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.

""There is nothing more fun than opening the Sonlight box to see what we will learn this year!" writes Courtney C of Brandon, MS. "It was like Christmas morning when my son opened his curriculum. Each book he pulled out of the box meant more surprises and adventures ahead." Thomas (4) has completed Sonlight Pre-K and "cannot wait to get started" on HBL A for Kindergarten. In this photo he rejoices "to find a whole book devoted to weather" while little sister Julia (3) looks on.

"I was so excited when I browsed my first Sonlight catalog and saw they included Handwriting Without Tears," writes Melissa N of Chittenango, NY. "I was already working with Handwriting Without Tears when our first Sonlight materials arrived and found integrating the Sonlight Language Arts for Grade K Readers program into what we were already doing an easy transition. Thank you Sonlight for recognizing that every child is different and for giving parents a variety of options to choose from!" Here, Sawyer (5) and Coen (3) work with the Handwriting Without Tears manipulatives in their second year of Sonlight.