Abeka can be done independently (you do the marking and keep your scholastic records) or you can do it accredited (send in the exams to their Florida campus) where your child gets an official transcript and High School diploma recognized by all US colleges as well as many places internationally (ie/ Canada, etc). Top notch program where EVERY class is taught and recorded in an actual classroom and your child watches teaching segment via DVD and you help with homework and assignments. They teach the constitution, the Bible, free market economics, and critical thinking, to name a few.
A niece of mine just graduated and she was homeschooled using Abeka. She plans on starting her own business as a seemstress. Her older sister that graduated with the same program is an accountant and will partner with her. Very proud of them!
Happy to say our daughter (27) wants me to teach her to sew. My mother and her sisters had to sew their clothes for school and special occasions. After my grandfather died, my grandmother supported herself and her 7 children with a small grocery store and by "sewing for out" - meaning clothing and alterations.
My mom passed a few years ago and my daughter will learn in her sewing machine. Mine is computerized and I figure it's easier to teach on an old fashioned machine.
Thankfully my mom was brought up to learn how to sew, and she's an absolute master at it, and she taught me too. From the age of 4 I learned, and while I don't have a sewing machine, I sew by hand a lot now. I prefer hand sewing because it has more control, but obviously it is only for little projects, not sewing full outfits.
They took out moat home ecc and shop classes from the schools. China bought most of the equipment so now kids don't learn how to even boil water or sew on a button. I am noticing that as they die off or retire it is getting really hard to find contractors. Or licensed specialists. An example I needed to get my property value appraised, and had a hard time finding someone to do it. My Tax accountant had a friend that could and he did a wonderful job, but what got me was he was retired and in his 80's. We have got to get these things in and the garbage out of education.
Abeka
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Abeka can be done independently (you do the marking and keep your scholastic records) or you can do it accredited (send in the exams to their Florida campus) where your child gets an official transcript and High School diploma recognized by all US colleges as well as many places internationally (ie/ Canada, etc). Top notch program where EVERY class is taught and recorded in an actual classroom and your child watches teaching segment via DVD and you help with homework and assignments. They teach the constitution, the Bible, free market economics, and critical thinking, to name a few.
I personally prefer this.
A niece of mine just graduated and she was homeschooled using Abeka. She plans on starting her own business as a seemstress. Her older sister that graduated with the same program is an accountant and will partner with her. Very proud of them!
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Happy to say our daughter (27) wants me to teach her to sew. My mother and her sisters had to sew their clothes for school and special occasions. After my grandfather died, my grandmother supported herself and her 7 children with a small grocery store and by "sewing for out" - meaning clothing and alterations. My mom passed a few years ago and my daughter will learn in her sewing machine. Mine is computerized and I figure it's easier to teach on an old fashioned machine.
Thankfully my mom was brought up to learn how to sew, and she's an absolute master at it, and she taught me too. From the age of 4 I learned, and while I don't have a sewing machine, I sew by hand a lot now. I prefer hand sewing because it has more control, but obviously it is only for little projects, not sewing full outfits.
They took out moat home ecc and shop classes from the schools. China bought most of the equipment so now kids don't learn how to even boil water or sew on a button. I am noticing that as they die off or retire it is getting really hard to find contractors. Or licensed specialists. An example I needed to get my property value appraised, and had a hard time finding someone to do it. My Tax accountant had a friend that could and he did a wonderful job, but what got me was he was retired and in his 80's. We have got to get these things in and the garbage out of education.
Wow! So much positivity in here, Frens! This makes me excited for the future to learn of home schooling programs like this.
This is all great info. Thank you all!