Oak Meadow or Lavender’s Blue?

Choose Oak Meadow if

You need transcripts and structure.

Choose Lavender’s Blue if

You want everything decided for you.

	Oak Meadow	Lavender’s Blue
What it is	What it isWaldorf-inspired, with an accredited distance school, PreK to 12.	What it isClean, well-paced and secular, kindergarten to grade 3.
Grades	GradesPreK to 12	GradesK to 3
Price	PriceDistance school K to 4: about $3,500 to $3,650 a year	Price$327 to $397 a grade, one time
Your daily preparation	Your daily preparationLow	Your daily preparationLow
How close to a Waldorf school	How close to a Waldorf schoolLow to medium	How close to a Waldorf schoolMedium
Strengths	Strengths More than fifty years of track record. Transcripts and accreditation, if your child may go back to school or apply to college. Open-and-go.	Strengths You always know what to teach, when and how. A private online community comes with the purchase. Secular framing suits non-religious families.
Worth knowing	Worth knowing Further from Waldorf than the others: no main lesson blocks. A distance-school year costs several times more than any other option here.	Worth knowing Stops at grade 3 (grade 4 in development). Digital files only, with no planner or tracking. Sales are final.
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The differences that matter

Both ask about the same daily preparation of you (low).
Lavender’s Blue stays closer to a Waldorf school year (medium) than Oak Meadow (low to medium).
Oak Meadow goes further: PreK to 12, against K to 3 for Lavender’s Blue.
What each costs. Oak Meadow: Distance school K to 4: about $3,500 to $3,650 a year. Lavender’s Blue: $327 to $397 a grade, one time.

Questions families ask

Which needs less preparation, Oak Meadow or Lavender’s Blue?

About the same: both are low.

Which is closer to a Waldorf school, Oak Meadow or Lavender’s Blue?

Lavender’s Blue (medium), against Oak Meadow (low to medium).

Which grades do Oak Meadow and Lavender’s Blue cover?

Oak Meadow: PreK to 12. Lavender’s Blue: K to 3. If your child is older, Oak Meadow goes further.

How much do Oak Meadow and Lavender’s Blue cost?

Oak Meadow: Distance school K to 4: about $3,500 to $3,650 a year. Lavender’s Blue: $327 to $397 a grade, one time. Prices as checked on each company's site in September 2026.

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Every curriculum on this page is described from the same table, checked on each company's own site in September 2026. Prices and offers change, so check before you buy. The full comparison of all 8 is in the Library.