Sonlight Read-Alouds
Stories That Shape Learning and Life
The powerful stories found in Sonlight's Read-Alouds are certain to spark meaningful discussion, engage young minds, and cultivate learning for the whole family. More than just schoolwork, these shared stories create cherished family memories that inspire imagination, build character, and encourage kindness and faith.
What Are Read-Alouds?
Read-Aloud stories are quality literary works that you read aloud to your children. As part of Sonlight's literature-rich homeschool curriculum, they serve multiple purposes:
- To introduce great literature beyond beyond your child's independent reading capacity
- Inspire a life-long love of reading by cultivating a hunger for books and stories. (Even though they may not be able to read a good book on their own, when you read great literature to them, it creates a thirst to read. They begin to think, "I love books! One day I'm going to read books like this!")
- Expand vocabulary and comprehension naturally through exposure to rich language
- Build listening and visualization skills as children learn to imagine what they hear
- Develop an "ear" for good oral reading and inspire strong oral reading habits
- Strengthen family bonds through shared stories and conversations that matter
- Encourage empathy, kindness, and faith by exploring values, relationships, and moral lessons within unforgettable narratives
Why Sonlight Families Love Read-Alouds
For over 35 years, Sonlight has carefully curated only the very best Read-Aloud books for children. Instead of searching for titles on your own, you can trust Sonlight to choose award-winning literature that both educates and inspires.
Each of these Read-Aloud packages are part of the literature in your History / Bible / Literature program or All-Subjects Package for Levels Pre-K through middle school. Find more information about Read-Alouds after the packages below.
$144.83
$154.84
$143.80
$174.88
$188.85
$121.90
$129.80
$128.86
$162.84
$145.83
$186.87
$151.87
$183.76
How Read-Alouds fit into History/Bible/Literature Programs
In the early years of Sonllight's History / Bible / Literature K through C, our Read-Alouds are chosen primarily for the joy of story and the skills they build, not because they connect directly to the history you're studying. Beginning in History / Bible / Literature D, however, something special happens: history, Readers, and Read-Alouds become tightly woven together, creating a rich tapestry of learning where every subject deepens the other.
Why are certain books classified as Read-Alouds instead of Readers? Many of these stories require a higher lever of reading skill than students typically have at that stage. But skill level isn't the only reason. Some books explore big ideas or deeper truths about life that are best unpacked together. Others are emotinoally powerful, the kind of storeis where you'll want to be right there to guide and comfort your child as they process what they've heard. (Our Instructor's Guides provide notes to let you know about such information ahead of time.)
And then there are the treasures—books so good, so unforgettable, that we wouldn't dream of letting your children read them alone. These are the adventures you'll want to share side by side, because the memories you build together are just as important as the lessons inside the pages.