Resource Description
Abeka provides a complete line of traditional Christian educational materials that have been developed and refined over a period of 50 years in the classrooms of Pensacola Christian Academy. The resources are available in physical and digital format and include textbooks, workbooks, readers, and videos. Products can be purchased individually or as grade level kits.
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Cons: TOO much time online fed our kids appetite to want to be online even after school was done. It was awful.
Grades Used: 9th and 7th
We thought the 'idea' of online homeschooling sounded great after the mess of at-home public school was failing during covid. We have done the accredited program with 2 boys in separate grades. We found Abeka to be a TON of work. a TON of hours online. And ultimately, it furthered their desire to just BE online. So they would spend hours doing videos, online assessments and then some written homework and activities, but then they wanted 'play' time. And what did they want to do with friends who'd been at school all day? Video games on-line. Abeka online school feeds the appetite of kids to be online in our experience. In hindsight, we are very disappointed with it and do not recommend.
Cons: Expensively, repetitive, very difficult
Grades Used: K4,k5, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 7th,8th
I would not recommend abeka. I have 5 kids and have did many grades using abeka. It's very rigorous and a lot of time spent in front of a video! So many worksheets and tons of repetitive stuff. My daughter struggled in the very advanced preschool program and I regret ever using abeka with her since she has struggled in reading and it was way too much for her. I don't like how Abeka keeps raising their prices I guess taking advantage of more people homeschooling. I got their catalog in the mail today and couldn't believe the prices!!!
Cons: Can sometimes be tough to keep kids motivated to do “tablework”
Grades Used: PreK-3
Abeka has been around for a long time, in fact, when I was a little homeschool back in the 80s, when homeschooling was still a new freedom that Americans were just beginning to enjoy, I was taught using Abeka. It gave me a HUGE advantage over my public-schooled peers, my reading skills were so advanced, I tested out of my own grade-levels, even though I was already on the young side in my class. With my own kids, I have found it to be somewhat challenging to prepare the lessons and teach them daily with multiple grades, so I skip the lesson plans and base my teaching off of the table work. I have one child who works well ths way and one who wants me to hold his hand the entire time. So, I tried a few other curriculums, but I found them to neglect reviewing past material. Abeka is just the best.