Articles About Sonlight

Below you will find articles that will help you learn more about Sonlight. What do people love about Sonlight? What would make Sonlight not fit your family? How does Sonlight work? What is Sonlight's educational philosophy? How did Sonlight start?

Find out all of that, and more!

Love to Learn Guarantee

Sonlight's unmatched one-year Love to Learn Guarantee

Why Sonlight Uses Certain Books that Some Homeschoolers Won't Touch

Sonlight Curriculum attempts to avoid books that include unnecessarily scary, boring, or offensive passages. We know, however, that different readers have different tolerance levels and expectations. So what is intellectually challenging to one may be highly offensive to another....

Sonlight's Top 10 Goals

How Written Goals Can Dramatically Improve Your Homeschooling Success

Research correlates success with clearly defined goals. As you consider homeschooling, you should take the time to record, and write down any educational goals that you think would be important to you. Sonlight has many goals. We laid out ten of them to help you see where we are coming from, and perhaps provide a base for you to do the same.

Combining multiple ages can work!

If you can imagine a family cuddled on the couch, laughing as dad reads a hilarious turn of the plot with one of his signature voices, then you may be onto the secret of teaching more than one child with a single Core program.

What makes Sonlight different and unique from other homeschool curricula?

The "secret" about Sonlight Curriculum really comes down to our philosophy of education. We believe most children respond more positively to great literature than they do to textbooks. Stories captivate young minds. Once a good book grabs your child's attention, you'll find the educational process becomes relatively painless--because your child will actually want to read!

Key Reasons to Shop With Us

Nine unique reasons why it makes sense to shop at Sonlight.

27 Reasons Families Love Sonlight®

Find out WHY these homeschoolers choose Sonlight to help their kids love to learn...

27 Reasons NOT to Buy Sonlight®

by John Holzmann, Sonlight Co-Founder

Sonlight Curriculum is not for everyone. You might want to consider these 27 reasons Sonlight may NOT be a good fit for you.

With your complete book list in hand, why should I buy from Sonlight?

We want to help customers on tight budgets.

How a desperate mom turned her bored, frustrated, angry son into a happy, vibrant student who didn't want to take a break from school.

Why is it that so many students are bored by school? Find out what Sonlight does to make sure that doesn't happen.

My friends laughed when I said I bought from Sonlight Curriculum . . .

. . . until we did a line-by-line price comparison and talked about our shopping experiences.

An eye-opening comparison of Sonlight's pricing compared to other major retailers.

Pinching Pennies?

Sonlight may be more affordable than you think.

Provoking Thought is at the Heart of Sonlight Curriculum

Read a PDF article about Sonlight from the Denver Business Journal. (4.3 MB)

Discover a vibrant community of homeschooling parents just like you.

Find encouragement and genuine fellowship. Sometimes homeschooling brings challenges that we didn't expect. Our Sonlight® Forums offer a unique, safe place where parents can come and share, get sound advice and develop an ongoing connection with other likeminded mothers and fathers.

Give your children a powerful advantage over their peers...

Sonlight's Core Programs: a Literature Rich Education

You can teach your children—with confidence— from your first day.

Create wonderful school days wth Sonlight's Instructor's Guides...

Save yourself hundreds of hours. Find out how you can spend your time teaching your kids, not planning their education.

The History of Sonlight

The idea for Sonlight Curriculum, Ltd. was first sown in February 1990.

The Sonlight Community

Sonlight is more than just a preK-12 homeschool curriculum supplier.

Sonlight's Corporate Mission and Vision

Find out what motivates and guides us in all we do.

Why Are There So Many Core Options for Each Age Level?

As you browse the many Core programs available for you and your children, you might wonder why a particular Core spans several age groups or grade levels. Why doesn't Sonlight just offer one Core per level or age and be done with it? Wouldn't that make things easier for everyone? Find out how to customize your core, and get the most out of your Sonlight.