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Feb. 7, 2018
5 Reasons a Sonlight Program May Have Anachronistic Books
As you’re going through your homeschool year with Sonlight, you might occasionally wonder about the dramatic change in subject matter. Maybe you’re in Sonlight C, studying the Renaissance, when suddenly you have a Read-Aloud set in contemporary Manhattan. What?! Where … Continue reading
Feb. 2, 2018
Homeschool Habits That Build Readers in an Internet-driven World
Do you remember when we discussed the idea of teaching our kids to focus (since the average American's attention span has grown shorter than a goldfish's)? I often think book lovers like us won't feel the ramifications of a distracted … Continue reading
Tagged culture, internet, popular culture, reading, technology, wrad
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Jan. 26, 2018
The Joy of Revisiting My Childhood by Reading Aloud to My Kids
Just glancing at the cover of a book can draw you back to a moment in time and evoke strong feelings whether heartwarming or heartbreaking. My first memory of my mom reading aloud to me was the unfortunate summer that … Continue reading
Tagged books, childhood, family bonding, memories, parenting, reading, reading aloud, wrad
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Dec. 13, 2017
The Simple Power of Mapping with Literature-Based Geography
The autumn I first began Sonlighting, I eagerly read through my Instructor’s Guide, excited to see how literature-based geography would work. But when I reached the section on mapping, I read through the instructions again, sure I’d missed something. “Look … Continue reading
Dec. 6, 2017
Using Books to Spark Difficult Discussions About Hard Topics
“Do we really need to tell a Kindergartener about Hitler?” I wondered when I saw Twenty and Ten by Claire Huchet Bishop in our collection of Kindergarten Read-Alouds. The same day I opened that box from Sonlight and wondered about … Continue reading
Tagged discussion, hard topics, reading
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