Category Archives: News

Nov. 6, 2014

Let them play!!

By Judy

A friend posted on Facebook earlier this week that her son had decided he no longer wishes to read ... he just wants to play and ride his bike all the time. Her comments made me smile as I recalled … Continue reading →

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Nov. 4, 2014

Love Learning Tip: Read Easy Books

By Luke

One of the best ways you can increase your child's confidence in reading, and help them foster a love of books, is to use stories that are easy to read. Read War and Peace can wait. We need not wander … Continue reading →

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Oct. 29, 2014

Want Your Children to Reject Your Teaching? Do This

By Luke

Right before my lonely years in a public high school, my best friend and I had a final interaction. Memory plays its usual tricks and I do not recall ever seeing him again. The details unfold like a dream, jumping … Continue reading →

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Oct. 28, 2014

How do you read?

By Karla

Yesterday, during my lunch break, I pulled out my Kindle to read a few pages of the book I had started over the weekend. As it turns out, I didn't end up getting much reading done because about that time … Continue reading →

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Oct. 27, 2014

Indoctrination, Brainwashing vs Educating

By Luke

I don't get to talk with many Sonlight students in my job. I read your amazing blog posts, but I'm rather out of the loop when it comes to your kids. I've chatted with graduated Sonlighters only a few times. … Continue reading →

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Oct. 24, 2014

Is Math Confusing? Only If You're Doin' It Wrong

By Luke

My wife has math phobia. Equations and numbers shut her down. But when she solves a problem -- such as how much fabric she'll need to make a skirt with so many folds or whatever -- she jumps up and … Continue reading →

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Oct. 23, 2014

Mom ... Do I *have* to read?

By Judy

Words I never imagined I would hear from one of my kids. I grew up loving to read ... devoured books. I was the kid that hid under the covers with a flashlight and a book after lights out. I … Continue reading →

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