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Mar. 6, 2020
The Ultimate Guide to Sonlight's Markable Map
Sonlight’s complete curriculum packages come with everything you need to teach your child. But when budgets are tight, it’s easy to wonder if all those items are truly necessary or how they will be incorporated. You may be tempted to … Continue reading
Tagged geography, Homeschooling, mapping, maps, markable map, Sonlight, tips
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Nov. 11, 2019
No More Skipping or Forgetting Timeline and Mapping Activities
"Already they are making connections when we add new stickers and they notice what else is already on the page!" —Cynthia H. of Champaign, IL "One of our favorite parts of Sonlight curriculum is using the maps. I am a … Continue reading
Jun. 17, 2019
Eating Your Curriculum: 3 Ways to Devour History and Geography
Lots of homeschooling families find that the dining table is an integral part of their learning experience. In many homes you’ll see a kitchen table covered with Instructor’s Guides, great literature, and math books for the bulk of the day. … Continue reading
Tagged cooking, curriculum, eating, food, geography, hands on, history, Homeschooling
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Aug. 31, 2018
Mapping Wild Island: A Hands-on Project for My Father's Dragon
In the book My Father’s Dragon, a selection of Sonlight’s HBL A, we follow along as a young boy named Elmer Elevator travels to the Island of Tangerina and makes his way across to Wild Island on a rescue mission … Continue reading
Aug. 29, 2018
6 Ways to Extend Window on the World
Cultural geography takes on a life of its own, doesn’t it? It goes well beyond the facts of physical geography—such as landforms and bodies of water—and allows us to immerse ourselves in vibrant worlds beyond our own circle of familiarity. … Continue reading
Tagged geography, missions, world cultures
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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 geography, I read through the instructions again, sure I’d missed something. “Look … Continue reading
Oct. 30, 2017
4 Low Cost Tools for Learning Geography the Natural Way
Did you know the average individual knows the locations of only 18 of the world's 193 or so countries? With such poor understanding of political geography, you might question if learning geography even matters today. Do children (and their parents) … Continue reading
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