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Core 1
Are you new to Sonlight, or homeschooling in general? If so, please take a look at our Newcomer™ 1 package! It's our recommended complete homeschool curriculum in one, easy to order package.
Travel the globe as you take your child on a thrilling adventure through world history!
This year you and your children will visit ancient Egypt, Rome, Greece, Europe, Africa, India, and China. At every stop you will discover how people lived thousands of years ago through vivid, captivating stories and compelling illustrations that fuel the imagination.
INSTRUCTOR'S GUIDE
Teaching made easy, stress-free and fun!
Our comprehensive Instructor's Guide will help you focus on the joy of teaching your children, not spending hours every day planning and organizing.
You won't be able to hold back the smiles when you realize that you can sleep in and still be prepared to teach your children in the morning. Relax and enjoy teaching your children, knowing that over 50 years of combined experience has been poured into your Core 1 Instructor's Guide, all to ensure your success.
HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY
Journey from Creation to the fall of the Roman Empire...
You and your children will:
- Discover if Alexander the Great and his weary troops can defeat the mighty war elephants of India in his quest to conquer the entire known world.
- Climb the Himalayan Mountains and visit the Rajbanshi people who do not yet have the Bible in their own language.
- Walk beside pioneer missionary explorer David Livingstone as he survives an attack by a 400-pound lion and goes on to blaze the trail for the Gospel of Christ in Africa.
- Go whale hunting with Bjorn (the Viking) as he struggles to survive the harsh climate of Iceland to feed his family.
- Travel through the harsh Egyptian desert with Howard Carter and experience the exciting discovery of King Tut's long-lost tomb.
It offers you history the way you wish you'd been taught—guaranteed.
READ-ALOUDS
Snuggle up on the couch...
...and settle in for daily adventure, suspense and laughter with our famous Core 1 Read-Alouds.
- Solve a mystery with seven ancient Roman boys in Detectives in Togas.
- Travel back to 1948 and visit a remote Alaskan village to experience the trials and triumphs of an English school teacher who wins the hearts and minds of her students while giving them hope for the future in The Year of Miss Agnes.
- You'll also read heart-warming classics such as Charlotte's Web and Mrs. Piggle Wiggle.
These stories will captivate your children, cultivating their desire to read and learn while allowing you to spend time together as a family.
READERS
Readers 1 Package:
- Designed for students who know the alphabet and are ready to learn how to read three-letter words.
- By the end of this program your children will be ready to read chapter books.
OR Readers 2 Package:
- Ideal for those who have progressed to reading long-vowel, 5- and 6-letter words with moderate fluency and who require extra white space between sentences and fewer words on a page.
- Books sport short chapters, lots of illustrations, and an easy-to-hold size.
- Eighteen easy reader books carry your children into engaging worlds of imagination.
OR Readers 2 Intermediate Package:
- Ideal for children who read long-vowel, 5- and 6-letter words fluently but could still benefit from more practice before progressing to more complex chapter books.
- Compelling short-chapter stories use controlled vocabulary and illustrations to encourage reading.
- Books utilize mid-first through third grade reading levels.
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