Having the Instructor's Guide proved to be a tremendous blessing when Mom's health suddenly became worse. We decided to share the instructing with our 12-year-old-daughter. She would read the Read-Alouds, instruct in Handwriting and Math, and complete Science A. Mom would read the Bible and History and cover Language Arts. Following the IG proved extremely helpful during this period. We discovered that even if you can't stick to the schedule perfectly, the help of having a schedule you don't have to create yourself is a blessing. Havilah (15, Core 200), Cosette and Anakin (13 and 11, Core F), Tirian and Aravis (8 and 6, Core A), Liesl (4) and Adelina (2) share an Under the Sea adventure during their annual at-the-beach vacation.

Abbi loved the adventures and learning about the Eastern Hemisphere so much that we were blessed with extra effort and tasty experiments! Thanks Sonlight for inspiring our girl to try new things every day. Abbi learned all about the people God has blessed Asia with and the work He is doing there. By the end of the year, she decided to be a Bible translator to a people group who hasn't yet heard the Good News. How blessed they will be by a seed planted by Sonlight. Inspired by the "Choose Your Adventure" part of Core F, Abbi (13) made many new dishes this year, including this delicious Chinese jiaoza. 

Sonlight has developed a love of learning in all three of my children. As a speech-language pathologist, I was excited by the rich language and vocabulary each Core contains.  Each of our kids absolutely relishes the Sonlight books. I'm personally excited to re-use our first Core this year for Faith and am blessed to watch her love of learning grow as richly as her brothers. Here, Jameson (11, Core F) teaches Faith (5, Core A) how to use The Timeline Book (#RR120) to track world history.