Choosing Your Curriculum

We are committed to helping you on your homeschool journey. That's why we provide the following resources to help you choose homeschooling curriculum that is a perfect fit for you and your family.

Three ways to get help choosing homeschool curriculum

Confused? Feeling overwhelmed? Need someone you can chat with who will explain everything, give advice, and answer your homeschool questions? If so, be sure to contact one of our Sonlight Curriculum Advisors. You can talk on the phone or chat from your computer to get the individual help you need in choosing or using Sonlight's homeschool curriculum.

If you're looking for automated help to walk you through your options student by student, subject by subject, grade by grade, then you'll love Sonia. She's our Internet Advisor. She'll ask you a series of questions and get everything you need ready for you to order.

You can also find great help from other Sonlight users on the Choosing Sonlight Forum. Veteran Sonlight moms, who have been there and done that, answer your questions based on their experience. See how others have combined Cores, selected programs and tweaked their homeschool experience with Sonlight.

How to Choose the Right Materials for Your Child

Sonlight approaches education so differently from classroom schools and, in fact, from so many K-12 homeschool curriculum programs, one of the hardest questions new customers face is figuring out what program they should use. So how do you decide which program is right for you and your child?

Top Ten FAQs about Choosing Sonlight

Get brief, clear to the top ten questions on the Choosing Forum.

Read answers to the ten most commonly asked questions about choosing homeschool curriculum packages from Sonlight's Choosing Forum.

How to Choose Which Reader is Right for Your Child

Which Sonlight Reader is right for your child(ren)?

Is Sonlight Curriculum Right for You?

We have created the following list of nine statements to give you a quick sense of whether or not Sonlight is right for you.

Junior High: The Critical Years

Wondering whether to send your kids to school for junior high? Here are some reasons to consider homeschooling through junior high.

Beware of the Well-Meaning Advice Other Parents Give You

Advice can be very helpful when trying to make decisions about elementary and high school programs for Christian homeschoolers, but be careful not to place too much importance on the advice you receive.

High School Curriculum

Sonlight is committed to meeting the needs of high school students. That's why we offer such robust courses at the high school level.

Reader Packages for Cores P4/5 through 2

To increase the flexibility of your homeschool curriculum choices for these younger ages, we offer mix-n-match Readers.

It is relatively easy to make a curriculum choice if you think strategically...

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Some common options for long-term Sonlight plans

These examples can give you an idea of what many Sonlighters do. You can definitely take a different route if you want. Curriculum Advisors are available, free of charge, to help you customize to meet your family's needs.