We deeply value that Sonlight allows both parents to be involved in teaching. It's just as easy for Dad to come home and read as it is for Mom to incorporate a book into the 'school day. The world is our classroom, and Sonlight is our ship! We're not bound by schedules or testing requirements or any of the trappings of traditional schooling. We can easily explore concepts we've read about in our Sonlight books. Having such freedom to educate our children when, where and how we want is a treasure! Reading about frogs is nice; exploring a real frog habitat is exciting and enduring. In their first Sonlight year, Ellison (2) is using P3/4 while Kelton (5) studies Core A.

"The 'fun' of homeschooling left us when we switched to textbooks for a while. We returned to the fun, educational, life-giving books of Sonlight again this year and aren't looking back," writes Heather M of Bulverde, TX. Her oldest daughter Hannah just graduated and credits her years of reading Sonlight books for her higher scores in reading and English as well as her desire to go on the mission field as a nurse. In this photo, the Usborne book Tadpoles and Frogs captures Heather's sons', Samuel (6) and Andrew (8), attention and encourages them to "get out and explore!"