Sonlight has made a fun, challenging education possible for our children, without creating much additional work for their mother. We couldn't have successfully gotten this far without the great curriculum, wonderful books, and helpful teacher's manual that Sonlight provided. If I had to pick my favorite things about Sonlight, they would be the wonderful literature, the fact that planning and prep work are already done for me, the in-depth look at history, and the complete flexibility. Here, the G family poses on a family trip to the Badlands. This year, Beren (9) is using Core E as Helena (12) studies Core 100.  After thirteen years of Sonlight, Zach (18) has graduated and is on to Ohio State University to study entomology. 

Sonlight united our family's hearts through the love for learning and experiencing God's heart for the nations. In the past three years the Lord took us on the journey of engaging our hearts with His heart for the people groups. Sonlight has played a pivotal part in this journey through the outstanding material and books. It is impossible not to experience God's heart for the different people groups as they come alive through the stories and pictures of the beautiful Sonlight books! When the V family went to southeastern Africa on a mission trip, they walked in the footsteps of David Livingstone and recognized many places and people groups from Cores F and H. In their third year of Sonlight, Tanya (13) is using Core H as Stefan (11) studies Core G. 

Because of Sonlight, all of my children love to read. This year I looked at using a different curriculum. I showed Grace a literature book like she would be using, and her disappointment was evident. She was very disturbed by the fact that she would only be able to read parts of books and not whole books and stories. Consequently, I am very thankful God once again has allowed us to enjoy Sonlight together as a family. Here, Grace (13) and Mary (11) insist that free time at the beach is better with a Sonlight book. They're studying Core H in their seventh year of Sonlight.