By Pensacola Christian College·Language Arts · Phonics · Reading · Grammar · Writing · Handwriting · Spelling · Poetry
1 video review: 1 critical
The one review here is a cautionary tale from a fan. This mom says she loves Abeka language arts in the younger years and calls it thorough and phenomenal — she'd used it happily with other kids. But for her easygoing first grader, it backfired: the child started hating school, and partway through the year mom dropped the main language program and switched to something gentler. Notably, she didn't abandon Abeka entirely. She kept the basic phonics flashcards and charts daily for a solid phonics foundation, and stuck with the Abeka readers, crediting the reading program with producing really excellent, fluent readers even without finishing all nine books. The takeaway from this single review: rigorous and effective, but intense enough that the wrong-fit kid can sour on school, so watch your child's response and be willing to adjust.
Synthesized from 1 independent video review — every claim sourced from what real homeschool parents said on camera.
Families who want a thorough, traditional phonics-first language arts program and a child who handles structured, rigorous work without pushback.
Parents of young or sensitive kids who shut down under intensity — this reviewer's first grader started hating school and they switched mid-year.
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“I love using a Becca language arts in like the younger years because I think it does a really phenomenal job”
“although it's very very thorough and great it just wasn't working for her and she was starting to hate school”
“they have such a good reading program that they have become really really excellent readers without having to finish all of these”
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Per this reviewer, first grade has a language book covering creative writing and reading comprehension, plus a coordinating letters and sounds book. She notes the first grade level does not include grammar, which she actually liked. Separately there are basic phonics flashcards and charts, and a set of nine readers.
It was for this reviewer's young first grader. Despite loving Abeka for early language arts in general, she found the full program plus spelling was just too much for a child who wasn't quite ready, and the child started hating school. They switched the main program mid-year while keeping Abeka phonics drills and readers.
This family never has. Her daughter was on the fifth of nine first-grade readers and already reading fluently and independently. The reviewer says the reading program is strong enough that her kids became excellent readers without completing the full set.