If you don’t come from a liturgical faith background, the concept of Lent may be new to you. However, you might be surprised by how much your family grows in spiritual awareness when you set aside the weeks leading up to Easter for prayer and thoughtful reflection in your homeschool.
Continue readingSonlight offers curriculum to students from Pre-School through high school! In partnering with students and families as they develop their love for learning, we also offer scholarships to exceptional, servant-hearted, Sonlight-educated students. Meet this year’s winners!
Continue readingTeaching your child to love like Jesus can mean reading through scripture to learn about the different kinds of love. Read to learn other ways to discuss biblical love.
Continue readingWhen you picture a homeschool day, what does it look like in your imagination? Are you frantically searching for the "good” pencils, trying to remember which lesson you’re on, and not sure which book to read first? Or are you heading into your homeschool day confident and ready? Organization can help you cultivate a peaceful, thriving homeschool whether that's your natural tendency or not. If it doesn't come natural to you, then these 33 ideas, tips, and tricks may help you create a more orderly approach to learning in your home.
Continue readingEven if your faith tradition doesn't follow the liturgical Church calendar, it may enrich your family to add some elements of it to your home devotional life...especially as we approach the Christmas season.
Continue readingWhen my oldest child was just shy of 4 years old, I was sure she was ready for kindergarten. She had known her shapes and colors for years, and she could read. She could recite the alphabet and do basic addition. In fact, going over the basic checklist of skills learned in kindergarten, the only one we hadn’t at least partially covered was tying her shoes. I decided to take the plunge, bought our first Sonlight curriculum, and we were ready to start.
But, almost immediately, before my first box even arrived, I was plagued by doubts and concerns.
Continue readingThe final giveaway in our Month of Giveaways has ended! This week, four lucky winners will receive an amazing bundle of some of Sonlight's best books and games! And the winners are... (drum roll, please...)
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