Sonlight Curriculum

Sonlight provides substantial teacher support through experienced curriculum advisors, free consultation, comprehensive instructor's guides, and various online resources.

The program offers 'experienced curriculum advisors and mentors are available at no cost for one-on-one consultation,' plus 'free resources (webinars, podcasts, the Sonlight app, and more)' and detailed instructor's guides that require 'little time for lesson preparation'

The curriculum provides extensive direct instruction support through detailed daily lesson plans, thorough instructions, and answer keys in comprehensive instructor's guides.

'Open and teach' instructor's guides outline lessons for each day using specific pages within the materials provided' and 'include week-by-week lesson plans with record-keeping calendars, thorough instructions, answer keys, and much more'

The curriculum builds coherent knowledge through chronological progression and thematic connections, with timeline activities and geography integration supporting the historical spine.

History packages follow clear chronological themes from 'Intro to World History' through specific periods like '20th Century World History,' with 'one spine book that helps provide a chronological thread for learning' and instructor's guides that 'have geography and timeline activities'

Individual subjects maintain appropriate rigor with dedicated components for each area, including separate language arts packages, science courses aligned with Next Generation Science Standards, and multiple math options.

Science courses 'have been redone to align with the Next Generation Science Standards,' high school courses 'use a textbook (generally from Berean Builders or Apologia) and include complete labs,' and language arts packages progress from phonics through advanced literature

Sonlight demonstrates strong cross-curricular integration by building history-themed packages that meaningfully combine history, Bible, and literature around common themes and time periods.

Each package uses 'an assortment of historical fiction, biographies, fact or information books' alongside spine books, and 'all packages for kindergarten through twelfth grade combine history, Bible, and literature, integrating the subject areas as much as possible'

The curriculum includes study guides for all books and systematic review through timeline and geography activities, though specific retrieval practice strategies are not detailed.

Instructor's guides include 'study guides for all history, reader, and read-aloud books' and 'geography and timeline activities,' but limited evidence of systematic spaced review or retrieval practice methods