Accelerated Christian Education® has taken the conventionally styled textbook and divided it into bite-sized, achievable, worktexts called PACEs. Each PACE is similar to a unit in a textbook. Each level consists of 12 PACEs in each subject. PACEs integrate Godly character-building lessons into the academic content, and self-instructional activities are carefully designed to develop thinking skills and create mastery learning.
Students begin their PACE work by noting their goals, the concepts they will learn, a Bible verse, and a corresponding character trait. From the beginning of each PACE, they know what is expected and assume the responsibility for their own learning! Full-color explanations and illustrations add excitement to each lesson, and innovative learning activities reinforce the interesting text material.
Each PACE contains several Checkups, which are quizzes covering a section of the PACE. If mastery in an area is not achieved, the Checkup will reveal that weak area. Students can then take the time necessary to review and learn those concepts before proceeding to the next.
Upon completion of the activities and Checkups, students prepare to take the Self Test. Here students evaluate themselves, and a supervisor/tutor determines readiness for the final PACE Test. When the Self Test is successfully completed, the student turns in the PACE and takes the PACE Test the next school morning. The PACE Test objectively measures student mastery of the material.
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Grades Used: 1-8
Love ACE been useing it for years. My daughter loves feeling like she accomplished her goals at the end of the day. Even at 11 years old she loves seeing her stars on test chart. Its very easy to understand ,affordable! Teaches wonderful Christian values,and verses .
Cons: We did run into a little problem with the math level when we attempted to intergrate them to a traditional private school.
Grades Used: 3rd -4th
We have been homeschooling for only a few months with a different curriculum. My son is an Aspergers child and my daughter an atypical, figure it out on her own. They were in a school that started out using Abeka in k5-2nd grades and then they would move the children to A.C.E. My children are currently begging me to go back to using A.C.E. They talk about how much they love it and actually feel like they are getting their work done when they are working in A.C.E. To this day, they will mention isolated lessons that they have learned in A.C.E. as it relates to something that we might be seeing or doing. I wasn’t really sure about going back to this curriculum, but I guess we will try it again along with a few supplemental resources. We are busy people, and I think this just might work best for us.
Cons: None
Grades Used: K-3
My children attended an A.C.E school before I homeschooled them, where I was also there teacher. So I have used this curriculum since day 1 of my children’s education. I love it, it’s so easy. Well put together and very convenient. This is definitely a curriculum to consider if you have multiple kids, because it allows for individual work to done on your child’s level. I also love how affordable it is, I mean I have four kids I’m homeschooling and the price is amazing.
Cons: None so far.
Grades Used: 3rd
We are using this curriculum for Science, Social Studies and Word Building. My son is learning so much from these and he especially loves the Science. The social studies seems a little dry, but we’ve also tried Lifepac and CLE for this subject and my son prefers the color and the content of ACE. We use a different curriculum for Math and Language that he is doing really well with; otherwise we would probably do all ACE. I would recommend these paces for anyone wanting a Biblical background intertwined throughout the lessons and good solid academics.
As a homeschooling mom of 14+ years and having tried lots of different curriculum, I always come back to using ACE for some of our classes. I like how the progress is seen as each pace is completed. The child does not move on until the concept is learned. I like how I can pick only the subjects I want to use at that time. Some of my favorites are English, Word Building and Math.
Cons: Boring, old-fashioned
Grades Used: K, 2,5,6,7
We used the full curriculum for our 1st year of homeschooling. It was a great place to start. It was thorough & easy to use. The grammar was a bit over the top, however, and my kids found the paces boring. My oldest son still uses the math & loves it. That is the only subject we have kept, however,
In addition, we buy through ACE Canada. At one point I called ACE in the USA to see if they had any social studies units on slavery because one of our children is African American & the Canadian social doesn’t cover it. I was told that they didn’t focus on that because it was the slaves’ own people who sold them so it was their own fault it happened! I was shocked at the blatant racism, and I hope this is not how the company feels as a whole. I would never buy from ACE USA as a result.
Cons: spelling could be more advanced
My son and I love this curriculum!! We are using it through a private Christian school, but still at home. One of the great features is the diagnostic test which places your child at the best level, and it doesn’t go by “grade” like school. So, your child could be advanced or behind in one or more subjects and they don’t ever need to know “what grade they are in”.
The books are small, making them manageable and the content is interesting.
Also, there are interesting literature choices!
Works great for us!!
Cons: much writing
Grades Used: k-4
We used ACE when the children were younger, but there is a lot of writing, and I saw my son’s handwriting skills diminish. I liked the small segments and that everything was contained in one booklet. Because I did all of the grading, I found myself getting behind on so much that had to be graded.
Cons: silly names for characters
Grades Used: 3, 4, 5, 8
I used ACE when we removed our special needs child from public school after a terrible nine weeks in 5th grade. She was devastated by her difficulties in school and the teacher’s attitude. ACE gave her back her belief in herself and her ability to learn. We were able to choose workbooks from earlier grades that covered information she had missed and we were able to jump ahead in a subject she was really great in. The checkups throughout the workbook helped me know when she was having problems and made it easy to review. Overall, we loved word building, science, and English. Bible was OK. Social Studies didn’t really cover history the way I would have preferred. We used a different curriculum for math.
Grades Used: 8th , 9th
I absolutely love this curriculum. I only wish I would have found it sooner. My kids are both ADHD, and the small P.A.C.E.’s are not intimidating to them at all. It’s in a very do-able format, and self paced. We will continue to use this until they are both graduated. Love love love it 🙂
Grades Used: 10, 11
A.C.E. is an easy to use program. The paces(workbooks) are planned out so student can work alone or with instruction. There is a self test and chapter test after each book which keeps everything in order and materials is easliy retained for test. The curriculum is not drawn out over too long a time. will continue to use throughout graduation.
Cons: lots of busy work
Grades Used: 3, 6, 7
I’m really enjoying the Science for 7th grade & the 6th grade Literature & Creative Writing. Science for 3rd is good, but Social Studies doesn’t feel like it’s on grade level to me. I am not a fan of the Word Building program, I feel it was a big waste of money & really feel like that’s going into the “for sale” bin in the garage before next week. We will be moving on to a different curriculum for next year or even sooner.
Grades Used: 3,4,6 & 7
I love this curriculum. Very easy to understand and not overwhelming. I love that there are test when book is completed and are designed to finish in 3 weeks or less. Highly recommend.
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