Abeka Homeschool Curriculum

My Abeka Home Schooling Experience

I have enjoyed using the Abeka homeschool books since the 80's with our children. I especially enjoyed the Abeka phonics readers and creative writing assignments in their Language books. The Abeka science and history texts are great reads for middle and high school students, even boys!

I used the Abeka math worktexts when I was beginning homeschooling and again when our children were in primary grades to supplement another math program. It was quite rigorous but the material was presented well.

Our children have enjoyed the Abeka Curriculum and I have only had to occasionally modify it if it seemed that they were experiencing "burn-out" from excessive drills and repetition. It also helps that I am often able to buy used Abeka books from curriculum sales and Internet sources.

Available Choices

Currently, Abeka Home School Curriculum provides three options to those who want to educate their children themselves.

First, they have the video/DVD option for grades K-12 where they provide ALL the homeschool materials but your child receives instruction from their master teachers on DVDs.

Next, they have the Traditional Parent-Directed option for grades K-6 which allows the parent to teach the child utilizing their materials but they create progress reports and transcripts for the student.

Finally, they offer home school textbooks and materials that can be purchased individually to teach your child in grades K-12, in most subjects like phonics, math, reading, science, history, and more..

Specific Strengths

• Christian in its approach to educating students
• Encourages and strengthens patriotism in students
• Very academically challenging in all subjects
• Awesome resale potential for current as well as previous editions
• Helpful student handbooks found in rear of their math and language workbooks
• Very detailed homeschool lessons for new home schoolers

Specific Weaknesses

• Numerous components are required to teach your child at home
• Amount of required resources can be overwhelming
• The retail prices of teacher's editions are somewhat pricey
• Cursive penmanship is introduced in grade K4 which may be seen as too early by some
• Students have a great deal of repetition and drill which may be unwarranted due to the small teacher-student ratio