Thanks to Sonlight's training, my daughter Rachel is in the habit of integrating everything she learns into the 'big picture' of time and place. Before she can read anything, she looks at her timeline to understand where the story takes place in the context of history. She'll also find the story's location on the map. She loves to peruse The Timeline Book [RR120] from beginning to end. I feel she has a great grasp on the big picture. In her fourth year of Sonlight, Rachel (7) uses Google to locate where Little Pear (from Core B) took place.

"Learning through literature enables my kids to feel like they know the characters and to gain a deeper understanding of the past and the world around them. We considered going back to a textbook approach for high school, but after one tedious chapter in a history book, we were reminded what a difference Sonlight makes. My younger kids could answer the test questions better than my high schooler who read the textbook because they'd been reading about the same period in The Story of the World. Making history come alive is a much better way to learn!" In their family's ninth year of Sonlight, Anna (11, Level 100) and Ellie (8, Level D) are eager to open their Box Day treasure.– Bethany N of Yorktown, TX

Math came very naturally to our three sons thanks to Singapore Math. Singapore worked well, as it encourages mental usage of the numbers. However, math did not come easily to Ashley. Thanks to Sonlight for guiding us and making additional help available, such as the Vroot & Vroom and Wiggle Woods CDs [Singapore supplements #RM168 and #RM169]. Ashley has become very confident and accomplished in her math skills. In this photo from several years ago, Dad spends some quality time with Ashley helping her with math. She is now 11 years old and studying Core H.