Skip to main content
Abeka

Abeka

Education companywww.abeka.com

Search complete. 18 mentions across 13 episodes found for "Abeka".

Oct 9, 2026

Heidi St. JohnHOST
0:39
She says she's a first-generation homeschooler teaching three kids ages 7 to 14.
Heidi St. JohnHOST
0:45
She says, "We started with Abeka Academy and then switched to piecing together our own curriculum.
Heidi St. JohnHOST
0:50
This year we went back to their independent studies.
Heidi St. JohnHOST
0:52
We could follow our own schedule while keeping up some rigorous work.
Davies OwensHOST
7:22
[chuckles]
Lee BortinsGUEST
7:22
So it took a long time for, like, Bob Jones, Abeka.
Lee BortinsGUEST
7:25
The only people who would sell us was Calvert, a secular curriculum-
Davies OwensHOST
7:28
Wow
Davies OwensHOST
7:22
[laughs]
Leigh BortinsGUEST
7:22
So it took a long time for, like, Bob Jones, Abeka.
Leigh BortinsGUEST
7:25
The only people who would sell us was Calvert, a secular curriculum-
Davies OwensHOST
7:28
Wow
Daniel FoucachonGUEST
10:13
...
Daniel FoucachonGUEST
10:13
many materials, but I think we used Bob Jones and, um, uh, Abeka, were kind of, that was the staple back in the day.
Daniel FoucachonGUEST
10:20
[laughs] And, uh, it was, it was, uh, legal, but tenuous at the time.
Daniel FoucachonGUEST
10:27
And so I remember that it was very important that we had the ability to homeschool to my parents.
KatieHOST
31:36
And we are just kind of reading all over the scripture in the morning time with the kids.
KatieHOST
31:43
And sometimes they pull out the big Abeka pictures and I just read some of the Bible and hold up those Abeka flashcards.
KatieHOST
31:51
Or we have a Rimey Dimey Bible that sometimes I'll hold up and the kids will read.
KatieHOST
31:56
We'll look at the pictures while we just say the little Rimey Dimey stories.
Randy WoodleyHOST
21:21
What I do want to share, I was thinking of when the irony, it was really a supernatural reckoning that was happening when I wrote this book about diversity back a very long time ago, right? And we just moved to Alabama and we ended up, like I said, by I think supernatural leading in this small church of all white people who were not just white people, but they were all like homeschoolers.
Randy WoodleyHOST
21:50
They all used the Abeka curriculum.
Randy WoodleyHOST
21:52
They sent their children to university at Bob Jones University.
Brian McLarenHOST
21:57
The
Austin PetersenHOST
9:52
The website says that the reimburse- bursement covers approved non-religious materials.
Austin PetersenHOST
9:59
She says that the staff told her she could use any curriculum, but then they denied every dollar for what's called Abeka, which is classical conversations and co-op classes because of their Christian worldview.
Austin PetersenHOST
10:13
Alliance Defending Freedom sued in federal court in Portland.
Austin PetersenHOST
10:16
The district cites this Establishment Clause of religion.
Allison HartmanHOST
12:24
But I mean, according to-
JosiahGUEST
12:25
We only just did books, like Abeka, Saxon.
Allison HartmanHOST
12:28
Okay.
Allison HartmanHOST
12:28
Okay.
Mark ZockollHOST
10:21
That was great.
Mark ZockollHOST
10:22
When I picked our booth, I realized that there was the Abeka and Bob Jones Press, um, booths, and we had the opportunity to be basically right between them.
Mark ZockollHOST
10:36
Interesting on many fronts.
Mark ZockollHOST
10:38
First of all, when you walked in, you not gasped like a little girl, but you, you gasped and laughed.
Mark ZockollHOST
10:45
And what was so funny?
Matt GeorgeHOST
10:48
So, [clears throat] the very first vendor inside those doors is BJ Press, which, you know, if you've, if you've ever attended these things, you know that BJ Press and Abeka Books are going to have the biggest spots.
Mark ZockollHOST
11:05
Mm-hmm.
Matt GeorgeHOST
11:05
Um, you know, because, you know-
Jackie WiebeHOST
5:25
And then here are a few examples of spiral-based curriculum.
Jackie WiebeHOST
5:31
We have Abeka, Bob Jones University, Saxon Math, Switched on Schoolhouse, and Horizons.
Jackie WiebeHOST
5:41
So these are the curriculum that I'm sharing with you today.
Jackie WiebeHOST
5:45
There are certainly others.

3 more episodes mention Abeka.

Create an account to see the whole feed, search across every transcript, and follow the entities you care about.

We value your privacy

We use cookies to understand how you use our platform and to improve your experience. Click “Accept All” to consent, or “Decline non-essential” to opt out of non-essential cookies. Read our Privacy Policy.