News & Announcements

Join the excitement! Head to the updated website now, explore the 2012 materials, and find your new curriculum today.
As you browse the updated website, here are a few helpful details:

• Your shopping cart is safe and sound with any items you may have put in it before or after April 2. We automatically updated any 2011 items in your shopping cart to their 2012 counterparts.

• You can download many new 3-week Instructor's Guide samples.

• Learn about the 2012 changes at sonlight.com/new. Watch all the videos, see some IG samples and learn about the:

• More complete Core Programs
• Re-designed and enhanced Instructor's Guides  (we think they're easier to use than ever before!)
• Improved Language Arts Instruction
• Enhanced Bible Programs  

• You may order any packages or individual items now. Some Instructor's Guides are on backorder at the moment, but you can go ahead and order those full Core Programs or individual Instructor's Guides now. If you order one of these backordered items now, we'll ship the rest of your order now and then ship the backordered items as soon as we can, at no extra charge. 

You may notice some updates that make it easier to navigate the website and choose curriculum. The web team will keep working in the weeks ahead to polish the site and make it even better and faster. If you notice something that doesn't look right, please click on the "What Bugs You" icon and let us know. 
If you have any questions at all about our curriculum, trained Sonlight Curriculum Advisors  are ready to help you at no charge. Contact them via live chat, email, or call 303-730-6292.
Then when your big Sonlight box comes in the mail, join in the fun and celebrate your Box Day!

We're getting ready to make the 2012 products live at sonlight.com April 2!
 Check out what's new at www.sonlight.com/whats-new.html
 You can view the 2012 catalog online, check out new Instructor's Guide samples, watch videos about the latest updates, and view FAQs.
2012 catalogs are hitting mailboxes across the U.S. We'd love to send you one. If you're not already on our list, request your catalog now!

Coming April 2, the new Instructor's Guides A-G are now easier to use and more effective. Check out www.sonlight.com/whats-new.html to find out more!

As one Sonlight mom on Facebook says "I LOVE the idea of having all the weekly assignments/notes directly following the assignment sheet for that week."

Discover this and other changes designed to make your life easier. Look behind the scenes with Sarita at the IG changes via this video, or check out samples and read key updates for Cores A-G (for ages 5 to 13) like:

• Everything for your week in one place. Find your notes, discussion questions, activities, vocabulary and teaching tips directly behind your schedule page for each week.
• New streamlined maps that make mapping activities much easier and more effective
• More flexibility, with the 4-day and 5-day schedule options on one page
• New discussion questions for each day's reading help you get the most from your time.
• Behind-the-scenes insights into why we schedule certain activities and books.
• Additional notes to prepare you for potentially sensitive content in your reading. 

These improved Instructor's Guides come individually or as part of a complete, discounted Core or Multi-Subject Package. The 2012 guides and curriculum packages are available for purchase starting April 2.

Enjoy your first peek at Sonlight Curriculum improvements for 2012!

Seventeen Sonlight moms crowded around to hear about the 2012 Sonlight product line. Several had helped us design the changes. All were excited about what they saw. The conversation flowed with comments like "Did you see how easy to use these Instructor's Guides are now?" "This just makes so much sense." "Our moms are going to love this!"

So what did they see? Big changes this year to serve your day-to-day homeschool needs:

• Enhanced and re-designed Instructor's Guides for Cores A-G
• More complete Core programs
• Improved Language Arts Instruction
• Enriched Bible Instruction

Watch the video to learn more. Then stay tuned as we start to release more details next week. This improved curriculum goes live on April 2.

The Christian homeschool curriculum supplier has awarded $876,500 to homeschool graduates from 14 countries and 33 states since the beginning of the college scholarship competition in 2000.

Award-winning young scientists, mathematicians, musicians, historians, athletes, linguists, three National Merit Finalists, and an Eagle Scout make up this diverse group of winners who range geographically from New Mexico to Malaysia. They have all completed at least five Sonlight Core programs and demonstrated the “leadership, mission-mindedness, heart for learning, creativity and spiritual depth” Sonlight seeks to reward.

“While my goal is to raise up kids who love to learn by making education interesting, the result has been students of the highest caliber," said Sarita Holzmann, Sonlight’s president and co-founder. “We choose from a field of bright and accomplished students who are already world-changers.”

Read the stories behind these homeschooled highschoolers at http://www.sonlight.com/scholarship-winners-2012.html Sonlight is now accepting applications for the 2013 scholarships. Visit http://www.sonlight.com/scholarships.html  for more college scholarship information.