Sonlight Curriculum Review

Sonlight Curriculum is a complete Christian home school curriculum based on great literature. From Sonlight's web site:

"We believe that most children respond more positively to great literature than they do to textbooks. Books — quality books — can distill the wisdom of an entire life into the span of a few pages."

"Once a good book grabs your child's attention, you'll find that the educational process becomes relatively painless — because your child will actually want to read"!

To follow Sonlight's suggestions you will need:

One Core package for your family, which includes:

1. instructor's guides with lesson plans and notes for each week
2. literature for the study of history
3. readers for the students to read on their own
4. read-alouds
5. biographies
6. historical fiction
7. non-fiction

One science program for your family.

A math program for each child.

Language/English program for each child:

1. phonics
2. writing
3. handwriting
4. spelling
5. grammar
6. vocabulary
7. memorization/public speaking

Pros:

K-12 program that is grade-based. Sonlight calls them "cores"

Literature-based, with Newberry award winners, classic literature, and other historical fiction.

Core programs include History, Read-Alouds, Readers, and Bible,

Science, Math, and Electives are not a pat of the core program, but are available separately.

The Language Arts assignments go with the history readings.

Includes instructor's guides with a structured lesson plan.

complete 180-day schedules, giving you a detailed outline of what your child should do.

Read-alouds are an important part of the Sonlight's learning process.

Christian Bible, centered curriculum

The price varies from $500-$900, depending on what type of curriculum package you buy.

Most books are non consumable, which can be used in future years with other children.

Cons:

Not for everyone.

There is lack of activity sheets or evaluations for literature and history (tests and Quizzes). Sonlight does not offer evaluations such as tests and quizzes.

It may be difficult for large families to teach different ages. .

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