Category: Sonlight
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FIVE ONE-LINERS THAT TRANSFORM THE WAY I HOMESCHOOL
As I go through my days, homeschooling six children and serving the Lord in a variety of ways at home, at church, and in the community, I am regularly blessed by a handful of one-liners that invigorate me and help me to do the right thing with the right attitude. These five phrases come to…
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HOW TO HELP YOUR CHILD DO WHAT YOU SAY
Alas, motherhood would be so much easier without resistance, rebellion, and whining. Wouldn’t it be awesome if our children just did what we told them to do? We want to encourage our children to think for themselves and have a voice of their own, but we also want them to respect authority and obey God’s…
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3 Practical Tips for a More Peaceful Homeschool Day
I’m in the midst of homeschooling an 8th, 5th, and 2nd grader along with a precocious K-4er… add to that a 2-year old with a twinkle in his eye and a newborn. It’s a full house around here and I am always on the look-out for tips and tricks that will make our days more peaceful and…
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The Day in the Life of a Homeschool Middle Schooler Using Sonlight Curriculum
How to… middle school homeschool? I’m glad you asked. Good morning, world! This is me, Viv. I’m an 8th grader who is learning history, literature, language arts, and Bible through Sonlight 100. Are you curious about using Sonlight’s middle school curriculum? Come see what a typical day looks like for me at home. I’m about to…
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Enrich Your Middle Schooler’s Socialization Through Literature: The Call of the Wild Book Club
Build homeschooling socialization while reading a good book together! “The general tone of the team picked up immediately. It recovered its old-time solidarity, and once more the dogs leaped as one dog in the traces” (59) Last year, Vivienne and I had such a great time hosting A Tom Sawyer book club together that we…
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You and Your Child Can Share the Gospel in India this Fall
We want to share the good news about Jesus, but we are so self-indulgent. Every morning, we gather at the breakfast table and thank God for our opportunity to learn and to develop our gifts for Him. We ask Him to use us in His world. Little by little, we want to learn how to…
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How To Teach Multiple Sonlight Grades: Our Daily Sonlight Schedule
Two of the most common questions about Sonlight Curriculum are… “How do you teach multiple students?” and, “How much time does it take to teach multiple Sonlight grades?” I don’t have all of the answers, but I’ll share what works for us AND give you a peak at our weekly schedule. (P.S. I received Sonlight…
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How I Organize My Sonlight Homeschool Curriculum and Student Work
Check it out: A sustainable way to utilize the gargantuan Sonlight Instructor’s Guides! This year, I’ll be teaching Sonlight 100 to our 8th grader, Sonlight E to our 5th grader, and Sonlight LA 2 to our 2nd grader. You know what that means: larger-than-life Instructor Guides (IG). As much as I LOVE the wisdom, guidance,…
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Want to Inspire Creative Writing? Try Sonlight Language Arts
So far, six of the kiddos in this picture love to write. (The littlest one is still learning her ABC’s…) Six of them have won young author awards for creative nonfiction. And six of them have been raised on Sonlight Language Arts. Half of these kiddos are mine, half belong to my dear friend. She…
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Can You Combine Sonlight D+E with Sonlight 100?
One of the beauties of homeschooling is learning together as a family. As our children get older, I’m always looking for ways to gather everyone around the table to learn a common subject together. History continues to be a great source of interest and unity in our homeschool. Every afternoon, we mix our ages and…
