"I recommend this thorough curriculum to everyone who asks me about homeschooling!" writes Debbie D of Nome, AK. "Our daughters were in public school through 5th grade, but we were not satisfied with the depth of learning, particularly in Social Studies/History. They had learned about Columbus and his voyage several times, but not much else. My husband and I decided we needed a curriculum with a significant emphasis on History. We jumped into Sonlight's World History (Level G for 6th grade and moving on to H in 7th grade). We loved the books and the maps and, of course, Story of the World, which brought history to life for us!" On an epic field trip to England and Paris, Bethany and Kristin (both 13) pose in front of the Tower of London, which they learned about through their studies. They have now completed Sonlight 100 as well.

We have seen the truth of Sonlight's claim that children learn history better when they learn it in the form of a story. Because of Sonlight's Readers and Read-Alouds, our kids have a better grasp and wider knowledge base of historical events at the end of middle school than their parents did at the end of college (due to our [non-Sonlight] textbook-style memorization of facts – facts that were soon forgotten or muddled because they weren't part of a story). Vashti (14) mentioned that some of her friends hate studying history. She said, 'If only they could learn history the Sonlight way, they'd love it like I do!' In her eigthth year of Sonlight, Vashti devours a biography from Core H that brings the Iron Curtain era to life.

When I wake up in the morning, I know exactly what each student needs to do that day. Thank you, Sonlight, for allowing me a good night's sleep! The well-organized Instructor's Guide is one of the big factors that convinced us and keeps us with Sonlight all these years. (The other factor is all those great books. Was there any doubt?) Doing multi-level teaching in many different subjects would take much time to develop a plan, but Sonlight has done all the work. In the winter months, Dad leads the daily Bible class at breakfast for Chad (15, Core 100), Jodi (13, Core H), Danae (10, Core C), Amber (8, Core C) and Gwen (5, Pre-Kindergarten Multi-Subject Package). The S family has used Sonlight for the past nine of their eleven years homeschooling.