{"id":8311,"date":"2002-01-30T19:21:51","date_gmt":"2002-01-30T19:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog\/?post_type=catbird-seat&p=8311"},"modified":"2020-04-23T19:22:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T19:22:44","slug":"homeschooling","status":"publish","type":"catbird-seat","link":"https:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog\/catbird-seat\/homeschooling\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeschooling"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\nI start my home school curriculum reviews with A Beka because it is one of the original programs.\u00a0 Original is not always good, but in this case, I give credit to A Beka for keeping current with the needs, times, and plethora of materials.\u00a0 Just read a current issue of Homeschooling Today<\/em> and you will be bogged down with materials available to homeschoolers.\u00a0 Much of it is good; much of it is a “Buyer Beware” catch-all.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe positives of A Beka include a solid, phonetics-based elementary program proven by years of successful students.\u00a0 A Beka also has a tremendous web site, complete with interactives.\u00a0 They are current on legal issues, state regulations, and college admissions.\u00a0 Anything you might need, they can link.\u00a0 They even offer free samples!\u00a0 A Beka’s curriculum relies on Classic and Canon works of science, history, and literature.\u00a0 No re-written history, bogus science, or postmodern philosophy infused as fact.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe negatives in A Beka are ones I see, but which may not be negatives for you.\u00a0 There is an excess of repetition in homework assignments.\u00a0 Repetition is a tried and true method of learning, but is also unnecessary once the task is learned and often creates boredom if the student is truly ready to move on.\u00a0 A Beka also works so hard to incorporate Bible verses into every sentence of its curriculum that meanings are sometimes stretched in order to find a verse that fits.\u00a0 Lastly, critical thinking skills (CTS) take a second seat to the dogma of Christian doctrine.\u00a0 The texts do too little work in CTS and the work given is shallow.\u00a0 It seems to me that they shy from those skills for fear of losing ground, and they don’t need to.\u00a0 My approach is, if you have taught your student well, critical thinking will not undo but will enforce the doctrines as well as to give credence to them.\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8311","catbird-seat","type-catbird-seat","status-publish","hentry","category-from-the-catbird-seat"],"yoast_head":"\nHomeschooling - 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