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- Sarita Holzmann
- Co-founder and president of Sonlight Curriculum.
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- Luke Holzmann
- Sonlight graduate. Homeschool proponent.
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- Robert Velarde
- Part of Sonlight's product development team, a published author and philosopher.
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- Judy Wnuk
- Sonlight customer champion and homeschooling expert.
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- Jill Evely
- Graduated five homeschool children. Loves reading, chocolate and getting all the kids together.
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- Karla Cook
- Blessed homeschool mother of two. Loves to read, write, and occupy the passenger seat on road trips.
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- Jonelle Lilly
- Sonlight employee for about 19 years. I started by counting items for science kits when I was 8...
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Tag Archives: books
Do Your Children Read in the Summer?
Reading for fun is a fantastic pastime. The trouble can be finding great books to read. That's why I highly recommend that everyone purchase the 5-day option for each Core. Even if you're only planning on "doing Sonlight" 4 days … Continue reading
Print vs. Film: Enemies or Friends?
In his 1985 book Amusing Ourselves to Death the late Neil Postman declared the demise of the Age of Exposition and the rise of the Age of Entertainment. He offered sober warnings about the decline of the written word and … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Curriculum, education, film, Homeschooling, literature, science, television
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Spontaneous Vocabulary Practice
I'm not sure how it began. Suddenly we were spouting every word we could think of that started with the letter b: brains, bed, brix, blunderbuss, backwards, ballerina, bellicose, buffoon, bin, bobbin, birch... Yes, we're nerds. But we were having … Continue reading
The Three most important things to teach...
I don't know how many times, when I am talking to homeschool parents, we get on the subject of what are THE most important things to teach our children. Besides transferring your core beliefs--such as your faith, and character traits … Continue reading
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Tagged books, character, critical thinking, Curriculum, education, learning, reading, writing
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What Horror Flicks Reveal About Literature
I'm not a fan of the horror genre. I find horror films tend to center somewhere between the lame and the ludicrous. And I'm not fond of gore. But the good thrillers have one thing in common: They let your … Continue reading
Favorite Quotes from Box Day 2012
"WOW! Can this be mine?" "I'm going to read ALL these books!" (Fun Tales) "Can we do this right now?" "Oh, I have my OWN timeline book like (my brother's) now????" "Mommy, Can I read this one NOW? (pause) I … Continue reading
Why I Read the End First
John "caught" me the other day reading the end of a book first. "Does it spoil the fun for you?" he asked. "Isn't it sort of cheating?" Despite what my middle school English teacher taught me, I usually read the … Continue reading