ABeka Home Schooling DVDs for Auditory Learners

by Leta Wrightsman
(Wisconsin)

Why would you want to invite a classroom filled with kids, including a professional teacher into your home school room? ABeka home schooling mom tells why…

My daughter is an auditory learner, so watching and listening to the ABeka home schooling courses on DVD works great for us. She enjoys watching the other students and participating in some of the class room games. Because the DVD teachers are extremely detailed, I don't have to worry about skipping an important teaching step.

You are the teacher and you can gauge when your student can move ahead or spend extra time doing something. The class does a lot of reciting of important information and facts, stretching new concepts into a few days while reviewing the building concepts. This gives students ample time to catch on to difficult concepts. If the student has grasped a concept there is usually enough new information to keep them interested.

We used this ABeka home schooling program for grades 1-3 and will begin 4th grade soon. We follow the curriculum very closely and my daughter has tested well above her grade level in all the core subjects (accor. to P.S. standards). I attribute this to the method they use to teach the basics. I especially like the way they teach the “special sounds”; a great help in learning to read and spell new words. I have often used the “special sounds” myself when trying to spell something.

I also enjoy reading our history/reading books; ABeka does such a nice job!

There is no perfect curriculum that will fit everyone. If you have a student that would like to "participate" in class, I recommend the 30 day trial period that ABeka offers.

Great review, Leta! You are so right; there is no perfect curriculum that will fit everyone. The trick is finding a great one and adapting the curriculum to your specific needs, which you have done; kudos to you! Wishing you and your daughter much home schooling success, Heather :)