Sonlight inspires creativity and freedom and leaves plenty of time in our schedule to branch out. After reading 'The Snowy Day' [from The 20th Century Children's Book Treasury] for P3/4 during our lackluster winter, the girls decided to make chalk angels, since we couldn't make snow angels. Mommy outlined them, and the girls colored them in! In their third year with Sonlight, Jenna (5), Sarah (3) and Autumn (1) are using Cores A and P3/4.

"I love that Sonlight has provided our family with a wonderful collection of books for our girls to enjoy in their preschool years without unnecessary academic pressure," writes  Jordan B of Mound, MN. "It's not unusual for Selah to greet me in the morning with, 'Mama, I want to read a Sonlight book!' She has developed an early love for reading, and we have seen her attention span grow significantly as she listens to the stories each day. We can't wait to continue our Sonlight journey as our girls grow!" Here, Selah (2½) is sharing the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears from "The Tall Book of Nursery Tales" with her baby sister Eden.

The Instructor's Guide helps me to be prepared each day, with lessons that I'm confident of and interested in teaching. The Markable Maps and the History Timeline Figures have given me a big-picture view of world history and geography that I lacked after all my schooling, including college! The characters in the Read-Alouds feel like family and become part of our daily discussion, teaching and training. Hanna (4, P4/5 Multi-Subject), Claire (7, Core B) and Dad observe tadpoles scooped from a neighbor's pond on a rainy day.