"We are a military family that highly benefited from using Sonlight during my husband's last deployment to Afghanistan," writes Alisha L of Liberty, NC. "Responsibilities were great during this time: keep my house, homeschool my three children, and make time to stay connected to their daddy. The Instructor's Guide allowed me to continue homeschooling when family life during the deployment became tough. If it had not been for the guide, I would have spent so much time planning our school instead of cuddling up with them and reading. It is like my best friend to guide and even encourage me on a daily basis." Here, 6-year-old Lorelei reads with her dog. She's using Core D in her third year of Sonlight.

Sonlight reenforces the values we have for our children. If we could give our kids one gift besides knowing God, it would be the love of learning and reading. Sonlight gives us both of these. We often find our boys reading extra books even after their homeschool work is done. They can't get enough. In their fourth year of Sonlight, Samuel (10), Ian (8) and Zach (5) re-read a favorite from Core B. The two older boys are studying Core D this year.

Thanks so much for saving our homeschooling experience! We have been homeschooling our oldest from the beginning, but it seemed to get harder each year. We were using a popular workbook-based curriculum for 3 years and then switched, out of desperation, to a computer-based program. But all we got was cries of 'I hate school!!' I was at my wits end when a friend recommended Sonlight. We got Core D and slowly I noticed he wasn't upset at the mention of school time. By the time we finished the year, he was not complaining at all. A few years after we'd started Sonlight, he said, 'Mom, don't tell anyone, but I actually like school now. I kind of hate to have to stop for the weekends.' That was music to my ears. Here, middle son, Eli (5), gives a sprawling hug to his new Core A books. The D family is now in their fourth year of Sonlight.