Sonlight lessons are all planned out for me and they include all kinds of fun activities. This was our first year homeschooling. I've been terribly busy and sleep-deprived with a new baby and three young children. Using Sonlight's Science A program was the best decision I could have made. Although the program is laid out in a weekly schedule, I've found it easy to adjust according to our needs. Some weeks we do a bit each day. Other times we have a 'Science Day' and do a week's worth of lessons and activities all at once. I simply pick up where we left off. Here, Gideon (2), Miriam (5) and Tabitha (6) make "hot lava" while studying volcanoes.

"When I opened my first box of Sonlight, there was a slight moment of panic ... until I opened the Instructor's Guide," writes Lorelei K of The Woodlands, TX. "The IG laid out our first day of homeschool. Neatly outlined and with helpful suggestions along the way, the IG sat beside me like an old friend helping me on my journey. Two years and thousands of memories later, we love Sonlight!" Here, Christopher (9, Sonlight C) eagerly reads ahead in McBroom's Wonderful One-Acre Farm.

"We love the capacity Sonlight homeschooling builds in our children to cooperate and share their learning experiences with siblings," says Rebekah P of Anchorage, AK. "It's a great foundation for a life-long devotion to learning and growing hand-in-hand with the most significant people in your life." Pictured, twin second-graders Dora and Sylvia were fascinated by studying electricity this year! As their Sonlight year progressed, they became more and more confident at setting up their science activities independently. The C's have been Sonlighting for three years.