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It seems like everyone's talking about Sonlight Curriculum. But what is it, how does it work, why do people love it, and will my children really learn with all those fun books?

• Why do people love Sonlight?
  People who are using the program tell what they like about it.
  
  
• What is Sonlight?
  How does it work? What is a Literature-Based approach? And how do I make sense of that catalog??
  
  
• Supplementing Sonlight
  Want more activities for your hands-on learner? Want extra books for your voracious reader or picture books to incorporate younger children?
  
  
• Literature to Supplement History
  More than 800 books, arranged by historic period, to supplement your history studies.
  
  
• Living Books for Science
  More than 700 books, arranged by topic, to supplement your science studies.
  
  
• Family Pass Movies to Supplement History
  About 450 movies available from Family Pass, arranged by historic period.
  
  
• Story of the World Resources
  A chart to correlate CHOW (Child's History of the World by Hillyer) and SOTW (Story of the World by Susan Wise Bauer), plus other SOTW resources.
  
  
• Timeline Figures Specifically for SOTW-1/2
  
• Timeline Figures Specifically for SOTW-3/4
  Those gorgeous History Through the Ages figures custom-designed for Sonlight. Their Core 6 uses SOTW-1 & SOTW-2. Their Core 7 uses SOTW-3 & SOTW-4.
  
  
• Color Codes
  I want to color-code my books. Which colors does Sonlight use?

Links

• Sonlight home page
• Links to Supplement Sonlight Curriculum
• On-Line Lesson Plans for Books Sonlight Uses
• Sonlight Books Arranged Into Well Trained Mind Categories
• Sonlight Forums (Bulletin boards)
• 31 Reasons NOT to Buy Sonlight
• Sonlight Chat Room
• Sonlight Loops on E-Groups
• Sonlight & High School Transcripts

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