What do I think of Sonlight Language Arts Level 1 & 2 II What we LOVE and what we have modified!

oh I couldnt love this video enough. There are so many videos that talk down on Sonlight LA and I think I have done enough bouncing around between other curriculum that I am finally happy with Sonlight. I absolutely love the books they choose. I do struggle with the phonics and spelling portion but I like that they give you outside options if you dont want to use their route. Thanks for the video and the update!

I find your videos oh so helpful!! This one is perfectly timed! I have 5 year old so I love hearing what worked/didn't for your daughter and how you will adjust for the twins! I just picked up sonlight LA K and 1 used and am trying to figure out if I could use pieces of it. We have All About Reading Level 1 that I want to use but I was hoping to use parts of sonlight to round out LA instead of just phonics. So helpful to hear how you just picked the parts that would work for you and the kiddos!

Love your videos and your approach to hs.

Thanks for all your Sonlight LA reviews. 💗 I’m considering using it with my kindergarten daughter in the fall. We’ve hit a wall with our current LA and need a fresh start.

This was such an informative video! I use sunlight for my son who is in fourth grade. We use the history program. I was considering doing the language arts for him because right now our language arts program is not working for him. Thanks for sharing!

Angie, I was raised on Sonlight (through nearly every core), and now I'm using the curriculum with my sons. It warms my heart to hear how you are doing creative writing with your children. 🥰 And just some encouragement regarding the phonics and grammar: My mom used a different phonics program for us, as well--though we did enjoy the Sonlight readers. For grammar, we did the Sonlight LA (including dictation). Interestingly, none of us (my siblings or I) had great "technical" grammar skills (diagramming sentences, etc.), but all of us could write well. Two of us passed a CLEP test for English during our first few weeks of college. Being able to identify the technical aspects of English only came into use for me (English ed. major) and my older sister (English major). Now as I'm going through the program with my sons, I am planning on supplementing Sonlight's LA with some straight-up grammar instruction (possibly Logic of English or something of that nature). Excited to follow along with you and see how you use/supplement/replace parts of the curriculum!

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Sonlight's literature selection is great. However, looking back to Level K, I wish they had added in either phonics or given the option to supplement on their website. I didn't realize until 3/4 of the way through that it wasn't included so I then had to supplement on my own.

This video is great. I’m interested in more videos about sonlights LA. Like you, I am also starting out with Abeka for LA but would eventually like to move away from Abeka maybe around 2nd or 3rd grade and move towards Sonlight but I’m wondering how I should go about doing that. Your kids are a season ahead of mine so it’s super helpful seeing how you are doing it

We really liked the Grade 2 and 3 Sonlight readers. We’re in the 4th grade readers right now and my daughter likes most of them. I plan to get 5th grade next year. 😊 They really help her broaden the types of books she’ll pick up.

We are started Sonlight LA K and 2 and this was very helpful! I am curious though how you organize your Sonlight LA. Do you keep a few weeks of the LA IGs in your "working binder"? Or do you keep all of the LA IGs in one large binder and work out of that. Love your channel!

We use AAR and AAS, but we plan to use the grade 2 readers from sonlight next year when my daughter moves into second grade. Thankfully I can borrow them all from a friend!

Thank you so much for your honest sharing of your love and use of Sonlight. Do you have a video on how to order the curriculum? I’m needing to put together a program for my two youngest. My 8 year old has special needs and my 6 year old is on track as a 1st grader. I’m wanting to start them in Sonlight next fall in the K level. From watching your videos and others I’m thinking that I could bring my boys both into the program with their age/level appropriate readers and they would benefit from the over lap of the same read alouds.

I'm super interested in Sonlight on many fronts. Hearing you talk about the LA, it sounds similar to brave writer and their youngest level where they tell you the story and you write it down. I remember you feeling like that program wasn't a great fit. What do you find different between the two?

I’d be interested in knowing how you mix Abeka and sunlight!

I feel like Language Arts is the subject I’ve gone back and forth on too. We have tried Sonlight LA 1, BJU English 2/3, TGATB LA 3 and now today we started LIFEPAC LA 3. This year has been a Lang Arts struggle but I think we’ll be good now. 😂

I was wondering if Sonlight's LA teaches about the different kinds of literature? An example would be a fable, biography, folk tale, and etc..... Also, does it teach the different kinds of tools that author's use? An example would be a simile, imagery, personification, and foreshadowing.

I would like to learn a little more how you use the creative writing part of sonlight. Do you ever write in the guides?

We tried Sonlight LA for 3rd grade. I didn’t like how much of the instruction was to me, to relay to my son. I really prefer it be written to the child, and the parent helps out as needed. I’m not trying to be lazy about it. My son prefers independent work and if I read something wrong, I could also instruct him wrong. I’m still on the hunt for the unicorn language arts program. We love their history and literature though. We do a separate Bible.

Did you make a creative expression video? We're new to Sonlight and I'll have a 3rd grader whose a good reader but strughles with spelling/writing and the need to be perfect. This sounds like it'd be good for him. Also looking at LOE Essentials for him. Really likes your Video on that. Would that just be enough or do you need a writing program and additional readers too?