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Abeka gives you Christian textbooks to teach from, or recorded classes through Abeka Academy. At TheHomeschoolingCompany, each lesson is written for your child and graded as soon as it is turned in.
Who does the teaching
Abeka publishes Christian textbooks through Grade 12. A family either buys parent kits and teaches from them, or enrolls in Abeka Academy, where teachers lead recorded classes on DVD or online video.
Our lessons teach your child one-on-one, with a mentor beside the work for questions along the way. This page follows the school year from placement to the transcript, explaining how each part works at Abeka and here.
Where your child starts
Abeka has parents choose their starting grade, then sells a full-grade kit or kits for individual subjects. The starting books set the course your child works through.
To start your child where they actually are, we write a placement test for each subject. It has 25 questions, or 12 for younger learners, and it adapts as your child answers.
From every answer, we estimate where your child is solid but not yet finished, and that's where they start. Each subject is placed on its own, so your child might begin in the middle of fourth-grade math and the beginning of fifth-grade reading. In grades 3 to 12, a child who prefers paper can print the free placement test, then upload a photo of the answer sheet for grading.
What a school day looks like
In a parent-led Abeka day, each subject means teaching from the teacher edition, following its lesson plans, and working through the books. Abeka Academy's videos follow the published lessons rather than changing with your child's questions or interests, and the books supply the day's exercises.
Our Parent Dashboard lays out today's lessons by subject. You can build the week around your family's hours and print it for the fridge.
Interactive articles weave in your child's interests, with images and videos made for them. Reading checks confirm understanding, then your child applies the idea in a project, such as optimizing lap times for F1 or working out a rocket’s fuel load.
When your child gets stuck
Abeka's books and recorded classes cannot respond to a question in the middle of a lesson. The teacher edition supplies some explanations, leaving the follow-up conversations to you.
Our Always-On Mentor sits beside every reading and project, so help is there the moment your child needs it.
The mentor also steps in on its own when your child seems stuck, explains the idea another way, and can make it visual by drawing on its board. In a reading check or a project, it guides your child's thinking without giving the answer away.
Learning to keep a notebook
From Grade 3, our readings offer an optional Notebook guide to help your child organize their learning. It encourages lesson headings and unit labels, and the printable guide offers tips for taking notes in their own words rather than copying the article.
The guide encourages your child to note where they struggled and how they got past it. One tip is to star a useful takeaway, then gather those takeaways into a review page. When your child scans and uploads their notebook pages, we help them remember those ideas and shape practice problems around the places they struggled.
Who grades the work
In Abeka's video program, parents grade quizzes and tests with Abeka's answer keys. In Academy enrollment, families send required work to the Academy office and wait for high school exams to be graded for them.
We grade everything your child submits as soon as they submit it, so grading never lands on you. When your child gets something wrong, we help them work through it, and projects come back with feedback so they can revise them.
Records, state paperwork, and the transcript
Abeka keeps permanent records, report cards, transcripts, and a diploma for families in its accredited Academy enrollment. The service is tied to Academy enrollment; buying the books alone does not include it.
At TheHomeschoolingCompany, your child's school record builds as they work: daily check-ins log attendance, and everything they finish is saved automatically. Attendance logs and learning summaries are ready to export, and we draft the documents your state asks for from that same record, including portfolios with real work samples.
Our high school transcript builds from completed work, with courses, letter grades, credits, and GPA calculated for you.
Keeping faith in your school day
Abeka teaches from a Christian perspective. Bible is one of the subjects in its full-grade video program, alongside the other courses your child takes.
Our curriculum isn't a religious curriculum unless you want it to be. Add Bible study, Christianity, or any faith as a custom elective, and we build a course around it, graded and recorded like every other subject. You can also add faith as an interest, and we'll weave it into any or all subjects, so it doesn't have to be its own course.
Moving from Abeka to us
School in a Box includes up to 12 subjects, from the core to custom electives on anything your child is curious about. Single Subject covers one course, if you would rather start there.
Start the 14-day trial and choose School in a Box or Single Subject.
Pick your child's subjects, including any topics they have been asking to learn more about.
Your child takes a placement in each subject, and their whole curriculum is built around them.
Abeka books your child loves can stay on the shelf as reading; nothing in our courses depends on them.
Other questions
- Can we use ESA funds?
- Yes. We are an approved vendor for Arizona ESA, Alabama's CHOOSE Act, New Hampshire EFA, and Utah Fits All. Arizona, Alabama, and New Hampshire use ClassWallet; Utah uses Odyssey. Eligibility and payment steps depend on your program.
- Can my child read lessons on paper?
- Yes. Lessons, reading checks, and projects can be done on paper. Your child scans and uploads the finished pages for the same detailed feedback as online work.
- Can a child who is not reading yet use it?
- Yes. Kindergarten through Grade 2 is spoken: your child listens, answers out loud, and an adult stays nearby.
Your child's curriculum. Your family's time.
Keep a clear learning sequence without having to deliver or mark every lesson yourself.
$149/month per child after the trial.