Educational Resources

The A Beka Book Scope and Sequence provides an overview of concepts taught each school year from Nursery through 12th grade.

To see more, download Scope & Sequence

How to use A Beka Book curriculum/lesson plans in your home school

1. A Beka Book curriculum/lesson plans are designed to guide parents in teaching average children. The curriculum/lesson plans have been used for more than 40 years in Christian schools and home schools.

2. Because children need reinforcement of material that has been taught, the curriculum/lesson plans include oral and written review.

3. Parents using the curriculum/lesson plans need to cover each point under Preparation and Procedure with their child. Each aspect of the lesson is important to the complete education of the child.

To see more, download Home School Parent's Guide to Curriculum and Scheduling

1. Learn to recognize the short vowels and their sounds.

2. Learn to recognize the consonants and their sounds.

3. Learn to blend.

4. Learn to sound one-vowel words.

5. Learn the sounds of the long vowels. Learn to sound two-vowel words.

6. Learn the special phonics sounds.

To see more, download Phonics: Six Easy Steps to Reading

A Beka Book has adopted a more traditional approach to writing. Before the 1940s, schools across the nation took this approach and, as a result, most American school children developed beautiful handwriting. Ball-and-stick manuscript came about as part of progressive education reforms in the 1940s. The change was made primarily to help children recognize the letters in the “Dick and Jane” look-say readers.

By starting with cursive writing rather than manuscript printing, we help the child develop good writing habits from the very beginning. This means that habits acquired from manuscript printing do not need to be unlearned.

To see more, download Why Not Start Cursive Writing in Kindergarten?

A Beka Book has a traditional program geared for success in Kindergarten through Grade twelve. From a Christian perspective, we teach mathematical concepts and applications.

To see more, download A Beka Book Arithmetic/Mathematics Highlights

As students learn concrete facts, they gain understanding, which builds the foundation for more abstract concepts. The A Beka Book Arithmetic/Mathematics program is developed in a spiral fashion within each grade and from one grade to the next with repetition and development of basic skills.

To see more, download A Beka Book Arithmetic/Mathematics Program

A Beka Book presents history from a Christian perspective so the students have a deeper understanding of history.

To see more, download A Beka Book History & Geography

A Beka Book is pleased to offer several series of classic novels and biographies. Readers of all ages will enjoy these interesting and timeless favorites, edited for today's reader and reprinted in handsome paperback volumes.

To see more, download A Beka Book Novels & Biographies