Sonlight Curriculum

Electronic IG!!! My oldest is only in 1st, and my youngest isn't even 2...lots of years ahead...

Electronic IG...where I can add all the other subjects, move assignments forward or back based on when we actually do them or ignore them, have assignemnts from differnet cores (like 1 science, 3 history, 2Int LA, all showing on the same page for me....oh the possibilities. If that wasn't on your list ToDo, maybe it should be =)

I loved reading the books even more than my daughter did. Now that she's back in public school, I've noticed her reading a few of the books we didn't get to in Core 6. That makes me very happy!

Here is Fox news' article - http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,571215,00.html
Not sure why this story is slow to get around. I'm surprised we aren't hearing more just because of some of the allegations that are flying. Thanks for posting the blog to get a "view from the other side." Makes it worth remembering we don't always know the whole story. I hope God uses it, which ever way it turns out.

The above link won't work and I've tried pasting it in several more times. You can click on it to get to Fox's website then type "Planned Parenthood quits" in their search box and this will be the first story in the results.

This was also on Drudge Report; you may be able to find it there.

My daughters 6 and 3 spent about an hour having a party for out 8 month old since she got her first tooth. They had music, a guitar made out of a hanger and pony tail holder and a drum. They made up songs about getting teeth and growing up. They presented her with toys wrapped in small blankets. They had a blast and the baby loved it. LOL

Michelle, I didn't have your blog in my RSS reader! You're added now <smile>.

Love the stories, friends <smile>. Love them!

~Luke

My girls love to listen to stories but I was so bad about reading to them regularly. I would sit to read and think about all the stuff I needed to get done around the house. But since we have started Sonlight, I've learned to relax and enjoy the moment. We now read beyond what Sonight schedules, supplementing with other books. Great Fun!

Thank you all for your encouragement. There have been some days where I really haven't felt like a very good Sonlighter <smile>. I'm glad I'm not alone in this!

~Luke

I would think that the easiest way would be to just adjust the math. Instead of taking 36 weeks to complete a Core, you need to decide if you want to take a full year (52 weeks) or figure in some breaks throughout the year. Once you've decided on how many actual weeks of school you'll do, simply extend each week in your Core IG to allow for that many more days. So instead of taking 5 days to complete one week's worth of assignments, perhaps you'll stretch it out to 7 or 8 days.

Judy knows what she's talking about. I'll just toss in that because there aren't specific dates on your IG you can go at your own pace. So, if you rock through a book in a few days, you could take reading off for a while and focus on science or math.

~Luke

Thanks for the input. I guess we'll just keep truckin' along and see where we are by next June :)

"Eliminationing"??? I was really good at making up my own words too. LOL

Karen, you crack me up! And I like it, Rachel: Eliminationing. Thank you all for your great feedback on this post <smile>. I love reading your comments!

~Luke

Love this article! Will definitely be sharing it with friends. However, Katie is right, the dating in that one picture is way off. It's either very late 20's or 30's. Immediately to the left of that one is Lucy Webb Hayes' portrait. That is how women dressed in 1891. No woman or girl could even be forced to wear short, cropped hair or a short hemline in 1891.

Hmm... I'll look into the picture more. I honestly didn't even pay attention, I was too busy reading <smile>.

But if I remember, I'll get back to you-all about it.

~Luke

Sounds like a great way to start Shirley (but then, I'm a wee bit biased!). You might also want to check out our Choosing Forum (https://www.sonlight-forums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=18) where you can ask questions and read feedback about our products.

Amelia, well, you could always just buy the whole IG and use the sections that you want. ...of course, if you're going to do that, I suggest you buy the whole Core <smile>. But that may be a little too much "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" which I've been reading to the girls <smile>.

~Luke

Thanks for the feedback Judy and Luke. It would be an big selling point to Sonlight to go ahead and sell those readers as their own package, though we all know they do go along with the cores. The readers will be too easy for my daughter to read by the time we get to the part of the Core that matches up with them. Therefore, I and MANY other ... Read Morepeople may not be able to use those readers for their older children.
PLEASE consider being a little flexible. We're smart moms and we can still bring up historical context as our readers read ahead. Not to mention the fact that our readers who read ahead will have "Aha!" moments when we do get to those historical events in the cores. They will also have the satisfaction of reading at their OWN pace, and reading books at their OWN level.

I just got the email today, went to look and all the stuff I was interested in was already sold out. :( Glad you fouond stuff, the prices were great!

i know i just got a thing in the mail, but most of it's already sold out :(