"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.

 One of the things I love most about Sonlight has been how it has encouraged family learning. What could be more wonderful than watching big sisters and brothers reading and teaching the younger ones? When I'm reading from one of the many fabulous Sonlight books, it's magnetic. I may start reading to one child, but pretty soon, the room is quiet and several are listening and snuggling up on the couch! I just can't say enough about how the incredible literature has enhanced our togetherness. We've been using Sonlight for 13 wonderful years and are going to have our first graduate this year! Our youngest is just beginning her Sonlight adventure. Angelina (5) and Isabella (11) are using Cores A and H.

There are many reasons we choose Sonlight each year: We love the books, the Christ-centered curriculum and we really do love to learn! One of my prayers for homeschooling was that  our children would have fun while learning together. Sonlight helped answer that prayer by providing great Readers, Read-Alouds, History lessons, Science experiments and Bible memory verses set to music that we can enjoy together. On this beautiful summer day, they took some of their favorite books outside to enjoy with each other. In their fifth Sonlight year, Karli (5) is using Core A with Language Arts 1 and Samantha (8) is using Core D. They're studying Science A and E together.