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By AbekaChecked October 29, 2026No affiliate links. Programs never pay to appear. How we label

Abeka sells a full set of textbooks, readers and workbooks for each grade from pre-K (K4) to 12th grade, covering language arts, reading, arithmetic, history and science. In the parent-led option the child works from a child kit of books and test booklets while the parent teaches from a parent kit with 170 days of lesson plans and answer keys. Abeka Academy pairs the same books with a year of recorded video lessons on streaming or DVD, for a higher price.

Subjects
All subjects: math, reading and phonics, language arts, science and history and geography
Grades
Pre-K (K4) to 12th grade source ↗
Method
Traditional source ↗
Format
Books and workbooks source ↗
Faith label
Faith-based
Cost a year
$1,094.05 a year. 3rd grade child kit (26 items: textbooks, readers, workbooks and quiz and test books) plus the essential parent kit (lesson plans, teaching charts, answer keys): $1,094.05 on sale today, list price $1,215.55. Read on October 29, 2026; prices change. source ↗
Placement
No placement test on the publisher’s site when we checked.

What it does well

  • A full grade comes as one kit with every textbook, reader, workbook and test booklet the child needs for the core subjects.
  • The parent kit includes 170 days of written lesson plans and the answer keys, so the parent does not have to plan the year.
  • Families who later want a teacher on video can move to Abeka Academy, which uses the same books with 170 days of recorded lessons.
  • It runs from pre-K to 12th grade, so a family can stay with one publisher through high school.

Watch for

  • One grade with the parent kit costs over $1,000 even on sale, and the video option costs more again.
  • Abeka calls its approach teacher-directed, so in the parent-led kits the parent teaches each lesson.
  • The essential parent kit leaves some teaching aids to buy as add-ons; the complete parent kit, which includes them, costs more.
  • Abeka Academy DVDs must be returned at the end of the video period, and there are fees for late work and for changing courses.

It fits

A parent who wants a complete, school-style year in one order, with the lesson plans written out and the option of video teachers later.

It doesn’t fit

A family on a tight budget, or one that wants a child-led pace, living books or project-based learning instead of textbooks and tests.

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What we read, and how we label

Every fact on a card was read on the publisher's own website on the date shown, and the page it came from is linked. A fact we could not confirm there is left out. Costs are for one child and one year of the main package, as the publisher's page showed them that day; prices and sales change. Method and format are the publisher's own description where it gives one. The only thing we say about religion is one label, secular or faith-based, given by the rule above; where the publisher's pages don't settle it, the card has no label.

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