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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
If your kids are fascinated by fictional maps inside the covers of novels, let them recreate a 3D model of Wild Island from My Father's Dragon. Here's how!
Aug. 29, 2018
6 Ways to Extend Window on the World
See the world with Window on the World, a geography title in Sonlight's Intro to World History. And then go farther with these extension ideas for cultural literacy and missions.
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 mapping, 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
Tagged geography, homeschool, Sonlight
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