Sonlight has helped our family learn that education is not something that happens during a particular time or in a particular place. While the military has allowed us to experience learning in some unique places, it's our commitment to being a Sonlight family that has provided the best possible means of helping our kids love to learn, no matter where they are! If it weren't for Sonlight's relaxed approach and emphasis on sharing good literature together, I could all too easily lean toward being a check-the-boxes homeschooling mom, trying to conform my kids to an educational formula. The family started with Sonlight in 2005. When they took a recent day-trip to Cuma, it seemed apropos for Charis (12, Core F) to revisit an earlier Core favorite.

In the busyness of being a pastor's family, the challenge of schooling five children has been wonderfully simplified by Sonlight's well-organized Instructor's Guides and the gripping literature. After 10 years of homeschooling trial-and-error, our family has found a home. Having tried so many other options, I recognize the incredible quality and value of the Sonlight curriculum. I love the camaraderie the children have, and the atmosphere in our home has become quite peaceful. A flame has been kindled for learning that we haven't experienced before. I wish we had discovered Sonlight sooner! Here, Luke (14) and Mark (7) share a shady spot and a story. Now in their second Sonlight year, the H family studies Cores B, E, G and 300.

Thank you, Sonlight, for providing a rich and gentle introduction to learning through literature. Sonlight allowed me to teach my older daughters while meeting my new baby's needs with tender flexibility. That same flexibility led us to read on blankets in the yard, curled up by the fire with cups of cocoa or even in our red wagon. Reading together has provided so many cozy moments for our growing family, stirred our imaginations, shaped our character and invited us into a culture of shared stories we'll never forget. Elise (7) and Sadie (5) are studying Core B, as Raina (3) and Hope (11 mos.) come along for the ride on the first-year Sonlight adventure.