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Aug. 12, 2019
10 Fun Games to Make Discussion Questions & Vocabulary Memorable
To help your child comprehend and digest Readers and Read-Alouds, Sonlight Instructor’s Guides (IGs) are packed with vocabulary enrichment and discussion questions. These help us to teach our children goodness, truth, and beauty with each and every lesson. Look these … Continue reading
Tagged discussion, fun, games, reading, vocabulary
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Aug. 5, 2019
Simple Steps for Reading Aloud to Your Baby
Sonlight curriculum begins with a delightful Preschool program for children ages three to four. It’s packed with fiction, fairy tales, and fun that you read aloud to your child. Of course, you can begin reading aloud long before preschool. In … Continue reading
Tagged babies, preschool, preschoolers, reading, reading aloud, toddlers
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Jul. 22, 2019
6 Ways I'm Turning My Kids into Book-loving Readers
"We are so thankful for all the wonderful books we get to add to our family library each year as we homeschool with Sonlight. Hayden (12) and Sienna (10) are helping put away this year's readers into one of our … Continue reading
Jul. 17, 2019
12 Books That Teach Empathy for Ages 3-5
Taking on the perspective of another person is at the heart of empathy. While you can lecture your kids about being kind, an easier and more effective way to teach empathy is to read books to them. This list of … Continue reading
Tagged book lists, books, empathy, kindergarten, preschool, read-alouds
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Jul. 12, 2019
6 Things to Know Before Teaching a Child How to Read at Home
Reading is the academic building block for every other subject and is often used as the primary standard when evaluating how well a child is doing in school. But deciding how (and when) to start can be difficult. There are … Continue reading
Tagged Homeschooling, kindergarten, pre-reading, preschoolers, reading, teaching
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Jun. 28, 2019
How To Turn Any Sonlight Read-Aloud Into STEAM Gold
STEAM is all the rage in education circles, and it’s easy to see why. Making science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM) meaningful opens doors to a deeper understanding of key topics and even career options that might otherwise fly … Continue reading
Tagged read-alouds, reading aloud, science, STEAM, STEM
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Jun. 21, 2019
7 Reasons Not to Teach Reading Early
"When my three-and-a-half year old asked to learn to read, I panicked. I had no idea where to start. I talked to one of Sonlight's Advisors, and she got us all set with Kindergarten Language Arts. The Instructor's Guide is … Continue reading
