh, was born of a virgin, and rose bodily from the grave. He will one day return in person, in His own body, to reign on the earth for a thousand years. This return will be personal, bodily, and premillennial.

    Read our complete Statement of Faith here.

  • Is the curriculum accredited?

    Though schools can be accredited, there is not an accreditation program for curriculum.

Not Consumed Homeschool Core Values

  • Anchored in a Biblical Worldview
  • Created for Real Life
  • Learning That Meets Students Where They Are
  • Builds Connections Between Subjects
  • Grows Independence and Responsibility

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