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What Do You Work Hard to Memorize?

Growing up in a Jewish home, he memorized everything he needed to for his Bar Mitzvah. It's something you pick up when you're exposed to it week after week after week. Similarly, he never sat down to memorize Scripture. He … Continue reading

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What Has Sonlight Helped You Grow?

As Buck Denver so sagely observes, Sonlight "won't make your plants grow." But as I spent this afternoon with Henry Reyenga of Christian Leaders Institute, I was reminded that things do grow out of Sonlight. And I'm not just talking … Continue reading

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Bias, Data, and Homeschooling

If you google "Graham Badman" the number one hit is a Wikipedia article about the Badman Review. Google believes the most important--or highest internet ranking--thing about this man's life is how he handled a government report about homeschooling. The short, … Continue reading

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Reading Aloud vs Private Study

He sits, silently reading, his mind prying the words off the page. The meaning is hard to decipher because the text is crammed together without vowels: bcthtxtscrmmdtgthrwthtvwls Read aloud, the words come to life, but quiet study is almost impossible. … Continue reading

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New Rate and Review

You're researching a product online. If you're anything like me, one of the first things you look for is customer ratings and reviews. There's always someone who marked it one star for a reason completely unrelated to the product itself. … Continue reading

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My Thankfulness

I didn't really feel like I had any option on this blog: it's the week of Thanksgiving, time to list my blessings. Friends on Facebook have been posting things daily that they are grateful for and 'tis the season to … Continue reading

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Sonlight: A Missions Minded Community

Sonlight is more than a company. Sonlight is more than a homeschool curriculum. Sonlight is also a community. This has been true since early 1995. Back then, the community was largely on the Forums. Much of the interaction was about … Continue reading

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