| I sometimes get this question about Abeka, | | | | for your family, then it should work fine. |
| particularly when I am at a homeschool | | | | If Abeka is working, it will probably continue to |
| convention and families are shopping for next | | | | work for your children. If it works, keep using it, |
| year's curriculum. I do not think it matters | | | | but be willing to make a change if it stops working |
| whether Abeka is more advanced or not. It | | | | for your kids. Abeka is usually not something I |
| matter if Abeka is a good FIT for you and your | | | | recommend for new homeschoolers, though. It is |
| children. Any curriculum that is a good fit will help | | | | too similar to a classroom setting, and beginning |
| your child learn the most. A good fit with a | | | | homeschoolers often do better by starting with |
| moderately good program will help your student | | | | something that does not remind them of school |
| retain more than a high achieving program that is | | | | or classrooms. |
| not a good fit. | | | | Gifted kids in particular do better with a non-grade |
| Abeka feels very classroom-based. Their videos | | | | specific, literature-based or project-based |
| are usually in a classroom setting, and personally, | | | | curriculum, where they can learn to their heart's |
| that drives me crazy. Hence, Abeka would not | | | | content without being hemmed in by the covers |
| have been a good fit for me, and it would not | | | | of a textbook. |
| have worked for my homeschool. Other people | | | | I try to stay away from recommending |
| do not have that same gut reaction to Abeka. It | | | | curriculum, because it is more about the |
| is a very individual reaction. Each person will have | | | | parent-child fit than anything else. But I hope |
| their own preferences, and if Abeka is a good fit | | | | these impressions of Abeka help you! |